Re: (ET) Bill Gunn

[Steve Gaarder <gaarder ecovillage ithaca ny us>]

It seems to me there are four ways a coop could work, in order of
increasing complexity:

1.  Pay Bill to keep doing what he's been doing.

2.  Act as a front-end for Bill, so he gets all the orders from one place,
and just ships the stuff out and cashes the checks.

3.  Buy the inventory where it is.  The coop handles the orders, and pays
Bill to store it and ship it out when someone wants something.

4.  Buy the inventory, store it somewhere, and do the whole thing
ourselves.

Steve