DRI Stakeholders 30/06/09

Today a stakeholders meeting was held to discuss the next round of funding to be provided by the Digital Regions Initiative. Sadly with a buy-in of 2 million dollars the non profit sector will be unable to participate in continuing any projects funded under this initiative. On a personal level I am disappointed as this will end my project and the lessons learnt over the past year will be lost. I do feel that this decision is short sighted as with the looming roll out of the NBN on the horizon there will be a dire need for people on the ground. As with all funding cycles there needs to be a focus on the future instead of the present.