It’s Been a Disappointing Week

We received our rejection notice from the Knight Foundation’s News Challenge yesterday.  The good news, if there is any here, is that we were in good company.  Some of my favorite proposals (other than ours, of course!) received rejection letters as well.  I spent a few hours pondering whether or not we should have promoted NoN as an iPhone application, Drupal module or some other trendy technology meme.  However, we submitted a good, solid proposal and gave it our best.  We will continue to follow the plan outlined in our proposal.  To everyone who took the time to help with the proposal, provided feedback and voted for us on the Knight Foundation site – you’ll never know how much I truly appreciate your support.

I also received a rejection notice regarding my speaking proposal for the Gov 2.0 Expo yesterday.  Honestly, I submitted the proposal so long ago that I’d all but forgotten about it.  I had hoped to speak about the unique challenges presented in promoting government / citizen interaction in rural America.  Most of the speakers / projects are typically from major metropolitan areas.  To be fair, they need speakers with name recognition to sell tickets.  I’ll try again next year.

Then there’s the minor issue of me wasting 15 minutes of my time and not saving 15% on car insurance…  But now I’m just complaining.