[P2P-F] Getting started hosting an open source project

[Michel Bauwens]

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 at 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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