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International Beer swap
I am currently starting up an international beer swap with the USA. I have two people, Chris and Shane from New Mexico who are investigating the american side of the operation, such as State and Federal Laws.
At this stage we are still planning, but we are interested in contributions from everyone.
As things develop they will be posted to this group. We are hoping that the future will lead to a chapter in each state.
looking forward to hearing from you all.
Cheers Paul
Paul Wicksteed - another1
Oct 18, 2011
MacPatches
account no longer Pending, hello international beer swap people, your Americans have arrived.... well one of us anyway
im not huge on Forums, always forget to check them
BUT im more than easy to contact on twitter @MacPatches
or on Google+
Oct 21, 2011
Paul Wicksteed - another1
Oct 21, 2011
Paul Wicksteed - another1
Oct 30, 2011
Simon Cooke
Oct 30, 2011
MacPatches
that youtube video you saw Simon, was Shane and his good friend Ken, Shane and i haven't teamed up for any videos yet
but we're glad to have you aboard
Oct 31, 2011
MacPatches
Oct 31, 2011
MacPatches
infact here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8aLMnV1CFc
Oct 31, 2011
Paul Wicksteed - another1
Oct 31, 2011
MacPatches
Emails to lawyers have been ignored
Emails to tax exempt specialist have been ignored
getting kinda Frustrated. don't give up hope, Team USA will get this done... even if that team right now is just me
Nov 3, 2011
Paul Wicksteed - another1
We are on the lookout for home brewing, beer drinking, international flight crew. Basically a beer mule.
Nov 15, 2011
MacPatches
a whole hell of alot of annoyance copied the conversation, was about to post it, but i wanted neither the biggest post on the subject to be depressing nor a reformatted twitter conversation, if you are however interested in seeing it tell me your email, and i'll forward it to you, its not long basically the attorney saying its to much paperwork and fees to be of benefit
my non-Profit specialist says the idea is Wonderful and he's all for it, but as a professional in setting up Non-profit organizations he said getting a reliable attorney, whom is willing to go over step by step, of the process, of the fees who understands and agrees with your cause is the MOST important part of starting.
so i had to stop and think
i know what I want out of this Club, but what about you guys? if you are to join an international Beer Swap Club,
What Do YOU Want Out of it?
it wont be a free Club,
as members we will all have to put in some membership fees, how much would YOU be willing to pay, what kinds of Returns do you Expect.
what do you think is the best way to handle the membership fees and using that to pay for the shipping
do you think a tiered membership
(pay more get bonuses like Home delivery, pay less regional club house delivery)
Or a membership of only one amount so no member pays more or less than anyone else
How do you think Club houses would work best, someone (locally agreed) members house/Garage
Should there be some kind of Lot rented under club Financing (would increase membership fees Drastically Forcing only Very seriously interested people to join filtering out people who are just attempting to get free beer)
Iv never set up a Club, iv never even set up a lemon-aid stand so i know I'm leaving out a lot of important things, so lets pulls some stings and get this off the ground
because if by some miracle some attorney whom is Pro Bono happens to reply to the posts and questions iv been putting out there, happens to lend a hand, i need to know what the Members to communicate that.
Nov 24, 2011