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- Yes, we have two volunteers, but they don't seem very active. This is a source of some great consternation to me. - PGG
 
- Yes, we have two volunteers, but they don't seem very active. This is a source of some great consternation to me. - PGG
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How could I help out?  You mentioned you are looking for attorneys.  I'm a patent attorney licensed in Washington state (which means I'm a "regular" attorney who is licensed to practice in front of the patent office as well.)  My background in physics and information technology. 
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Thanks - Dominic

Revision as of 17:21, 6 June 2009

This is a place for people to discuss what they can and are willing to do.

It is read every time there is a change, so, please, let us know what you can do, and we will help you do it.

11/11/08 Hopefully this will boost your recruitment a little: on the 'Myspace' there is a group called Lunar Base with a man named 'Holio' as the moderator. It is not a design group per se, more like a free association chat room. Since membership is open to public and totally free, its worth it to join, post an invitation bulletin and then, periodically, post a progress report. I'm pretty sure Holio (that is his screen name) would be o.k. with this and offer some helpful ideas. He's pretty sharp.

- I will have to do that. -PGG - OK, Looking into that further, I'd have to join MySpace, Not something I am willing to do at this point. If you are a member, Would you be willing to make the connections? That and the "Lunar Scouts" people (all 4 of them - http://groups.myspace.com/lunerscouts) should probably hear about us as well. -PGG

That said, there are a couple of other pointers you may want to consider:

1) Exchange work. Offer your team's talents to other similar projects in exchange for assistance with key issues. Management of the wiki is a case in point.

- Good point, take a look at "marsworkbench.openluna.org" - PGG

2) Do not wait for volunteers to open up about what they want to do. Ask them to tell you a little about themselves and, from the info they give you, suggest a number of specific areas they could help you with. Most of the interested parties will be non-professionals who can still do great quality work.

- Also good point, (I've been asking you for some time :) - PGG

3) Cut and SWIP. You have not said where the money is coming from to do this project and yet you have laid out a very complex and extensive array of 'required' missions and technologies. This is hurting your credibility. Reduce this down to a single booster concept, for example, and re-examine the need for some of the unmanned flights. This will give the project a more manageable feel.

- OK, We'll get that work more public. The problem is that many negotiations are required to be private until announced. Quick answer? Most of the early money is coming from small private donations, feeding smaller fund-raising. (we are working on a fund-raising dinner, and a fashion show right now) Later fund-raising takes part as media deals, and larger corporate "in-kind" or cash donations. We only need $300M total, That is the same as three America's cup teams or a few NASCAR teams. We do not need it all at once, so as we raise smaller funds, and have wins, we are in a better positions for larger fund-raising, to the point where when we need the last $100M, it will be trivial to raise. Some funds will come in the form of toy and other knick-nack licensing deals, and through the sales of samples and flight ready hardware. If we develop our own launch vehicle, it will also be used to provide launch services for other projects. I will, at some point over the next couple days, move this whole piece to it's own page. (One of the private negotiations is with a very heavy hitter business manager.) - PGG

4) Auto-response. Do not let posted items go unacknowledged for more than two days. This includes e-mails sent to you or anyone on your team. It is less about people's ego than it is about their enthusiasm. You will start to see things accelerate in a good way when communications are at least responded to. The response does not have to be a full-blown assessment of the writer's super-cool new idea; just a friendly acknowledgement will go a long way towards keeping their interest.

- hmm, I've always preferred the personal touch, and with a few exceptions, I am in e-mail contact with most contributors, but I see your point. I don't know how to make the software do that though. Know that most of us keep the "recent changes" page open. -PGG

5) As for the wiki, I would go so far as to deliberately seek out someone who provides webmaster services to manage it. If you work a deal you can possibly get a year or two of their support for a fairly small fee. It is absolutely vital to your organization's goals, it needs to be done right the first time. Hard cash will solve that problem.

- Yes, we have two volunteers, but they don't seem very active. This is a source of some great consternation to me. - PGG

How could I help out? You mentioned you are looking for attorneys. I'm a patent attorney licensed in Washington state (which means I'm a "regular" attorney who is licensed to practice in front of the patent office as well.) My background in physics and information technology.

Thanks - Dominic

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