Re: [Memoryplace-development] Bad News - no more ALC funding

[Bob F. <bob...@gm...>]

Hi Sibella,

I am sorry to report that ALC is unable to approve our new budget at
> this time.  Bob you will need to wrap up your paid work, within the
> $2000 budget that Ross approved last week.


I sort of assumed that this was the way things were shaping up, and it is
quite understandable from the ALC end. They have put a lot of support into
this project and not got much to look at in return.


> I apologise for the inconvenience caused, it is totally outside of my
> control.  We hope that ALC will be in better shape financially next year
> and in a position to again offer some funding to Memory Place.  I will
> be working minimal hours for the rest of the year, but still available
> at any time to answer emails or phone calls.


Since the project has become much wider than just for Groote I think it
would make sense to ask other people to get behind it too. ALC has already
put in their fair share in a sense. Anyway, hopefully there will be money
somewhere to keep things going.

I have 19 hours to go from our final budget so there should be enough to get
the last installer all finished off and to document a bit more of the code.
I'm not really sure what is happening with handover any more, but it sounds
like we won't be meeting in Darwin so there might be a bit more of a need
for documentation at a higher level. Or I could save some hours to talk to
Ferdi on the phone and try to lay things out for him.

Last week I started working in a warehouse packing shoes, pretty boring but
a nice change from a computer screen.
I will do the last bit of work for MP over the next few weeks as I find
time. Is there anything which needs to happen in a particular timeframe? I
can be flexible to make sure it gets done by when we need it.

Bob