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May. 21st, 2015 09:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_aliceI've been looking at the scope and scale of what we're trying to do, and over and over again it comes down to funding.
The Goblins were cagey regarding our ability to access Ministry funds, and turned Bill's proposal down. They weren't exactly definitive, but we have no idea how long it may take for things to work in our favour, or, indeed, if that will ever happen short of a complete and final victory, and Merlin knows what that will look like or how long it will take.
We need to be able to pay people we hope to keep employed, and need to employ a great many. We need to be able to spend money to rebuild. We need to purchase supplies and materials. Short of devolving into a bartering society, we'll need to keep money in circulation and make sure it still means something. Without it, we have no legitimacy and no staying power. As long as our enemies have access to more resources than we do, our authority is suspect, and they will be able to keep holding on.
We have the seized goods in Dover that have been selling on the black market, and presumably a certain degree of cash flow from business profits and donations, but it is not enough, nor is it something we can be able to depend upon, and we must consider other sources of revenue.
Any thoughts on this would be well worth hearing.
The Goblins were cagey regarding our ability to access Ministry funds, and turned Bill's proposal down. They weren't exactly definitive, but we have no idea how long it may take for things to work in our favour, or, indeed, if that will ever happen short of a complete and final victory, and Merlin knows what that will look like or how long it will take.
We need to be able to pay people we hope to keep employed, and need to employ a great many. We need to be able to spend money to rebuild. We need to purchase supplies and materials. Short of devolving into a bartering society, we'll need to keep money in circulation and make sure it still means something. Without it, we have no legitimacy and no staying power. As long as our enemies have access to more resources than we do, our authority is suspect, and they will be able to keep holding on.
We have the seized goods in Dover that have been selling on the black market, and presumably a certain degree of cash flow from business profits and donations, but it is not enough, nor is it something we can be able to depend upon, and we must consider other sources of revenue.
Any thoughts on this would be well worth hearing.
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Date: 2015-05-22 02:25 pm (UTC)The Wards committee met yesterday. I'm working up a full summary, but we now have a plan for moving forward, and also access to some much needed resources.
We're particularly hoping someone might be willing to consult on the ritual aspect of the Ireland wards. Albus left fairly useful notes, but it's an entirely different mechanism than the other two sets we're working with, and we want to make sure we're not missing effects or implications.
Any volunteers, or anyone else with questions, we also agreed I was the best contact (since Cecilia's got Nicky on her hands, and Septima's still recovering, and we hope also going to have the school to work on.)
We've set up a workroom in the Astronomy Tower (first floor up the tower staircase) where I'll likely be during daylight.