As I said in my presentation, we're a very small organization. I'm the one staff person and the rest are volunteers--quite a diverse group around our table.
Our project officer has been so helpful in meeting with us when we're trying to think through what our next step might be and what our project might be, clarifying our goals and making sure we're not all over the map. I think sometimes, even as a small group, we think we can change the world. They've been very good in helping us to be very focused and clear, and also in giving us some very good technical advice around evaluation. Those are not things we have expertise in.
What I understand now, even though the office will be located in Moncton, which is very useful for us, is that one staff person is not going to have the time to give to our organization, to provide us with any of that kind of assistance we've had in the past. His or her role is strictly going to be to review the applications, score them, and send them on to Ottawa. I don't think that person even gets to have much of a say in terms of supporting or not supporting that particular proposal. It has quite an impact on us.