Dub,
Not a problem and good vibes are at least part of the process. Like you said, an awesome concept.
Studio owner with another DAW and active on his forum... Showed him the link and he was humbled. Said, "You guys really take care of your own. Never seen this anywhere and never will see it here" (meaning brand-X DAW).
The gentleman was also impressed that this was taken on collectively not as welfare or charity, but as a needed equalization of resources among family. Said he's got to take another look at Sonar if the software is as good as the people who use it.
John
(edit) conversation with the other DAW owner, which software I will not reveal out of respect to his criticism of less than compassionate treatment on his forum **. He recognized that heart and head had to be involved to pull off a working model to make sentiment manifest as results in the real world. Told him to contact Albert if he has any questions and his guys need to catch up. Albert did the organizational work for this model and kept the book keeping straight.
** ProTools