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- ↳ About the DeliveryCats Cooperatives Project
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- [--DEBATE ARENA--]
- ↳ PART 1 - The App (open-source platform)
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- ↳ v1.0
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- ↳ ** FOSS Project **
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- [--DEBATE ARENA--]
- ↳ PART 2 - The Plan (organizational template)
- ↳ First Read the Room
- ↳ Who Will Discourage the Idea?
- ↳ Who is Pushing the Idea?
- ↳ Urban Modifications
- ↳ Rural Modifications
- ↳ Is it Sustainable?
- ↳ First Look at Numbers
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- ↳ Committing to Ethics and Excellence
- ↳ Start Up of a Cooperative
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- [--DEBATE ARENA--]
- ↳ ** Logistics Best Practices **
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- ↳ Segments
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- ↳ Hot-Food-Specifically
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- ↳ Other Labor/Service (careful)
- ↳ Membership Account
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