Dear David,

I hope you guys are all very well and enjoying your well-earned break.
I am sorry to ask you for business/help while you are on your break
but, I wonder if you’d be kind enough to write me a letter of support.

The most recent banking crisis in Denmark and my current employment
status, means my bank are being quite un-supportive at the moment.
This is despite my regular income, assets and impending insurance
settlement.
I had previously budgeted to complete my project using my overdraft but
my bank are now saying this is not possible.
This means I can not finish my IT project, which is ~80% complete.

I have been developing a “proof of concept” system which I am hoping to
implement in Guyana to complement a “One Laptop Per Child” type scheme.
My plan is to run a pilot-project in a few schools in Guyana.
With the proof of the pudding on the table, and with your blessing I
will approach larger developers, and suppliers.
I anticipate I can generate significant long-term interest from:
Lenovo(laptop), Huawei(infrastructure), Negroponte(OLPC), IBM(Iron),
Fed-Ex(logistics), Google(Chrome OS Laptops), Microsoft(OLPC),
Canonical(ubuntu), Opera(OSS), Mozilla(OSS), Zynga(Software),
Facebook(Presence). There is a unique aspect to this project in that,
after the intial period, it will be self sustaining.

My unique input into this project will be that I will be donating my
insurance settlement to the cause to get the ball rolling.
I am hoping this level of commitment will have 2 effects:
1) it guarantees our independence from those that would seek to exploit
both your government and the children
2) it will establish enough of a platform that the serious players will
have something to build on.

I am still researching the some of finer details of larger business
plan (logistics, cost reductions, likely interested parties) but, I
'really' need to get this pilot-project off the ground before being able
to do anything else.
I wonder if it’s possible for you to endorse the project, perhaps
making it appear more favourable to my bank.

Hoping to hear from you soon,

Paul

p.s.
I haven't discussed this with Mum, yet.
While I don't keep secrets from her, I fear she won't respond well to
my level of commitment to this project.
I think she would rather see grandchildren at this point.
However, once it is up and running, I am quite sure she will be as
excited to see it in action as I am.