558s Future plans

[Nickolas]

Aw come on people................

Keep the faith...........

[PhantomAviator]

Aw come on people................

Keep the faith...........

As of Icarus.

It to can fly on the Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax.

Just don't go to close to the sun.

As one understands that others to have chased after impossible dreams.

[Jack]

Unless I read it wrong the review of 2010 and no mention of education? I thought that was suppose to be a major part of the project it gets mentioned in all the pomotional videos, just seems bit strange to me.

[Mayfly]

I see they spent just over half of the money set aside for education on education. I have seen it said there has been great inroads made with that side of things but it is not yet ready to publish!

[Xplumberlives]

I wonder when we will be told all of the details?

[Jack]

I see they spent just over half of the money set aside for education on education. I have seen it said there has been great inroads made with that side of things but it is not yet ready to publish!

Yes and 10K more on advertising than was spent on education

[Xplumberlives]

Well lets hope at least one of the above worked!

[Sooty655]

Found this link to the 2009 accounts on PPRuNe.

It is a strange document. It is titled as the annual report to October 2009, but the descriptive part runs right up to a few weeks ago.

[Mayfly]

Same link I posted over the page Sooty. No accounts make sense to me!!!

[Nickolas]

Found this link to the 2009 accounts on PPRuNe.

It is a strange document. It is titled as the annual report to October 2009, but the descriptive part runs right up to a few weeks ago.

I'll think you will find that the documents although dated August 2010 refer to the financial year 2008/2009.

That's why they look a bit confusing.

[Sooty655]

Found this link to the 2009 accounts on PPRuNe.

It is a strange document. It is titled as the annual report to October 2009, but the descriptive part runs right up to a few weeks ago.

I'll think you will find that the documents although dated August 2010 refer to the financial year 2008/2009.

That's why they look a bit confusing.

Yes, but I would have expected the verbal, descriptive part to also be for 2008/2009, but it isn't. The description of activities continues right up to this summer in places.

Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I expect all the parts of an annual report to refer to the same year.

Edit 1 -

Same link I posted over the page Sooty. No accounts make sense to me!!!

I don't think it is the same document/link, MF

Edit 2 -

Oops, yes it is. Silly me.

[Xplumberlives]

Senior moment?

[Nickolas]

Senior moment?

Most likely and yes you will get there one day too.

[Jack]

bit quiet on the funding front, doesnt seem much energy from the management to get it moving at all, 7 days in £21000 received at that rate they will be lucky to reach 100K

[Mayfly]

Things do normally pick up towards the end of the funding period - fingers crossed it will this time,

but who knows there is a lot of ground to make up...

[Nickolas]

We have the mods done,
We have a permit to fly valid till July 3rd(ish),
We have a 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% serviceable A/c,
We have No *****ng MONEY..................

I really do despair.

[Old Rigger]

From past experience I reckon on the 29th/30th there will be some news and then we can look forward to Jan/Feb/Mar until 'we need something between 500,000 and 900,000 or 558 will be unable to fly in 2011', that is if my understanding of the updates is that the 365,000 is only for the winter servicing, not to get it in the air next year, I know I have probably misread something again, hopefully

[Nickolas]

Maybe I'm just being too pessimistic..............

[Xplumberlives]

Let's just wait for the INEVITABLE!

[Spitfire]

Are these people mad

Where are the TEXT donation details



Easy - quick - impulsive - no admin - no cost

[Mayfly]

It's at very bottom of the page you've shown above SF in SMALL writing!!!

[Sooty655]

......and if you wait long enough it scrolls through the ticker line on the home page, and then you have to wait so long for it to come through again, to check you got the message and number right, that you probably give up.

[Spitfire]

So it is there - but not enough made of it - as I said STUPID PEOPLE

[Gully]

So it is there - but not enough made of it - as I said STUPID PEOPLE

Is it that stupid to promote other ways of raising funding more prominently when the network charges etc. snaffle 40+% of a text donation?

Gully

[Sooty655]

Is it that stupid to promote other ways of raising funding more prominently when the network charges etc. snaffle 40+% of a text donation?

Gully

I agree that the most "profitable" donation routes should be given priority publicity, but if the 40% "charge" is correct, shouldn't it be made clear?

You can also TEXT a donation anytime to the value of £3 by texting VULCAN to 82055 Calls cost £3 plus one standard rate text message. (Please ensure you have Bill payers permission)

To me, that says they get £3 "value" and the subscriber's "cost" is £3 plus message charge. If that isn't the case, I believe it is a legal requirement to say so.