Opal’s House Computer Lab Delivery, Nov30-Dec1
Hi Essie!
We are almost fully packed for our trip to East St. Louis. We will finish packing tomorrow. Here is a brief run-down of our itinerary:
Friday, November 30th
7:15 AM Begin loading vehicles at Prairienet
8:00 AM Depart from Prairienet for East St. Louis
11:00 AM Arrive at McDonald’s in Troy for lunch
12:20 PM Arrive at Opal’s House
12:20 PM – ~5:00 PM Begin installing Computer Lab
Saturday, December 1st
8:30-8:50 AM Arrive at Opal’s House
8:50-12:00 PM Finish Computer Lab set-up
12:00 PM Break for lunch
12:45-5:00 PM Demonstrate Computer Lab features and usage
How does the plan look to you? Just let us know if you are curious about anything, or have any questions or concerns. Please feel free to contact me by email or by phone.
We look forward to seeing you on Friday!
Response
The schedule sounds wonderful, but, we are going to have to change our plans for the delivery and set-up. I am so, so very sorry, I purposely waited (almost) until the last minute for a miracle before telling you, I even tried to borrow the money to have everything working before the work weekend. I am going to have to ask you to hold off on delivering and installing the computers for now. I have been praying for a miracle to get the electric on before the 30th but was unable to secure enough money. I am so afraid to bring anything else into the house until the electric is on because their is no security right now. Our fundraising event is this Saturday evening, afterwards we should have raised enough money to get the electric and security system back on. I know this will be a disappointment to all of you, believe me, not as much as a disappointment to me and letting you all down. Hopefully, under the circumstances you will understand my situation. I sincerely thank each of you for your dedication and hard work on this project, please give me a little more time and have faith that I will get things straightened out soon.
My Sincere Love & Appreciation
Essie Calhoun
Response
Martin,
We will need some administrative intervention here. You’ll see
that Essie is asking us to postpone delivery.
Response
While highly unusual, I’m afraid this isn’t the first time a site
hasn’t been quite ready for delivery. How we’ve proceeded has varied
depending on the situation. Would the two of you be available
sometime before 1 PM today to hold a brainstorming session on our
best options? I’ve got a few ideas but it would be
great to have a group to vet strengths and weaknesses of each.
- Martin