[Noisebridge-discuss] excel declined

J.D. Zamfirescu-Pereira zamfire at gmail.com
Wed Jun 24 17:44:43 UTC 2009


Aww, that really is too bad.

Please do keep us filled in on why in the end they chose not to fund us.

J.D.



On Jun 24, 2009, at 7:24 AM, Michael Shiloh wrote:

> hi everyone
>
> i just returned from france and found a form letter from excel  
> informing
> us that they deeply regret but will be unable to fund our proposal.
>
> i will scan this letter and put it on the wiki later.
>
> i plan to call eva and see if there is a way to appeal, or at least
> understand what points made them reject our proposal. i had received
> very positive verbal messages, and i'd like to understand how that
> changed into this result.
>
> at the very least, i'd like to understand what changes we might make  
> to
> a similar proposal in the future, whether to excel or some other
> organization, to increase our chances of success.
>
> i'm very sorry to have to give you this news, and like you i'm very
> disappointed. i think we put together a mighty fine proposal, and i
> think our offering would have been extremely fun and beneficial for  
> the
> kids. unfortunately they are the losers in this situation. (i don't  
> mean
> to come across as bitter, i honestly believe this.)
>
> more later, i'm still rather jetlaggy,
> michael
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