Larry Price ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Bob Crandell wrote: > >> Correction, that's MESSY. I'm still working on it. I'm beginning to think it >> requires an administrative arm that I can't afford yet. It goes back to the idea >> of herding cats while presenting a professional image to the public. >> >> Seth Cohn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: >> > >> >P.P.S. Regarding consulting co-ops, Yes, I'm >> >interested, and Bob Crandell and I were talking >> >about this for a while, and it was clear that it >> >could be very messy, depending on how it was >> >setup. > >It seems to me as though a large part of it rests on each individual, >if you can't take responsibility for your jobs and for what you contracted >to do you would be letting down the client and and your fellows. > >And then there is the issue of professional image, which is something not >all current members of EUGLUG are going to agree on. > >If we do go with something like a professional cooperative several >it would be something with a sharper boundary than Euglug, if only because >money would be involved. > >On the other hand I think it would be well worth doing because if the >talents embodied in the current participation were unlocked and focused >we could do great things. > The people I've worked with have been reliable in that if they said they would, they did. Where it falls down is in the business end. After you do the work, put your time in so the customer can be billed for it and you can receive your just deserts, or carrots and radishes.
Your last paragraph is what got me all excited about this as the concept started taking shape during conversations with Seth and some accounts and business consultants. The caution is we are sailing in rough seas that have been mined in a glass bottom boat. This could be really fun. -- Bob Crandell Assured Computing When you need to be sure. Cell 541-914-3985 FAX 240-371-7237 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.assuredcomp.com
