[foundation-board] Fwd: DM2E: excellent news!

[Ben Laurie]

Speaking as the n00b ... what's DM2E?

On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> To keep the board updated: it looks like DM2E, an EU bid that we were
> part of, has entered negotiation phase. This apparently means that is
> it reasonably likely that it will be funded.
>
> Jason: suggest we catch up about this on Monday.
>
> All the best,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> Dear all,
> this message will probably come as a surprise after my announcment
> sent out yesterday - but a pleasant surprise: I just called the Head
> of Unit in Luxembourg, Pat Manson, who told me that DM2E will go into
> negotiations, which is excellent news! It means that we will have to
> accept some budget cutting (as usual) and there may be a number of
> other minor issues - but we now are very, very likely to get funded!
> Negotiation meetings will likely take place during the first two weeks
> of September.
> This makes my start of my holidays (within a few hours) a quite happy one!
> Best -- Stefan Gradmann
>
>
>
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