[NewMusic] STEIM funding trouble

[Tom Duff]

STEIM has been an unbelievably important technical and creative resource
for people interested in electronic musical performance for many years.
Now there are grumblings from their main source of support within the
Dutch government, and they're staring to get worried about their future
funding:

> Things are not well at STEIM. We are in the danger of losing our
> structural funding from the government, based on a review from the
> advisor board which called us 'closed and only appealing to a niche
> audience'. The outlook isn't exactly bleak, but at the moment our future
> is unclear.

More details here: http://www.steim.org/steim/funding_in_danger/

Letters of support should be addressed to:

    Email: knock at steim.nl
    Fax: + 31 (0)20 6264262
    Address: Achtergracht 19, 1017WL Amsterdam, The Netherlands

While personal letters are always a better idea, you can also use the 
online support letter form posted at 
http://www.steim.org/steim/funding_in_danger/index.php?doc=reageren&lang=EN

-- 
Tom Duff.  The future is over.