[Arm-netbook] Question about money raised by crowdfunding campaign / achieving the goal

[Xavi Drudis Ferran]

El Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 09:34:37PM +0100, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo deia:
> 
> So, in the case that the goal is not achieved, what's the plan to begin
> production if the money cannot be collected?
>

I think there's not plan yet. The only sure plan is if it makes
150000$ production should start. If it reaches less it might or might
not depending on the rewards claimed and the cost of producing that.

http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/2016-August/011499.html
http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/2016-August/011530.html 

Strictly speaking the deal was that nobody pays unless they
collectively pay 150000$, but then it depends on whether the claimed
items can or cannot be produced with the pledged amount in the end. If
they can't be produced, then it seems obvious that they won't. If they
can be produced with the available money, then either crowdsupply is
strict and declares the campaign failed or they arrange some change of
goal or something and collect the money as long as Luke will have
agreed to provide the rewards with the money raised. Worse case
crowdsupply does not collect the money and Luke sets up a new campaign
with the goals closer to what has been achieved in the end. The
problem there would be if the campaign had to take 2 more months and
that would delay the project, maybe cause scheduling problems or
higher costs... But if the new campaign can last one week or two, and
all backers are contacted, and the same rewards are offered at the
same pledge amounts, I doubt many if any backers would not join the
"new" campaign. Since that seems logical, and it's hard to argue that
most backers pledged because of the 150000$ goal instead of because of
the reward and its associated pledge amount, which they could get despite the
150000$, it does not seem too likely that crowdsupply even requires
this second campaign. But I'm not Luke, I'm not crowdsupply... I don't
know.

As to MOQs, there was talk of needing 250 PCMCIA connectors of each type. 
For one type we are beyond that already, and for the other there are maybe
18 missing and it looks on track to reach MOQ (and even if it didn't it would 
mean at most a 360 $ loss, since the breakout board is 20$, so no big deal).

The non recurring costs are possibly estimated so that those 100000 $
you quoted would pay the cost of producing the rewards currently
pledged for, but nobody knows what will the people ask for in the end,
so it is premature to evaluate.