[AusNOG] Aus Industry Congratulations Email

[Ross Wheeler]

On Mon, 5 Sep 2016, paul+ausnog at oxygennetworks.com.au wrote:

> It's also interesting to see how many people didn't apply for funding or 
> weren't approved.

> I know we didn't even both applying, so is that the attitude that many 
> others have taken or have 220 odd ISP's been rejected in the funding 
> provided ?

I know several who "gave up" the application process pretty early in the 
piece for a variety of reasons. Some of them stated the effort required 
was disproportionate for any (perceived/promised) funds; some because they 
hadn't had their DRIP approved in time; some because they had other time 
commitments and couldn't get the application done in the fairly narrow 
timeframe permitted; and at least one because they couldn't comply with 
some of the "mandatory" conditions (like accountant signing off on their 
income, or had not lodged tax returns for the previous year).

I've not heard of anyone who applied for funding but was rejected 
although there probably are some.

I'd also just like to point out that the costs of implementation may be 
far more than "a big hard disk to store stuff", and may include some 
expensive resources many don't have in-house - like proper legal 
interpretations of what exactly it IS that must be captured (rather than 
the official guide which merely defined what is NOT)

R.