GNUBiz / experiencesy

[Rui Miguel Seabra]

On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 03:25 +0100, Diogo Miguel Constantino dos Santos
wrote:
> Qui, 2005-05-26 às 13:49 +0200, João Miguel Neves escreveu:
> 
> >  Issues included accountability
> > (who's responsible for what, particularly replying to RFPs), payments
> > (who receives what) and general coordination.
> 
> Yes. Agree with that. But it wasn't just that.
> 
> The lack of hability of most people to commit fully to the goal (for
> economic reasons) was also a problem.
>
> With this experience I became convinced that there as to a clear and
> formal structure to define who will do what and when, as well as who
> will benefict from what, that works for every business, without the need
> for the people to think on that every time.

More than a formal structure, or lack of commitment, I still think that
there was a fundamental lack of understanding of what a cooperative is
good for: solving specific common needs of the cooperating parties.

(sidenote: involved party as well)

We're tech people who want to have businesses, but we're no good at
doing too many things at the same time, specially unintersting things
like losing a lot of time travelling without need or doing customer
support.

That's what we needed a cooperative for. The cooperative can't work as a
business mediator between parties.

Each cooperating business could then do its business and provide the
customer with a wide national network of support.

To me, GNU Biz is sort of that, but international.

I can do business, and my customers can know they don't depend on me,
exactly, but on the business network (the cooperative). If I'm not
available, someone else will likely be.

Looking at g-b-n, it looks like our problems aren't just national :)
Lets face it, we're mostly tech-people, with political interests but not
much mind for both at the same time.

Hugs, Rui

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