Leonardo de la Torre does NOT speak English.  I think that if I worked 
out a deal with him, I would be willing to communicate project goals, 
etc., to him for members who would sign up.  My Spanish is not perfect, 
but I can hold my own.

When we were discussing my reimbursing his travel expenses for him to 
come to Colotlan, he was adamant about getting the money wired to 
him... he specifically did not want checks or money orders.

Since Paypal works more or less like a wire service once it is linked 
to a bank account and they do allow linking to Mexican bank accounts 
(it a bit slower since they have to make their money on the float), he 
may be amenable to that... depends on how much of a technophobe he is.  
However, I am sure that we can find a solution to this problem in one 
way or another.

I was thinking that what I would discuss with him was the possibility 
of working on an hourly basis with an ongoing list of projects... that 
way people could set out a budget for their given project and know that 
he would not go beyond that without asking for more time to work on 
it... sort of the way law firm billing works.  That way he would also 
have to be accountable for the work he is performing.

I imagine that even the smallest project is going to be in the dozens 
of hours but you can set out a small project every three or four months 
as your budget allows... Others will get their projects in the queue in 
the meantime so we can keep work flowing to him.

What I am hoping is that multiple members may have overlapping 
genealogies and can therefore share the cost of a project in certain 
instances.



--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Linda R Romero <romero89@e...> wrote:
>
> I, too, would be interested in having someone in Mexico do some  
> research for me.  But I have several questions.  I am one of the 
list  
> members who does not speak Spanish.  Does Senor de la Torre speak 
any  
> English?  How would we communicate?  I have names and dates for a  
> starting point.  What else would he need.  I have a Paypal account.   
> Can this be used to transfer money?  I can pay, but not in the  
> hundreds each month.  I will lurk a little longer on the list until  
> these and list member's other questions are asked.
> 
> Linda Romero
> 
> researching:  Romero, de la Torre, Barba,
>