Re: (ET) Bill Gunn going out of ET business

["Mr. Shannon Aldinger" <shannon yinyang hjsoft com>]

> Ouch!  So what's going to happen to all that stuff?  Should we create an
> "ET owners' coop" to buy it?

That may be the only option, he's not taking any new orders.

An ET owners' coop has several issues to overcome:
1. storage of parts, etc.
2. ordering / shipping parts, takes time
3. procedure for passing control when the person/people storing and 
shipping parts, can no longer do so
4. coming up with the money to buy out / ship Bill Gunn's remaining stock
5. loosing the 20+ years of knowledge Bill Gunn has built up.

I can provide at least a partial soultion to 4 and 5. I'm willing to kick 
in at least $500 toward a coop purchase of Bill Gunn's stock, blueprints, 
etc. I can develop a support database to store problems and solutions we 
encounter to build a step by step solution to the problems we encounter 
and fix.

Also, to offset some of the associated storage costs, the coop may need to 
charge a yearly membership fee say $15-$30 range for access to the support 
database and to order parts.

Someone needs to take the lead on this.

Shannon Aldinger