Dear ZUC-kers (and blind copied scholar supporters), I have some not-that-bad news: in consultation with my professor, Lisa Rhody, who is invested in our project and in my group mates and me, I have concluded that it would be advisable to delay our NEH application for six months. Lisa spoke with an NEH program officer (PO) who gave her feedback on our materials that we really need to have a committed and engaged principle investigator (PI). That person cannot be Lisa because she's already PI on another project. It cannot be me or any of my classmates because we are degree seeking students. We have someone else at CUNY in mind, but that person is currently on leave having very recently produced a tiny human. We had thought we could sort of slip someone in, but the PO was like 🚫. Additionally, the changes the the PO recommended could take time and discussion to make. I'm happy to have the chance to talk the grant over in person at the unconference this summer and/or via other means with people who can't attend ZLUC. I want to acknowledge that many of youo rushed support documentation together and thank you for doing so. Your letters, resumes, and bios will still be used, but not until the next round in December. The PO advised Lisa that the NEH is operating as if it still exists until told otherwise, and that she is reasonably confident that there will be a call for applications in six months. 🙏 Lisa is also going to help look for other grant opportunities, and I think we should take another shot at the Knight Grant, since we now actually have a prototype to build out. Please feel welcome and encouraged to yell at me for wasting your precious time. If you're really mad, you can throw clumps of vegan mac & cheese at my head (preferably sealed and not too hot). With Zine Library Love, Jenna [image: M donated a box of discards from her library’s (now defunct, fuck you very much) zine collection to my library’s zine collection. Partners welcomed them with open paws.] -- http://lowereastsidelibrarian.info http://zines.barnard.edu http://leslzine.storenvy.com http://radicalreference.info she, her _______________________________________________ Zlunioncat mailing list Zlunioncat@lists.qzap.org http://lists.qzap.org/listinfo.cgi/zlunioncat-qzap.org

Hey Jenna, I feel your pain. This crap is hard to coordinate and timing is everything. I ain't goin' nowhere and I'm hoping the NEH isn't either. I'll keep my eyes peeled for additional grant opportunities in the meantime... Thanks for all your hard work, everybody – we'll get there! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jennifer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - jenniferhecker.info - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 4:54 PM, jenna freedman <leslzine@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear ZUC-kers (and blind copied scholar supporters), > > I have some not-that-bad news: in consultation with my professor, Lisa > Rhody, who is invested in our project and in my group mates and me, I have > concluded that it would be advisable to delay our NEH application for six > months. > > Lisa spoke with an NEH program officer (PO) who gave her feedback on our > materials that we really need to have a committed and engaged principle > investigator (PI). That person cannot be Lisa because she's already PI on > another project. It cannot be me or any of my classmates because we are > degree seeking students. We have someone else at CUNY in mind, but that > person is currently on leave having very recently produced a tiny human. We > had thought we could sort of slip someone in, but the PO was like 🚫. > > Additionally, the changes the the PO recommended could take time and > discussion to make. I'm happy to have the chance to talk the grant over in > person at the unconference this summer and/or via other means with people > who can't attend ZLUC. > > I want to acknowledge that many of youo rushed support documentation > together and thank you for doing so. Your letters, resumes, and bios will > still be used, but not until the next round in December. The PO advised > Lisa that the NEH is operating as if it still exists until told otherwise, > and that she is reasonably confident that there will be a call for > applications in six months. 🙏 > > Lisa is also going to help look for other grant opportunities, and I think > we should take another shot at the Knight Grant, since we now actually have > a prototype to build out. > > Please feel welcome and encouraged to yell at me for wasting your precious > time. If you're really mad, you can throw clumps of vegan mac & cheese at > my head (preferably sealed and not too hot). > > With Zine Library Love, Jenna > > [image: M donated a box of discards from her library’s (now defunct, fuck > you very much) zine collection to my library’s zine collection. Partners > welcomed them with open paws.] > > -- > http://lowereastsidelibrarian.info > http://zines.barnard.edu > http://leslzine.storenvy.com > http://radicalreference.info > she, her > > _______________________________________________ > Zlunioncat mailing list > Zlunioncat@lists.qzap.org > http://lists.qzap.org/listinfo.cgi/zlunioncat-qzap.org > > _______________________________________________ Zlunioncat mailing list Zlunioncat@lists.qzap.org http://lists.qzap.org/listinfo.cgi/zlunioncat-qzap.org