[LUAU] Spreading OpenSource w/ ZenCart & 808lunch.com

[Aryn Nakaoka]

John -

Like Kokua Wireless, I highly doubt any real money will come from 808lunch.
Its more an educational / community service vehicle that will get people
talking about open source (Free Organic/Active Websites) as well as It'll
give mom + pop stores something they usually pay big money for.

That being said, every store that is helped out by a HOSEF member - we can
put the HOSEF Logo and the members name on the site... see attached. So yes,
HOSEF will get credit for those stores that members help with...

thanks
Aryn



On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 9:15 AM, John Montgomery <coldplazma at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Aryn
>
> I too have never posted to this list before and have been mostly just
> reading the occasional message.  But I am quite aware of you and your
> http://www.kokuawireless.com/ as I am a big fan of free wireless networks,
> and have read up a lot on mesh networking solutions and wifi antenna
> design.
>
> I assume with 808lunch it is part of a for profit business venture, which
> is
> very good since we need more smart and savvy local business people in
> technology here in Hawaii.  So I assume 808lunch will become part of your
> ad
> space network that you have already established with
> http://www.kokuawireless.com/.  So in asking for help from HOSEF which is
> a
> great idea and thus would be mutually beneficial for HOSEF to help out
> with
> 808lunch and for you to utilize your ad space network to help promote
> HOSEF
> and HOSEF projects.
>
> If you gave such a commitment to use your business clout to promote HOSEF
> I
> would be the first in line to help out.
>
> Sincerely
> John A. Montgomery
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Aryn Nakaoka <anakaoka at 808lunch.com>
> wrote:
>
> > HOSEF Luau List -
> >
> > My name is Aryn Nakaoka, this is my first e-mail to this list, so please
> > pardon me if I miss something... I become a fan of oss software and its
> > power from working with Sean Fairchild on various projects. We have a
> > project that is 100% OSS and it has the potential to spread open source
> > topic of discussion in every lunch/restaurant business in Hawaii ....
> But
> > we'd need some help since its probably going to take  support. We're
> going
> > to give them FREE e commerce site which will fax online orders to the
> > shop!
> >
> > We tried this idea a couple years back but didn't have enough support
> for
> > the restaurants to get this really going. That's where you come in....
> >
> > This is the idea:
> >
> >   - http://808lunch.com - is basically a e commerce site for local lunch
> >   restaurants.
> >   - The idea was so that office workers could place an order without
> >   having to wait on hold or wait in line. We've all called a restaurant
> > and
> >   had a hard time understanding the person taking our order... and its a
> > quick
> >   process to call in an order either.
> >   - 808lunch.com (in the oss spirit) gives a restaurant a FREE e
> >   commerce site. But more importantly , since our focus is lunch places
> > people
> >   who place orders on the e commerce site will get an e-mail
> confirmation
> > and
> >   the restaurants will receive a fax.
> >   - Many restaurants don't have a PC to check e-mail or a printer to
> >      print the order, however they all have a land line to take calls
> > and faxes.
> >      Imagine your a restaurant and your fax machine continuously
> > prints incoming
> >      orders from a website...
> >      - Simple concept
> >      1. browse a menu
> >      2. click / create order in online shopping cart
> >      3. send order and get a call back from the store they received
> >      it
> >      4. pickup / pay for order or delivery
> >      5. enjoy your lunch
> >
> > The hosting and server will be from us, hopefully we can make it up with
> > advertising , but its not much load anyways...
> >
> > why we need HOSEF?
> >
> >   - The mom and pop lunch places usually don't have the knowledge to
> >   admin zencart.
> >      - participating resturants will get a copy of
> >      http://sourceforge.net/projects/zencart/ for their e commerce
> >      site.
> >       - We will setup the structure, but will need people to support
> >   any restaurants who want to participate
> >      - anyone who is interested and has knowledge about zencart would
> >      become an admin for a certain company. we will give you an e-mail
> for
> >      Store_Admin at 808lunch.com so you can communicate with the
> >      restaurant.
> >      - What needs to be done?
> >         - setup logo files
> >      - setup menu and pricing
> >         - upload photos
> >         - of course we can limit how much is done... (100 menu
> >      items)
> >      - Its all open for discussion, but I just wanted to throw it out
> >      there...
> >      - any other consulting would be available for HOSEF Members to
> >   take on the side.
> >      - redoing their website or building them e-mail accounts
> >
> > I thought HOSEF members would interested because it will get OSS in the
> > news
> > for "business" applications that people pay a lot of money for because
> it
> > helps generate revenue for the restaurants.
> >
> > IF you are interested in helping out, please let me know.
> >
> > here is what we have thus far:
> >
> > http://808lunch.com  = main site
> > http://808lunch.com/alohasalad/ = opening soon @ Ward. But there is
> > already
> > a Kailua location
> >
> > Thanks
> > Aryn Nakaoka
> >
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