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So the Pennsic curse might be striking again.
My boss called a company meeting today just after lunch to announce that the big deal that he had gone to Saudi for over the last several months fell through. Mainly this was due to the fact that this investor was nervous about investing in American companies for fear of their assets being frozen should another 9/11 type incident happen again.
This means that the many millions of dollars we were hoping for ain't coming.
An emergency board meeting happened today and luckily several board members have come forward with donations to last us for the next couple months. If this had not happened we most likely would have had to close Friday.
I knew this was a risk when I accepted the job at a grassroots cable station. But damn it. I'm barely keeping my head above water right now. Can't afford to lose this job.
I know a lot of the technical guys are going to be going home today and starting to look for other jobs. I can't afford to do that right now. Not with Pennsic 6 weeks away. I can't afford to do Pennsic unpaid again.
So I am going to say prayers. Work to help the advertising guys find new leads and just hope that we are able to raise the $1 million we need to make it through the next 9 months. If we can at least survive until after War then I can feel comfortable looking for something else. Besides it would be good in this gas economy right now to find something not quite so far from home.
We are taking donations, so if anyone does want to donate to help keep a small ethnic grassroots cable station going, let me know and I can tell you how.
My boss called a company meeting today just after lunch to announce that the big deal that he had gone to Saudi for over the last several months fell through. Mainly this was due to the fact that this investor was nervous about investing in American companies for fear of their assets being frozen should another 9/11 type incident happen again.
This means that the many millions of dollars we were hoping for ain't coming.
An emergency board meeting happened today and luckily several board members have come forward with donations to last us for the next couple months. If this had not happened we most likely would have had to close Friday.
I knew this was a risk when I accepted the job at a grassroots cable station. But damn it. I'm barely keeping my head above water right now. Can't afford to lose this job.
I know a lot of the technical guys are going to be going home today and starting to look for other jobs. I can't afford to do that right now. Not with Pennsic 6 weeks away. I can't afford to do Pennsic unpaid again.
So I am going to say prayers. Work to help the advertising guys find new leads and just hope that we are able to raise the $1 million we need to make it through the next 9 months. If we can at least survive until after War then I can feel comfortable looking for something else. Besides it would be good in this gas economy right now to find something not quite so far from home.
We are taking donations, so if anyone does want to donate to help keep a small ethnic grassroots cable station going, let me know and I can tell you how.
