On Fri, 15 Mar 1996 13:07:27 EST Eric Thomas said: >>who or which organization will finally take the sponsorship, ============ > >You are optimistic as always :-) STILL, if I were a CREN site looking for >NJE connectivity past Dec 1996, I would put some $500-1000 in my budget >for this. If it doesn't have to be spent, great, but if push comes to >shove the funds will be available. This isn't much money and I would NOT >take the risk of relying on a possible sponsor that has yet to make any >kind of commitment. correct. i'm optimistic as usual ;-) but i agree..... if it indeed turns out that no funds will be needed, people can still use it for buying me some cigarettes ;-) >> i have however some difficulties in putting this proposal into >> wordings which are acceptable for Terena (for taking the >> sponsorship). > >What did I jus say? ;-) and what did *I* say above : 'who or which organization...'. it may even turn out that the sponsorship will be taken by a single person, just asking the community for some cigarettes ;-) but you're right, this person ;-) would really like to do it sponsored by an organization. so this might be seen, as the very last possibility. >>not yet ;-) note, that i'm currently working contracted by Terena. > >Yes, but this is a totally different situation. You're not *employed* by >Terena, Terena is buying a fraction of your time from your employer >through a contractual service agreement that runs from date 1 to date 2. >The worst they can legally do is decide not to renew this agreement. If >this happens, it is a relatively simple matter to arrange for the money >to come from another source starting from date 2. This is very different >from having to worry about still having a job next week... > > Eric