Hi you friendly Kossacks, I just would like to inform all those, who followed Boothroyd's fundraiser diary for JTinDC last Friday, of where your efforts have lead me to.
First of all I want to thank all those, who responded with monetary donations like jpmassar and others, who know who they are.
In addition a huge big thank you to Gordon20024, who donated a laptop for JTinDC.
Some short updates below.
I have met JTinDC today and we had a very nice, long talk about what are the problems he is facing. I have handed over the money you donated and my matches.
He is very grateful and as soon as he is in a situation to write a diary and post it on dailykos, he will do his own thank you diary.
With regards to his situation of being able to guard and keep a laptop, something I was worried about to be difficult for him, there is thankfully also a safe solution for it.
I will meet him again, when the laptop has reached me, to hand it over. I would want to let him decide to share anything more than that in his first diary he might write.
Thanks to Horace Boothroyd III to make the contact with me. And thanks to JTinDC to respond to me via text messages.
I think we are on our way to change his situation at least a little bit one step at a time.
I would like you to send him well wishes with regards to his case worker's efforts that might result in ways to help him with his housing situation.
In the meantime some private messaging with the IAN group have been gone back and forth. I got some input from JTinDC himself. Boothroyd's initiative to respond to my idea to make a group for Homeless Kossacks and putting me up there as a blogadmin was fast and helpful, but also needs some more thoughts and analysis. I came to the conclusion that melting together with the IAN group is not necessary or practical.
What I had in mind doing is simple and needs approval from the admin's side. I will write a diary about the idea I had, when JTinDC got handed over Gordon's laptop from me. I hope to have thought over what exactly one could do in such a dailykos group directed to kossacks, who face homelessness.
That diary is for another time. But I hope you watch out for it, when I post it.
As JTinDC has absolutly no income aside from food stams for the time being I offer here again my Paypal Donation for JTinDC link, just in case any of you would like to slip him something in the "pocket" in the future.
JTinDC is a very fine man, whom I want to succeed to find a safe and adequate living situation that gives him the chance to work on all the projects that will follow out of that first step or are already worked on right now.
Meanwhile a big virtual hug to all people who tried to give me advice, donated and have reacted in messages and comments. I learned a lot. Thanks.