essentially it will be "my" business , i've answered the questions in bold italic below
Check list:
Who will be holding the money?
just a normal business bank account
What area could it be started in?
initially sydney but it will expand into all the other cities
Where would the Storage Centre be?
specifically down near prestons or campbelltown
Production Cost?
thats basically what the membership fee is for aside from paying for an industrial unit or two
Pollution in refining?
ideally any pollution will carbon neutral if any at all, some plastics do release gasses when heated however this doesn't seem to be a problem for any other manufactures
What supply's could be traded?
anything in the catalog trading with other buisnesses is somthing i will probably look at as well
City and Rural interest?
that will be part of expanding into the food arena
Who is to hold the ABN?
in short me
Would it be a Member status or a part ownership of the organisation?
member status
(say 10 people signed up for it, would it be you as the boss, and 10 people as members?
or would all 11 people own a part of said company, and take from it all the same share?)
essentially i would be the "boss" (i hate that word) and the members are customers
What is the item worth?the is where the "theory of value" starts to play in the business favour the value is essentially irrelevant unless the item is sold into the monetary system,this business is more like a "library"]
(not all items are the same, and not all people need the same items, What if I order some thing in larger bulk than joe, but we still pay the same amount, but I call on it more often?)
[b]there will be limits set in the catalogue based on available stockpiled resources and demand, however there will be options available for cases where people want a high volume of a certain thing [i]
I feel the reaction from governments and city cancel's could problematic with us doing this, [i]as long as everything is squeaky clean then there shouldn't be a problem, councils can't winge either since there is nothing against the law about providing people with another place to put their waste, if a problem does come up I'm sure a good solicitor would be more than happy to fight it, there is also nothing against the law about structuring a business in a way that no one else cam compete
Food production:
We have a small lot with some things growing right now, Harvesting will take some time,
Water treatment:
We could also start catching water, purify it, and trade that too.
Labour:
Labour can be traded in this system as well I believe.
[b]food is the part when i get to it will be the interesting one, food in the catalogue probably won't be as most imagine it today when they goto the shops, e.g. if you order a chicken you'll get a chicken however the processing behind it will probably only be as far as cutting the off the head and feet and de feathering it, turning that chicken into chicken nuggets for example probably won't be an available option until further down the track
labour is essentially what the business tries to eliminate via a high degree of automation, however being realistic labour is probably going to be necessary for a while however it will be a low as possible
Summation:
I feel like this is a good idea, But some servey's of the local public would need to be done in order
to see if it would be viable in the market arena.
A ABN would need to be obtained.
and all legal requirement's would have to be met.
website/order forums/public notice's need to be designed, and produced.
Very interesting to think about.
Seems to me it could work, and we could also add in the Zshed idea, and the automated gym system's
I have placed up here. - I thought that was a brilliant idea and there is a place for stuff like that, the eventual goal is to be able to provide almost everything the average human needs that is just one of the many things that can become apart of it
I believe in being somewhat open and honest so that part is below:
The one question i know somone is going to ask is "are you going to draw a wage off it?" bottom line is
yes, I most likely will, to some members of the zeitgeist movement this will probably be unacceptable, however bear in mind zeitgeist members will probably only make up a small percentage of the membership base, at the end of the day i have rent to pay and food to put on the table, and if i end up devoting every waking moment to the business then that is what I'll have to do
thanks for the response, these questions have given me a very good idea of what i need to expand in the PDF