Woohoo!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Jerry Isdale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:isdale@gmail.com" target="_blank">isdale@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Ok folks ... ITS ON!<div><br></div><div>This morning I got the official Award Letter from DARPA.</div><div>They have accepted and awarded us the grant for the Hackerspace Space Program.</div>
<div>Its only 1/2 the full funds, but that is the first year funding.</div><div><br></div><div>I am not entirely sure where things go next, but the official Kickoff Meeting should be schedule soon.</div><div>Basic plan:</div>
<div>1) Schedule and Attend Kickoff Meeting (expected to be in Washington DC Area)</div><div>2) Determine Organizational Structure of SpaceGAMBIT (org that will administer program)</div><div> this is rather huge project with legal/financial stuff- any pro bono lawyers want to help?</div>
<div>3) Incorporate and staff SpaceGAMBIT</div><div>4) Start working on grant RFI to hackerspaces</div><div><br></div><div>So.... START YOUR WARP DRIVES!!</div><div><br></div><div><div>
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