Dear Jeff,<br><br>I hope you don't mind that I share this request with some friendly mailing lists, with lots of people involved in similar projects,<br><br>for starters, you may look specifically at other open mobility projects, see <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Product_Hacking#Mobility:_Vehicles">http://p2pfoundation.net/Product_Hacking#Mobility:_Vehicles</a>, to see how they have approached similar problems as you are wrestling with now<br>
<br>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<br><br>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,<br>
<br>however, I hope that the people here can give you a more specific recommendation for the sharing of designs<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 11:58 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeffalbrecht@mail.com">jeffalbrecht@mail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div> Hi Michel,<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Jeff Albrecht<br>
Boulder, CO usa<br>
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