This particular project is for that of a grander purpose.
Cure AIDS Now (CAN) Foundation is undergoing clinical trails with Google.org to release a non-toxic anti viral patch to cost-effectively
suppress HIV. The long term approach includes the solidification of a
$50B bond to distribute cure nebulizers with integrated IP addresses to
be linked with Google satellites. This will lead to the anonymous
identification and tracking of all those who suffer from HIV around the
World. Eventually leading to a meta-moment in which HIV/AIDS is
eradicated from Earth.
The overall goal is to eliminate the human immunodeficiency virus from
the human genome.
This particular gig is to deploy a Craigslist style website specifically
geared toward the HIV community. The main purpose for this subsidiary of
the CAN Foundation is to develop a perpetual can goods and fund drive
for the community.
Basic functionality should include 1) posts by location, 2) anonymously
generated private messaging and 3) event calendar – exactly similar to
the functionality of Craigslist
Implementation of this project should be deployed in two phases:
Note: basically UI enhancements includes a colored background,
different placement of certain modules, and change in fonts – pretty
simple enhancements.
Requirements:
Must be proficient with Ruby on Rails
Must provide your own stage/development hosting server
Must a very quick turnaround (phase 1 within 24 hours).
Deliverable:
Final website deployed/migrated onto a dedicated web hosting server.
This project is with Mr. Brando Bronzino - creator of the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame and Mr. Lynn Luckow - founder of Craigslist.com
Upon successful completion of this gig, you are entitled to a position
on the Cure AIDS Now Foundation team as chief web master and 5% of
charitable funds.
Wow, Joe, the only way to make this post any fishier would be to print
it
out and actually
staple it TO a real fish.
Let’s leave aside whatever your actual reason for wanting a
three-year-old
Craigslist clone
might be for the moment, and instead focus on the “project”. Here’s the
website:
Taking a look at the “contributor wish list”, we note Mr. Luckow is
listed
there; surely such
a significant addition to the project - your post says he’s on board -
would merit an update.
Then we read the “business plan” (eye-bending caps preserved from
original):
CAN FOUNDATION WILL RAISE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPONSOR
A $10 MM PRIZE FOR THE FIRST NON-TOXIC ANTIVIRAL CURE
TO END HIV/AIDS IN A GLOBAL ERADICATION PROGRAM
TO ELIMINATE HIV/AIDS FROM THE HUMAN GENOME
Again, you’d think that going from a plan to raise contributions to
sponsor
a prize for people
to cure HIV to “clinical trials with Google.org” (oddly, not listed
on http://www.google.org/projects.html#tab=health)
would merit a site update.
Amazingly, CAN’s SEO is so good that their business plan comes up first
on a Google search
for “Brando Bronzino”. Truly remarkable, given that he created the Rock
And
Roll Hall of Fame.
Oddly, despite the page’s claim of having “many collectors in society of
the cultural elite”, Mr. Bronzino’s
work doesn’t appear to be documented anywhere accessible from the
Internet. Perhaps it’s simply too
avant-garde.
We also note the amazing Artists Movie Group, which remarkably sent a
representative to a
not-mentioned-anywhere Forbes Film Finance conference two years before
it
was founded.
Visiting their website (http://www.artistsmoviegroup.com/?page_id=10),
we
find MOAR SHOUTING and
some seriously handwavey “non-contractual first look choice”
connections.
Skimming farther down the Google results for Mr. Bronzino, we find Songbook.com:
Here again, a wall of text; more vague claims; more grand plans - and
more
temporally-challenged
editing, since the “Revenue Model” section is entirely future-tense
while
the “Server Infrastructure”
(waaaaay down) talks about 4500 servers producing (present-tense) 100 Gb
of
traffic. In another
odd coincidence, the infrastructure description exactly matches
Myspace:
Finally, a small additional matter: the last bit about collecting a
percentage of charitable donations.
Turns out this isn’t actually illegal, but it is regarded as unethical
by
some:
TL;DR - this entire scheme smells like pure bullshit. CAN’s site appears
to
be flirting with the
federal banhammer for bogusly claiming 501c3 status, and AMG’s site
appears
remarkably free
of the sizable disclaimers the SEC usually prefers “investment
opportunities” carry.
–Matt J.
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