Hey mando cafe- I am wondering if you all could please provide some feedback for the idea of a crowd funded cooperative music store? The ultimate goal for the store would be to provide high quality music gear to members and the public while using all the profits to preserve and nurture music education, access, and availability.
Essentially this would be a music store where people would have the ability to buy a membership that allows them to receive a percentage of purchases back as a rebate and grant access to exclusive co-op only items. The store would have a publicly (member) elected board and would work reinvesting all profits back into the music community. For those of you familiar- imagine REI for music gear.
The startup cost for something like this would probably be quite high and so I imagine startup costs would need to be covered and the funded through advance membership purchases, donations, and crowd funding.
It's a crazy idea but seeing how the Mandolin Cafe community is one of the most passionate group of music lovers and music gear purchasers I know of- I wanted to appeal to you all and see what you think.
Thanks for your time.
Brian
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