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I live in a very isolated place how do I deal with transportation of work?
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Ferrousity
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I live in a very isolated place how do I deal with transportation of work?
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There is no easy answer for this. Logistical difficulties are the biggest hurdle for the project. I see several potential scenarios for this situation:
1: Ship the work. Not ideal since it would be prohibitively expensive.
2: There are enough people within a reasonable driving distance that could be in your group too. Either locally, or a few hours away. Group members could take turns "carpooling" the work over long distances, and transporting work for other group members simutaneously. The flowcharts I put together show the most efficient way of exchanging work. When you look at these you will notice that each person only exchanges with two other people, in an alternating pattern. It may be possible to arrange members within that "flow" so that they are most conveniently located to group members that are the closest to them. I will create an example of this and post it.
3: I am considering special circumstances where I might adjust the number of people in a group so that everyone falls withing a reasonable distance of one another.It may be possible to have a group with less than eight people, lets wait and see how the registration process goes. I will start putting pins in a map, and try to sort out the best solution for everyone.
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Re: I live in a very isolated place how do I deal with transportation of work?
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I understand that there are difficulties with the logistics for people who live in remote locations. I think that the solution is to just try and find enough people to make a group that are within reasonable distance of you. When conceiving this project I knew that there would be people who would have to drive significant distances in order to exchange work, it's almost unavoidable. I have been considering the possibility that some groups might just have to have fewer than eight people. I think it could still be done, even if each piece rotated through the group more than once.
The other thing to consider is that the most efficient flow of work during the exchange process only requires that each person exchange with two other people, alternating each time. If there are people in the group who live closer together, they should be arranged within the flow of the work so that they exchange with each other. Take a look at the chart below. The pattern is the same for all the exchanges.
For example: If members #1 and #2 live 6 hours from members #5 and #6, but #8 lives 2 hours from #1 and 2 hours from #7, no one has to drive more than 2 hours, and they can take turns doing it, or meet halfway.
It may not work out so evenly in real life, but the concept is sound.
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