From matt.mattarn@gmail.com Thu Oct 30 14:28:56 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:28:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.198.248]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Kvf4V-00082l-8n for llg-members@lojban.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:28:56 -0700 Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b17so853117rvf.46 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:28:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=mQkd6vQRnxMKu7mME7PyqaPAdciFjGIgqr8h5e8iRlk=; b=klZhl/dRyQEqgJzZ/km8kaTsTnxAEyHcMpPAB6FgbdoVSz/mfCqmRoAnPOI5f17tL3 iloRzV33At+66n9JHIB8pkyBIwi4Afxje7iU+dZvVg8E98mc8UFxghdwSArNCMa78JP5 hp1VeV2n0adXqdrk5wNS3ztTU1aFSNZ7bR0DI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=BZ7DvWI2ZvBXjCpXFgmGjoF7jNHAh+lmrF+QB3tzckh4VOMIjIJ4tU8DdcQoDoU8kL aZPgpeMWnj/mRDrpyNBKx2klaskzARSpTMsnDL2A1PC5v6UUP3BaGnZeM1NhhdIJYxKs l/W0S2ggoAKTWx/qxbcQDUo11seZciVUwd6Vg= Received: by 10.141.177.10 with SMTP id e10mr6145199rvp.112.1225402129052; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:28:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.141.20 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:28:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:28:49 -0400 From: "Matt Arnold" To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: LLG AGM 2008: New Business In-Reply-To: <490A1F9D.6090800@lojban.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20081008210111.GX2447@nvg.org> <20081029184442.GA2447@nvg.org> <490A1971.1080200@lojban.org> <490A1F9D.6090800@lojban.org> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 634 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members Oh wow! Awesome! I had hoped that transition could become possible. The simple problem is getting the books to me. -Matt On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Bob LeChevalier wrote: > Matt Arnold wrote: >> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Bob LeChevalier >> wrote: >> >>> Sounds like reasonable ideas, and we could sell them at a profit, but *I* >>> certainly don't want to do order fulfillment, which of course is the big >>> deal with such things. We would need shipping supplies, printed >>> instructions for the game, and some sort of proper box or container. >> >> I'm glad you brought this up. It's one of my favorite parts. The last >> few months, order fulfillment has been my main source of income, >> because I run PodDisc.com. I discovered I am a person who loves order >> fulfillment and I want to do more of it. I have mass quantities of >> packaging, a postal scale, and a label printer with Endicia postage >> service. It's all set up in wire drawers within reach of my computer >> chair. I go to the post office almost every day. You can count on me >> to handle it. > > If that is the case, and if we can work out shipping a few boxes of books to > you, I would recommend that the board consider turning my job over to you > (and you can handle amazon.com as well, if it is cost-effective). Some one > who is doing this regularly will certainly outperform me. > > (Note that I kinda enjoyed order fulfillment myself when I was mailing out > JLs and LKs every several months, and we had a raft of products that people > bought, again with multiple orders per month. It's a lot harder with kids > around and a shortage of storage space, and when I can go 2-3 months without > an order, and I am having to go buy mailing supplies every time I do fill an > order, making it 2 trips out each time I do a round of order fulfillment.) > > lojbab > > >