12 Feb 01 - 04:56 PM (#396611) Subject: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Max Hi all. I have an interesting opportunity for all of us. Onstage (therefore Mudcat) has gotten into business with UliveandLearn.com. We built all their technology and have much interest in their, no our, success. It is a sincere possibility that Onstage (My Company/Mudcat Sponsor/Supporter/Financier/My Whole Life) will merge with ULL should we achieve any moderate success. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT THING FOR ME AND A GREAT THING FOR MUDCAT. The powers of ULL have already agreed to lifetime support and hosting for Mudcat.Org. The site is an online education site, for individuals and large companies. What we need right now are two major things: 1) folks to write lessons and courses, and 2) Companies that could use our services for company education/training. I figure you all may be able to help me and help yourselves with the first item, writing Courses and Lessons. It helps me by giving me more to sell, and it may help you to be published, getting your music out there) and possibly generate some income. Fees for Lessons and Courses are split 50/50 with the writer and ULL. ULL, and maybe you writers, should be willing to donate a percentage of the proceeds to the Mudcat. Also, the writer has the freedom to plug anything they want in their Lessons and Courses. The Lessons and Courses support all kinds of media, so you could but songs or song clips into your courses. We figure that many of you can speak authoritatively concerning musical things, but we also know that some of you have other lives outside of music. We expect a lot of music stuff, but encourage any topics for which you feel qualified. I believe 100% in this company and am doing nothing short of betting my whole farm on its success. I promise you that any dealings with ULL will hold the same integrity you have become used to on the Mudcat. Thanks folks. Now, below is a letter that we send out to find new writers/teachers etc. Please read it and do what it says if you are interested. Let me know if you have any questions or comments, I will answer them here.
Dear Mudcatters, |
12 Feb 01 - 05:04 PM (#396616) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: catspaw49 Sounds like a good shot Max.....I'll check in and see how I can help. Spaw |
12 Feb 01 - 05:09 PM (#396618) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: bigchuck Congrats, Max...it sounds great. I have inventoried my life experience and skills, and can state with considerable confidence that I am eminently qualified to prepare a master's level curriculum on avoiding work and creative procrastination. I will submit a proposal any day now... |
12 Feb 01 - 05:09 PM (#396619) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Amergin Sounds great, Max...if I knew anything I'd help out, but I don't.... |
12 Feb 01 - 05:10 PM (#396620) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: AllisonA(Animaterra) This sounds wonderful. I'll be checking it too when I can! |
12 Feb 01 - 05:11 PM (#396621) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: SINSULL i WILL DO THE SAME mAX. aND PASS IT BY A FEW FRIENDS. gOOD LUCK! mARY dcl! |
12 Feb 01 - 05:24 PM (#396628) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: wysiwyg So good to see you following your heart. Go for it! I am passing to a friend. More as I think of them. ~S~ |
12 Feb 01 - 05:30 PM (#396636) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Llanfair I'll have a look at it. Is being in the UK a problem? Bron. |
12 Feb 01 - 05:34 PM (#396638) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Max Yes, everyone tell their friends too. The more that know about the site in general, let alone Lesson and Course Creators, will be great. Bron: It doesn't matter where in the world you are. Everything is online, so geography is irrellevant. |
12 Feb 01 - 05:52 PM (#396654) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Morticia Mmmm, this thread makes me realise how ignorant I am about everything...and I already teach.....oh dear! |
12 Feb 01 - 06:17 PM (#396668) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Zebedee Max, I'm too tired to go into details, but my best guess is that this is a mistake. Sure, you may get some revenue, but long term...? I honestly think that this is a very bad business model But what do I know? Ed |
12 Feb 01 - 06:31 PM (#396680) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: katlaughing Interesting, Max. Rog and I will both give it some thought and look around at their site. Thanks and congratulations! kat |
12 Feb 01 - 06:33 PM (#396683) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Mary in Kentucky I can teach algebra over the telephone, but do you really have a need for this? Almost every university I know now has some kind of online education. I even took one course in computer something-or-other; they were writing the lessons a few chapters ahead of me. My concerns (not quite as strong as Ed's) are that this is an enormous undertaking and has already been done by states and universities with deep pockets, not to mention commercial sites also. But if you need algebra instruction, I'm available and I'm good! |
12 Feb 01 - 06:56 PM (#396698) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: McGrath of Harlow This could be fun. Good on ya Max! |
12 Feb 01 - 08:26 PM (#396752) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: SINSULL On an earlier thread, I made the suggestion that Mudcat was the perfect place to develop a serious Course/Series on folk music before Ken Burns got his dilettante hands on the project. There was some interest. Bert then told me that something was in the works. Any takers? Or do we watch the world get the idea that Peter, Paul, and Mary discovered folk music and the rest just jumped on the bandwagon for recognition? I can organize and proof read. Anyone interested in writing, researching, contributing, etc.? |
12 Feb 01 - 08:35 PM (#396760) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Amos Oh, Sinsull, don't be so smug just because you know about the Kingston Trio! |
12 Feb 01 - 08:45 PM (#396764) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Irish sergeant Max: DOn't know what I can offer but A little bit of historical knowledge and a hopefully soon to be finished Civil War song book for publication. I would be willing to donate a share of the prceeds from the latter to assist. Well done! Kindest reguards, Neil |
12 Feb 01 - 09:17 PM (#396785) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: reggie miles I'm afraid my knowledge only seems to extend to obscure, eclectic tidbits. So why try to pretend? Stuff that everyone else has given up pursuing. Who would pay to learn such drival and ballyhooing? Then again, people have been paying me to expound on the same, day in, day out and year round. So I'll ponder your offer my good friend Max and check out the sites and not be lax. Then I'll get back in touch, when I am done. Who knows this idea could be lots of fun. And maybe, just maybe I'll make some scratch too, a little for me and a little for you. Afterall, isn't that what makes the world go round? Each of us helping the other to learn to expound. Reg |
12 Feb 01 - 11:19 PM (#396835) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Mark Cohen Max, this looks like a great site. And if you've already done your business plan, I wouldn't worry about the naysayers. I have lots of ideas about teaching people about their children's health in brief simple terms. Now you may have given me a focus for actually putting something together. Thanks! Now if I find some spare time to do it in... (Guess I could give up Mudcat...nahhhhh!) Aloha, Mark |
12 Feb 01 - 11:26 PM (#396838) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Big Mick How about a Union/Community Organizing ala Saul Alinsky type course? |
12 Feb 01 - 11:49 PM (#396850) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Dave Swan Max, I spend a lot of time teaching. If there's a way that any of what I do works with any of this, I'm your man. As catspaw says, I'll give her a look. Dave |
13 Feb 01 - 04:16 AM (#396923) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: GUEST,lurkingstill Well Max good on yer! Well done. I've a fairly errr sucessful site already running NO advertising at all and it is going great, only touble I have is hackers messing with it and me and my email. It has nothing to do with eSchools. The Internet is changing so fast one can hardly keep up with it, just yesteday I got a free MP3 off a site that led me directly to a Superb Banjoist Singer and I can now get their CD. Truely amazing!
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13 Feb 01 - 08:48 AM (#396977) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: sian, west wales So, how is the content going to be assessed for quality and accuracy ... maybe not a problem in some fields ... like maths? But I've come across some real ... umm ... well, crap in training packages, on line and off. I know of someone offering evening courses locally who makes half the stuff up! This could be an excellent opportunity, but students will have to be able to rely on the quality ... sian |
13 Feb 01 - 10:15 AM (#397019) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Grab I already do a fair bit of electronics question-answering on an EZBoard forum. If it'd help, I could start looking at an intro to electronics. I doubt I'd be much good on my own though - it's more than 1 person's work, especially as a part-time thing! Anyone else? Grab. |
13 Feb 01 - 11:21 AM (#397054) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Lady McMoo Thanks Max. I may be able to help out with something. I've copied and printed out your letter and will come back to you when I've had a chance to study and think about it a bit. Best regards mcmoo |
13 Feb 01 - 12:08 PM (#397090) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Katcina Thanks Max, Went there, joined, browsed a little. Must take time to thoroughly investigate the site now and determine if there is anything that I might, hopefully, be able to contribute. Katcina |
13 Feb 01 - 01:46 PM (#397169) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: harpgirl ...um..er...ah...any lessons on humility on those websites?...not for me of course...for my uh friend, Alison...hg |
13 Feb 01 - 01:54 PM (#397173) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: GUEST,Miss Emily Post You may find this interesting, my dear http://www.uliveandlearn.com/disforum/threadMessageList.cfm?threadid=14&Desc=0#27 |
13 Feb 01 - 01:56 PM (#397177) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: SINSULL Kingston Trio? That was before my time. I was thinking of the great contributions of the Loving Spoonful et al.Art Thieme may know about the Kingston Trio. You should ask him. |
13 Feb 01 - 04:57 PM (#397346) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: blt Max, I went to the site, checked it out and signed up. It's obviously brand new, so it was hard to get a clear picture of all the possibilities, but the idea is very interesting and empowering. I am drawn to the idea that anyone who feels able to may apply to "teach" a course--that's very like the open university idea of the 60s--and doing it over the web is intriguing. It's a challenge to imagine how the skills and knowledge I've managed to accumulate could be translated into a teachable course. And, as someone already mentioned, humbling. However, if George W. Bush can be president, anything is possible. Congratulations and good luck. blt |
14 Feb 01 - 01:33 AM (#397685) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Ebbie refresh(er course...) |
14 Feb 01 - 01:22 PM (#397975) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: GUEST,Pete Peterson Max, I wish you well with anything you do (it goes without saying, therefore it is necessary to say it) and ASAP I will check the website to see if there's any match between things I know (or think I know) and peoples' needs. Some of the things I think I can teach are: the art and science of experimental design, Personal Care Formulations (what goes into those bottles that are sold for 100X cost of making them), Green Agriculture, American history especially Civil War era, Math through calculus. . . this could be fun! |
15 Feb 01 - 11:36 AM (#398595) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Frank McGrath Best of luck Max. If I can contribute I shall. I have no doubts that you will be very successful in this venture. Frank McGrath |
23 Feb 01 - 02:21 PM (#404687) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: Katcina I believe this is worth refreshing for those who may have missed it the first time around. |
23 Feb 01 - 03:45 PM (#404762) Subject: RE: Help Max, The Mudcat and Yourself From: kendall So, what do you want to know about the Kingston Trio? Those "Johnnies Come Lately" were new kids to me! |