[Cu-wireless] CU Wireless/OJC Partnering: PLEASE READ!

[Zachary C. Miller]

Very tricksy sending such urgent mail dated August 4th and having it
arrive only today! I smell an OJC conspiracy! ;)

Seriously. Awesome. Do it.

Mike Lehman wrote:
> Sounds like a great partnership.
> Mike Lehman
> 
> Sascha Meinrath wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > After months of negotiations, OJC Technologies is willing to come on board 
> > as a parter on the Community Wireless Project.  Here's what OJC is willing 
> > to give us to get things started:
> > 
> > 1. WebEasel website design tool -- it's currently being sold to 
> > non-profits for $1700, but we can get it to spiffy up our website.
> > 2. 10 Hours of Professional Website Design and Development -- which 
> > usually runs $750 for OJC clients.
> > 3. Grant Proposal and Research Proposal Writing -- OJC will help with 
> > proposal writing to help support the Community Wireless Project.
> > 4. Space at OJC for Wireless Development Laboratory -- we sort of already 
> > do this ad hoc, but this would formalize the agreement.
> > 5. Development Machine -- which would allow many more folks to develop 
> > our software since we'd have a dedicated machine.
> > 6. CVS Respository -- for development purposes.
> > 7. BUGZILLA -- web-based software for tracking problem reports.
> > [the above two would be nice since we'd have OJC sysadmins taking care of 
> > setup and maintenance]
> > 8. Phone Number -- so we could have a permanent contact number. 
> > 9. Meeting Space -- again, formalizing the use of a resource we've been 
> > using on-and-off for awhile.
> > 
> > I think this partnership will help get us much more organized and will
> > greatly aid our system development and open up new resources for the
> > project.  In return, OJC is asking that we say that the Community Wireless
> > Project is being developed "in partnership with OJC Technologies" and that
> > OJC is "the development home of the CU Community Wireless Project." 
> > 
> > Unless folks who are working on this project have objections, I'd like to 
> > say "O.K." to this agreement.  So please post your thoughts, concerns, 
> > support, etc.  If there are no major concerns by the end of the week I'll 
> > let OJC know we're agreeing to the partnership.
> > 
> > Onward!
> > 
> > --Sascha
> 
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