Hiya Dave,

Thanks for your support and interest in the project.

Ill get some walk through documentation together and a roadmap for
development.

Things will move quite fast now as weve made multi currency payment
modules that recognise the users world region and weve also added a
payment on account system too.

Weve been busy working on the print on demand element of the project and
now thats done, we can put our energies into the NDS system.

In the background we been testing the system mapping media arts venues
in the UK and Ireland, which has been sucessful. That has meant
databasing about 100 organisations, over 6 months, and testing CiviCRMs
features with these contacts.

We are trying to raise partners to help develop the project, we have a
number of design colleges on board already and a mix of independent
publishers and activist Hack Labs.

Please suggest a time for a conference skype, we are based in the UK and
work office hours so anytime in that timeframe works for us.

Ciao

Simon

Dave Greenberg wrote:
> Simon,
> Thanks for sharing the launch announcement with us - very exciting!
> We're thrilled that you're using CiviCRM for your NDS initiative - and
> look forward to your organization's feedback and involvement in
> pushing the platform forward.
>
> It might be useful for us to get a quick 'guided tour' of NDS (skype
> conference or ??) - so we can get a clearer sense of how you're using
> CiviCRM - and then chat about future directions.
>
> Congratulations on the launch!
> ...dave
>
> On 1/6/06, Simon Worthington wrote:
>
>>Hiya,
>>
>>Please find below an annoucement for a new Media Arts community web
>>site, released for BETA today Friday 06/06, called Mute magazine
>>http://metamute.org/
>>
>>The site is an example of a participatory publishing and networked
>>economy site.
>>
>>I'm sending the annoucement as the site has a number of interesting
>>FLOSS web tools on it that have used Drupal CMS (content management
>>system) and CiviCRM the NGO (constituent relationship management) web
>>based systems.
>>
>>The features include:
>>
>>**POD and User POD** - Print on demand directly from the web site - this
>>means that a user can select any article on the site and create their
>>own personal book, stored as a PDF online and available for ordering as
>>a POD book, for a low low price.
>>
>>Print on demand is a high quality, low cost form of digital book
>>printing, through which one or 1000s of copies can be printed in several
>>locations throughout the world. Mute has opted for this technology for
>>reasons of cost, but also so we can be more responsive to developments
>>on our website. Outside of our regular magazine run, we will be
>>producing a variety of other POD imprints.
>>As a user, you can recompose any content items from the site and have
>>your own book printed and delivered at low cost. The digital print
>>process also means you can leave a PDF of your book online to share with
>>others, in our POD Park.
>>
>>**Agent network, the Networked Distribution Services/NDS** - on the site
>>weve been using CiviCRM to create a collaborative network of small
>>cultural print producers. Using CiviCRM we've made a system where
>>orders, delivery tracking, payment and outlets and partner contact
>>details can me managed online.
>>
>>Mute invites site users to join our agents scheme, which rewards the
>>local distribution and sale of Mute with 30% of the cover price. The
>>system - whose working title is NDS (Networked Distribution Service) -
>>is made possible by software which allows orders, deliveries and
>>payments to be tracked online. Mute's agent network is also open to
>>users offering their publications for distribution and sale: through
>>this process of mutual support, we aim to contribute to alternative
>>distribution networks globally.
>>
>>Please come and join us - Mute
>>
>>Become a FLOSS partner