Meeting with Jonathon Marks on 13th September

Good news everyone!

Rumbi and i went to go and speak to Jonathon Marks about the project and he seems very relaxed about the entire thing.  He said that he is really looking for a "Project Business Plan".

This is fantastic news for us and the rest of the class as the pressure has been taken off and we can now get creative and explore the project.

Here are the answers to some of our questions:

Feasibility/ Lavani: He said dont think about the deficit that the Dutch Housing Institute has. He said that as long as Communicare is confident that they can get a loan from them (which they are as they told us in the first meeting with them)  then take it as face value. he said dont read too much into it. Also as you may have seen, on vula, Paul Bowen has uploaded a sample viability that is very simple. Jonathon said that all we need to do it re-create that so dont stress too much.

Value Management: Paul Bowen is out of the county at the moment and this is his eection, but he said that he will eamil Paul and find out exactly what he is looking for.

GANTT Chart: as you guys know, this is my section and he explained it perfectly so i know what to do.:)

Marketing/ Greg /Rumbi: For this section he said that we can "stretch the truth a bit" and make a marketing plan that will fit in with the project, even if it means marketing to social housing candidates.  I will re-create a brochure that communicare did and come up with a website design as Jonathon said that that would be sufficient.

Current Value of Property: he said that a simple email to communicare to find out what they have it recorded as on their books is sufficient. He said that the difference between market value and accounting value is not too important, unless it is obvious that the two diverge drastically (e.g. if communicare bought the site 20years ago for R500 000and it is obviously worth more today, but nothing too in depth).

Rumbi can co-oberate any of this info so i think that we are safe with everything that he said:)

felling much better about the project agin, i think we should have a group meeting early next week to discuss everything further.

Also, Jonathon said that it will be possible for us to make an appointment with him and Paul to discuss the project, hand in a sort of draft to find out how well we are doing and if we are on the right track. Tjis is fantastic news to ensure that we get a good mark:)

I hope you are all as excited about this again as i am. When is everyone free for another meeting? Maybe after class on tuesday?