On 19/11/11 09:28, Gareth France wrote: > I have no interest in borrowing money whatsoever. I'm hoping to develop in > the direction of group meets, training days etc. I'm intrigued by the idea > of install fests, plenty of opportunities out there. > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 9:21 AM, john beddard <j...@creationspace.co.uk>wrote: > >> On 19/11/11 00:50, Gareth France wrote: >>> Naturally everything is in it's infancy right now. I'll be providing a >> mix >>> of new and reasonable spec second hand machines. Expect the range to be >>> rather limited at first but I'll be looking to grow it quite quickly. >>> >>> The website isn't up just yet but the email is working >>> sa...@cliftonts.co.ukor I'm always available by phone on 07973 281384. >>> I'm based in Bucks but >>> I'm looking into shipping options at the moment and it should be easily >>> do-able. Check out http://www.britishcomputerfairs.com and expect to >> see me >>> at most of their events from now on. >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Alan Bell <alan.b...@libertus.co.uk >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 19/11/11 00:42, Gareth France wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm toying with moving on to arranging a met up for those interested >> as I >>>>> collect them and just generally trying to get a bit of a buzz locally. >>>>> Thanks for the offer, of course keeping costs low will be crucial to >> making >>>>> this work. I'll be in touch in due course. >>>>> >>>> >>>> where in the country are you based? How can people on the list find you >> to >>>> get one of your fine pre-installed Ubuntu machines? >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk< >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> Gareth, >> >> Open-source developments such as Ubuntu, lend themselves naturally to >> furthering local community development. For example if you offer some >> sort of training to local people, possibly around a LoCo. You will find >> that the local council will be really interested in some sort of >> regeneration funding. Most of them are now frantically looking for >> alternatives away from the 'retail bubble.' >> >> Another possibility is to consider looking at becoming a Social >> Enterprise, such as a Community Investment Company (CIC). Where >> investors and funding agencies really understand relatively new ideas >> such as, open-source and crowdsourcing. I believe that there are good >> funding possibilities for CICs. >> >> Don't forget that taking traditional bank funding can also limit your >> company's flexibility grow. Largely because the bank is only interested >> in making money from your business. They have no interest in supporting >> fresh new ideas. >> >> John >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > > Your local Council Regeneration Team and University Enterprise (Entrepreneurial) Department. Will be setting up many start-ups with e-payment arrangements everyday. They will be glad to hear from you. And will have a contact person at the Bank (usually Nat West) to refer you to.
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