Re: ApacheBookStore.com

2014-10-13 Thread Pierre Smits
True, whether or not to pursue the exploitation of an e-commerce activity by The ASF is something that needs to analysed thoroughly regarding the fiscal and social implications. But, before such endeavour is undertaken the ASF could use the capabilities of OFBiz to showcase the books related to th

Re: ApacheBookStore.com

2014-10-13 Thread Ted Dunning
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 11:27 AM, jan i wrote: > On 13 October 2014 16:30, Pierre Smits wrote: > > > Rich, > > > > How about drop shipments directly from the publishing party, if they can > > handle that? That way no inventory would be required. > > > > With OFBiz The ASF can take the ordersin (

Re: ApacheBookStore.com

2014-10-13 Thread Roger Whitcomb
Here is a blog about non-profits and "earned" income. It is certainly possible (and common). The two big things to look out for are: - whether the goods sold are substantially related to the non-profit's purpose - and how much income is derived relative to other activities http://www.nonprofitlaw

Re: ApacheBookStore.com

2014-10-13 Thread jan i
On 13 October 2014 16:30, Pierre Smits wrote: > Rich, > > How about drop shipments directly from the publishing party, if they can > handle that? That way no inventory would be required. > > With OFBiz The ASF can take the ordersin (not only for books, but also > promotion stuff like t-shirts, ba

Re: ApacheBookStore.com

2014-10-13 Thread Pierre Smits
Rich, How about drop shipments directly from the publishing party, if they can handle that? That way no inventory would be required. With OFBiz The ASF can take the ordersin (not only for books, but also promotion stuff like t-shirts, banners, buttons, etc), accept the payment (credit card, etc)

Re: ApacheBookStore.com

2014-10-13 Thread Rich Bowen
On 10/10/2014 12:07 PM, Pierre Smits wrote: Rich, Why not consider the eCommerce solution of the Apache OFBiz project as a replacement for the wiki page? That could be cool - you mean, selling books directly and giving profits to the ASF? How would we handle shipping/inventory? Anyways, I

Re: Fwd: The ASF and Apache OFBiz (was: Re: ASF Status website and project health reporting)

2014-10-13 Thread Pierre Smits
@brane Every tool has its limitations... ;-) I can do an (off-site) demo at the ApacheCon EU 2014 for those interested. Best regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM * Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrti

Re: Fwd: The ASF and Apache OFBiz (was: Re: ASF Status website and project health reporting)

2014-10-13 Thread Branko Čibej
On 13.10.2014 15:27, Pierre Smits wrote: > Based on some demo data I have mocked up how this could look like and have > created a Powerpoint to show and explain this a bit. > In the attached PDF you can get a feel of some screenshots. In the notes of > each slide you'll find a short description. A

Fwd: The ASF and Apache OFBiz (was: Re: ASF Status website and project health reporting)

2014-10-13 Thread Pierre Smits
-- Forwarded message -- From: Pierre Smits Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 3:19 PM Subject: The ASF and Apache OFBiz (was: Re: ASF Status website and project health reporting) To: gabriela.gib...@gmail.com Cc: "dev@community.apache.org" , humbed...@apache.org, Noah Slater , curc...@apac