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From: Tere Vadén <tere.vaden@uta.fi>
Date: Mon, May 2, 2011 at 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: Getting started hosting an open source project
To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004@gmail.com>
Cc: jeffalbrecht@mail.com

Hello Jeff!

Maybe you don't have to start from scratch. The eCars Now! -community is international, and has a functioning internet infrastructure:

http://ecars-now.wikidot.com/

There seems to be a group in the US:

http://ecars-now.wikidot.com/local:start

And, what's best, they have a motorbike-project as well (the main guy, Henkka Palonen, is really something, you should get in touch with him):

http://yty.net/c/Random_EV_does_Cagiva/Introduction.html

Best,

T:T

On 5/1/11 8:49 PM, Michel Bauwens wrote:

Dear Jeff,

I hope you don't mind that I share this request with some friendly
mailing lists, with lots of people involved in similar projects,

for starters, you may look specifically at other open mobility projects,
see http://p2pfoundation.net/Product_Hacking#Mobility:_Vehicles, to see
how they have approached similar problems as you are wrestling with now

a project like eCars is specifically dedicated to conversion designs, so
may be similiar in intent; Tere in cc knows more about this specific project

my hunch is that a combination of software depository (sourceforce,
github), a wiki (we use mediawiki), and a mailing list is the key for
the internal community, while a blog may be appropriate to inform the
external sympathizers and the 'world', about the progress of your project,

however, I hope that the people here can give you a more specific
recommendation for the sharing of designs

Michel

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 11:58 PM, <jeffalbrecht@mail.com
<mailto:jeffalbrecht@mail.com>> wrote:

Hi Michel,
I saw your video on TED. I'm beginning to build a diy series/hybrid
motorcycle evolving into a diy series/hybrid auto conversion and
want to host an open source community/project to collaborate with
people worldwide. Not sure how to start. I've looked through your
website, but not sure where step #1 is. I'm thinking I need a
software platform/management software where everyone can come
together in a forum format and also share drawings, photos, etc. I
know yahoo groups has been used for this in the past, but I'm sure
there are more evolved systems in the public domain today.

Thanks for your help. Mother Earth News sold over 60,000 of these
plans for auto conversions over the last 4-decades, but I can't find
anyone who has built one. I'd like to start off with the motorcycle
first since that would be less expensive than a car.

Jeff Albrecht
Boulder, CO usa

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