It is never okay to quit.

I know that those of us at the cooperative represent a collection of talented, dedicated, and intelligent individuals on the forefront of advancing our local community towards sustainable energy independence. Of course being talented, dedicated, and intelligent does not guarantee success every time, and the simple fact of the matter is that we are experiencing some growing pains.

There are a thousand outstanding projects, and due to the nature of our location, our breadth of services, and our open door policy there are at times a thousand threats to focus.

We are working on quality and quality control, inventory tracking, accurate product delivery, and installation of additional storage.

Our first team of interns has settled in, made temporary homes, and very soon will begin to move on to begin living their lives off project.

We continue to attract homebrewers to the plant, sharing ideas, swapping stories, and supplying fellow enthusiasts with a solution or piece of equipment.

There is still no credit, although the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means recently released a draft version of the Domestic Manufacturing and Energy Job Act of 2010 includes an extension of the federal excise tax credit through 2011 as well as a retroactive reinstatement for all of 2010.  There will be some time before this draft can be tailored into law if ever it makes it that far.

 We are a long way from where  we will be six months from now. We are farther away from where we were six months ago. Two steps forward. One step backwards.

It’s okay to fail.

It’s never okay to quit.

Make it a better place!

Todd

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