[Robotgroup] [Fwd: H-E-B Presents First Night Austin Status]

[Vern Graner]

Def Egge wrote:
 > What, pray tell, could still be up-in-the-air with respect to funding
 > at this late date?

It was a "general purpose" letter they sent to all artists, I think. As 
for TRG projects, out of the five or so submitted, they have funded only 
the RoboSpinArt for this year. AFAIK it is the only funding they 
committed to us, and it was less than 1/4 the funding we received last year.

They also wanted the mechanical flowers for an area, but said they 
didn't have funds to cover their participation. Reading between the 
lines of the email where they asked for the flowers, it seems they would 
like us to provide them for free, but thats up to Denise/PY. I have two 
of the modified steamers with servos that could be fitted in time (I 
think!) but we might want them for eye candy /recruiting for our booth. :)

Vern

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