Steve: Interesting idea, and whatever help you need to set it up, I am all for it. I does come to my mind though, that because of the inevitable barrage of ideas, and "do-this" and "do-that"s that this proposal may bring, the way to get anything started would be to establish a web page, which function is to set guidelines, rates, memberships, and most important, team leadership and direction, which a task of this scope inevitably requires.
Herewith my 2 cents. With that in focus, the ideas can start. CS -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-biz-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 10:56 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Consortium of Sorts for Interconnects and VoIP providers to a Lesser Degree On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Steve Totaro <stot...@totarotechnologies.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am going to throw out an idea and see if it sticks. I have had this > idea for quite a while now and I think the moons have aligned to get > it done.. > > I will be creating a consortium for all things VoIP as well as any > other specialties a shop or individual can bring to the table, such as > custom programming and dev work. > > The idea is that people and companies in the consortium operate under > the name of the consortium. > > Some will be rejected or be kicked out of the consortium for doing > anything that breaks the rules, such as stealing a customer, or > regular complaints from customers. There will be a whole binding > contract in this regard. > > Consortium members will be picked by geographical location, skill set, > proficiency, and some other factors. > > Nobody in the consortium will directly compete with other members, and > prices for services will be standardized. > > The the whole idea is for you to keep your business, yet operate to > some degree in the consortium (no leaching). > > We all help each other out, either by sending leads, or even going on > a sales calls for another person in the consortium (obviously, this > would be a paid gig). Let's face it, some people can sell much better > than others. For a big deal, I would potentially fly someone in who > is great sales person and pay them well for their time. > > We can sub out work to each other that are in the inner circle of trust. > > One other HUGE and the main benefit when coming up with the idea, is > that we will all act as one company on the surface, so there is great > credibility there rather than a one, two, or even ten man shop. We > will also act as one company to some degree behind the scenes. I have > turned away plenty of business because I was booked solid or did not > have the skillset nor time to learn it. > > I would gladly turn over that business to someone else in the > consortium providing a get a kickback for the sale and the job get's > done correctly. > > To the outside world, we appear to be a single World Wide company, > with offices and technicians that could be onsite anywhere in the US > and other countries. > > If you have any interest, questions, or any kind of feedback, please > post to the list or email directly if it is not list material. > > -- > Thanks, > Steve Totaro > +18887771888 (Toll Free) > +12409381212 (Cell) > +12024369784 (Skype) > More and more benefits are coming to mind like what essentially would be a group buy. If we all purchase under the consortium's name, and we have enough active members buying, then we will be in a great position to negotiate lower prices on hardware and other services. -- Thanks, Steve Totaro +18887771888 (Toll Free) +12409381212 (Cell) +12024369784 (Skype) _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
