Today, I met with the colleague on this project who is the designer. She had reached an impasse and just needed support. We decided that this is just a stage of the work. I affirmed that we have a soluble problem, we just have not found the solution yet.
My colleague did, in fact, have some ideas of what to do next, at least whom to ask for help. While I was present to offer support, she made several telephone calls which did not provide an instant solutions, but which did help us all to feel as though we are making progress.
I agreed to ask George for some information about a particular kind of software and its applications. He was able to tell me what we had rather determined ourselves: that we need expert help in one area. The calls my colleague made were to those sorts of experts. It appears that whatever process we use, we will need the services of one of these persons.
On Wednesday, in plenty of time to report at our Friday meeting, I plan to talk with a printer I know who did good work for American Creative Dance to see if he provides the kind of printing we want and at what cost. Once we get the expert help, we will need a printer.
I am beginning to feel anxious about money for this project. We plan to make a small number of these things this year, but it does not appear to me that the very small amount of money we have now will be enough. Then what shall we do? This issue is especially interesting to me. This project may not turn out to be the radical kind of organization I am looking for, but I will have an opportunity in a safe place to put some ideas out for discussion. I am learning a lot.
We may have the initial partnership agreement to review this week at our meeting also. That, too, will give opportunities to look at alternatives that are not common in US enterprises. It will be interesting to see what results.
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