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And the frustration continues...

Submitted by tonyplant on July 27, 2006 - 14:10.

Sting for slackers, couched in mail-order scam text

So, the grant writing is continuing and my whinge-level is escalating. Even yesterday morning, I had potential partners pull out because they sat on the material for months and notified me yesterday that they couldn't see a way in which they could co-operate, because of a re-organisation. Yesterday. The bids are due in tomorrow. I'd pretty much guessed that they weren't going ahead but as recently as Monday they were still telling me that they were interested and wanted to be involved.

We are having a re-org is fast becoming as popular (and as truthful) as 'The cheque's in the post'.

Perhaps I ought to be cheered that the Voluntary Sector is managed no better nor worse than commercial industry. And that the people in them are no more reliable or unreliable.

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