Today I Sent out my first emails announcing my project. First I tried to send it to the whole district. It came back undeliverable because I would have to be on a special list to do so. I asked our Administrative Assistant about it and she suggested that I send it to smaller units like elementary, middle school, and High School. I did so and it sent that time.
A couple of people responded and a few coworkers donated. Some people were not sure if it was a phishing email. When I got home I received a call from my principal saying that he had been contacted by someone from the district saying that I may have violated an email policy and asked me to shut it all down. I don't feel that doing that totally is a wise idea but I did disable the links to the Surveys and PayPal. I hadn't activated Kickstarter yet.
I'm now more nervous about starting up Kickstarter since I only get 45 days and its got a rough start. I will be meeting with my principal and talking to the district person over the phone tomorrow morning. Tonight I spent most of my time typing up my perspective about the possible violations. If it's not one thing it's another.
In my response, I explained again that all money donated to this cause will be used for this cause and nothing else. Whereas others are donating money, I'm donating hundreds of hours of time to make this work and now I'm having to spend my time worrying about and respond to this.
Well, another day.
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