Canada Magazine Fund SBDMP Applicant Survey

Hi, Jon Spencer here -- with a quick+easy favour to ask of all (fairly recent) applicants to the Canada Magazine Fund's "Support for Business Development for Magazine Publishers" program:

I would be interested to hear whether your applications to this program in the current fiscal year (from April 2008 to March 2009) have been handled as they have been in previous years, or if you have encountered any changes to the approval process. I would appreciate your sending a short email to me -- whether your experience has been good or bad -- at "js.abacus [at] sympatico.ca", answering the following questions:

1) In what month did you submit your most recent application to the CMF's SBDMP program?

2) How many times have you applied in previous years (roughly)?

3) How many times have those applications (in previous years) been accepted for funding, and how long does it usually take?

4) Has your latest application been accepted or rejected, or are you still awaiting approval?

5) Briefly describe your experience with your latest application, and (if possible) indicate how it compares with the approval process for applications you have submitted in previous years.

Thank you!