One of the less fun things that happened on the trip to Montreal was discovering that the business reason that I had for doing the New Zealand and Australia trip had fallen victim to the credit crunch. It isn’t officially dead yet, and a great deal of talking to venture capitalists is going on. More importantly two very good friends of mine are now suffering serious financial viability worries.

My problem is less serious, but none the less still a problem. I have paid for the plane tickets and they are non-refundable. I want to go. But I no longer have a good business reason for going and there are still convention memberships, hotel bills and the like to pay for. Without the business reason for making the trip I don’t think I can justify the extra expense. But the venture capitalists probably won’t make up their minds for a week or two, if that. It is all a bit complicated.

Right now I’m not sure what to do, but if anyone in New Zealand or Australia has any good excuses for me going, or is able to help with hotel bills (for example a room share for either convention) I’d be very pleased to hear from you.