Hey there,
so from what we observed there is ‘preciousplastic.com’ which kinda wants to appear as ‘org’ but it isn’t since it’s obviously getting/is/was a brand. To us and others it’s kind weird to see this kinda open source idea / spirit buried under financial problems, eg: producers have to pay to Eindhoven to be part of the idea, for real and the needed full-time commitment somewhere along pretty hidden strings (see bazaar fees story),… In top the community is locked out or away, leaving the impression : you have to be in Eindhoven to be the ‘real precious plastic’. Obviously, we’re over 40, 50, 60 not able to do so … Also applying fixes to machine issues is seemingly impossible, whatever we tried …
However, in order to fix this, we’re thinking the critical mass and capital is there and so monetary problems can be detached from the project, ie: free trade, publicly extendable library for molds, machines, etc… We’re taking care of that part and this goes into ‘precious – plastic . ORG’, by the end of the year in all languages needed.
What remains is another pillar urgently needed : ‘precious plastic – PRO’. Currently we just manage to keep up production and get people started. We encountered often requests which are better done by a commission or commercial outlet to answer users/investors, etc… I have no idea who or how this can be done but it has to be done. We do this on a daily base but it’s very VERY VERY time consuming and we feel a little sad to have no time to address user needs or applications at all and sort. We hope that can be fixed with ‘precious plastic . ORG’ which unveils honest data, facts, etc… in all languages but even though someone should be there full time to answer the f** phone.
what do you think ?
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Ok let’s see the next iteration of the machines can come with enough material (FAQs); that would cut out at least the half of the overhead. The rest seems more about the process(es).