🚀 go-pugleaf

I got a lot of positive responses which I will follow up on - 
I'd like to thank everyone for their enthusiasm and suggestions!

There is one thing I should clarify.  David Roth writes: 

> You stated above that the funding for the next three years is approximately
> 40 million dollars and you expect an artist to "donate copyrights"
> of their livelyhood?  

The $40 million dollars currently funding the project is entirely 
donations (products, staff time, cash).  Since to my knowledge the 
music sector hasn't really been approached about Sequoia 2000, 
I thought this might be one way for interested parties to support
the project.  As a musician and a writer, I perceive compositions, 
performances, productions, and copyrights as extremely valuable 
potential contributions.  

Bob Wright writes:

> Art takes years of practice for one to become "an expert", and expertise
> can not be given away.  

Speaking for myself, I am spending many hours of my personal time 
working on the project, in addition to the time which I spend as an 
employee at the Department of Water Resources; although I must earn
a living, I do not always want a financial reward for my talents.

I believe that expertise should be used to achieve goals.  A primary goal 
in this case is to develop new computer applications which will facilitate 
better research on the earth system.  Naturally, not everyone will be 
interested in donating resources to this particular cause.

--Allison Woodruff