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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

John Schinnerer wrote:

> Aloha,
>
>
> > A serious proposal here:
> >
> > Once PIW is online as you proposed and open for business wouldn't it then be 
> > reasonable
> > to send out solicitations for direct funding or assistance in acquiring 
> > funding.
> > I can think of 2 or 3 non profits in my area we could send requests for 
> > assistance
> > in finding and getting development money we need. They could get the grant 
> > themselves
> > and disbures funds directly to thos on the payroll or send payments 
> > (incremental or
> > the full amount of the grant) to PCI/Scott for disbursement. Maybe there 
> > would not be
> > a problem having grant money pass through two hands before it gets paid out 
> > in wages.
>
>
> Would depend on the grantors...they have to be OK with use of funds or 
> they're not going to grant them.
>
> In any case it's fine by me to pursue this and see if it works.
>
> cheers,
> John S.

I'd like to hear what Scott and Chad have to say about any/all of us heading 
out on our own
to seek any possible sources of funding. I don't have a lot of time to put 
into this
(and not on anyone's payroll) but I have a few ideas about local 
organizations that are usually very heavily involved in
grant writing for projects they are involved in or to seek money to disburse 
to other group's prjects.
Its a long shot but worth looking into.

Maybe John S. would fly us all out Hiwahee to donate our time working off his wages helping build another ferrocement 
structure at his encampment, with looooong lunchbreak luaus on the beach frolicing in the sun, drinking pineapple 
nectar, eating grilled seafood and organic cornpones. Sound OK?

...... dirtfarmer out