[freegeek-startup] startup or intergalactic

[That Man Behind the Curtain]

vagrant at freegeek.org wrote:
>> * "intergalactic" would be for actual approved official-dishal
>> freegeeks, as in certified and bona fide. This list doesn't exist yet,
>> but would be open to members of official free geeks to discuss ongoing
>> bidness. For instance, we could talk about common software development
>> or an intergalactic congress on this list.
> 
> i don't like the idea of closing intergalatic to official freegeeks
> only, as a lot of the information would be useful to non-official
> freegeek-like organizations as well, especially new startups in
> progress.

As long as the purpose of the list (to coordinate between the various
free geeks) is clear, there's no real problem in having it open to others.

The franchise list needs to be open to official free geeks only however,
since that is where we hash out the merits of applications and
participants should feel free to raise all sorts of potentially touchy
concerns and whatnot.


Kent Tenney wrote:
> I must admit, the name "intergalactic" doesn't mean much to me,
> it sounds like a reference to an inside joke that I'm not privy to.

The reason we're using the word intergalactic is because the umbrella
organization we're talking about has been being referred to as "Free
Geek Intergalactic". That is, we would just be naming the list after the
organization.

(It's worth noting that Free Geek Intergalactic has no standing yet as a
legal entity.)

I'm leaning towards a separate list for ongoing business of Free Geek
Intergalactic (separate from the current startup list). The startup list
will get filled with FAQ like stuff, will swell to large numbers of
subscribers that show an interest for a little while and then disappear.
(There are currently 125 subscribers at this point, though only a dozen
or so folks have posted more than a single message since the beginning
of the year.)

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