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[Stephanie Gerson <sgerson@stanfordalumni.org>]

hia again folks,

How exciting to finally start *doing* instead of hypothetically 
discussing!

Allrighty, as for money, plan of action, etc. – a few things:

-I have attached the budget so you can all get an idea of how we 
allocated our costs in the grant proposal.  We only received 10% of what 
we requested, so we won’t be able to cover all of our expenses.  Consider 
it parallel to succession planting – we need not pay for all of our 
expenses at once, but will do so in succession, when the time is ripe…  
And sure, you can keep track of your hours and send them to me – but keep 
in mind that we haven’t been fully funded…yet.

-In terms of how to get started, should we have a conference call?  It 
might be nice to finally communicate in some way other than email.  If 
it’s not worth it yet to spend money on a conference call, 
understandable.  (hey forgive me, I just want to talk to you all)  I have 
attached our project plan, also included in the proposal.  Please check 
it out.  Perhaps we should flesh this out?  Concentrate on stage 1 and 
create a calendar with specific milestones?  If we can agree on the tasks 
that need to get done, I’m willing to act as the project coordinator 
(ugh, why do I get stuck with the boring job…whatever, I am not 
complaining as long as I don’t have to code).  Basically, I suggest we 
make a detailed project schedule for this first stage.  Also, I haven’t 
read the 12 steps Rich sent out yet, but perhaps we all should.

-Sure, we should send a message to the Permaculture list.  But 
beforehand, let’s decide what message we want to give and questions we 
want to ask people (if any, or request feedback/input at a later date?) 
so that we don’t send multiple messages about this project.

-"This project."  Awful name, I agree.  In the grant application I called 
it the "Guild Design Application."  boring.  Or "Guildbuilder"?  Cheesy.  
I’m tired, I’ll dream of something nicer… (for now I'll just stick with

holy guacamole)

-As for where the money is going, I believe the check will be made to our 
umbrella non-profit – the Permaculture Institute in New Mexico (founded 
by Scott Pittman).

And finally, you are all welcome!  I’m delighted that I could make dreams 
come true (thanks Chad), and confident that we can create something truly 
solid together.

right on yalls
*Stephanie


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Stephanie Gerson
sgerson@stanfordalumni.org
(c) 415.871.5683


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