Hi Luke,
On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 05:30:47PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
at some point i'll need an address and tel no and name for a courier, the name on the page is just to get an idea of numbers and also preferably put how you can be contacted (email address) if it's not obvious
understood. I'll produce a list of hackers and contact info.
eek! that's quite a lot, but with something like... i forget exactly how many but i believe it's like... 200 or so parabola cards, it's probably a good idea.
also understood. I will make sure that we only request the cards we actually need. I will talk to the maintainers and make sure they are all in the loop. I am confident we can get this number down a bit.
bear in mind that the prototypes are like of the order of $USD *200 to 250 each*, and also that courier costs as well as the prototype production costs eat into the budget which is already getting tight, the less amount of money that comes out of that budget the more is available to help the project succeed. so i leave it up to you to decide.
also understood. I will try and source some budget so that parabole does not produce any unnecessary costs.
one thing: whatever happens, please do *not* just let the Cards sit on shelves once you are done with them. if you're not going to use them, *please find a home for them* and ask people to respect the same thing. the idea is that these Cards have an ongoing recycled lifespan until they literally fall apart, as they're part of an "Eco-Conscious" angle of Computing Appliance Reuse.
don't worry, I have literally dozens of projects in mind with those cards ;)
couple weeks for the 2.7.4 revisions, that'll be QTY 10 which i'll test out. ETAs during pre-production testing phases... you just *cannot* give *any* guarantees whatsoever.
allright, thanks for the info Luke, I will talk to our arm team again, make sure that everyone understands the things you told me, and then get back to you with a number, and then we will wait patiently for the cards to hit :)
thank you all for the awesome work you are doing!
Best, -Andreas