Do the same letter handwritten. Put a post-it note on the front saying "roommate from college" so whoever opens his mail will know to pass it through. Send it snail-mail.
Having said that, I think your letter had no point, and getting upset about the response is crazy. Your letter has a long introduction and then asks for hand-waving assistance, "The project does not need money, but it does need the sort of wind in its sails that government can provide." What does that mean? Why are you looking for the government to do technology leadership when it's been reliably shown to be rubbish at it?
Here's something you could do. Find a way to get geeks teaching classes to kids using Rasberry Pis. I'm in London and have thought this would be fun to do but I'm crap at setting things up. If you set it up and want a lecturer my email's in my profile and I can probably find others.
Do the same letter handwritten. Put a post-it note on the front saying "roommate from college" so whoever opens his mail will know to pass it through. Send it snail-mail.
Having said that, I think your letter had no point, and getting upset about the response is crazy. Your letter has a long introduction and then asks for hand-waving assistance, "The project does not need money, but it does need the sort of wind in its sails that government can provide." What does that mean? Why are you looking for the government to do technology leadership when it's been reliably shown to be rubbish at it?
Here's something you could do. Find a way to get geeks teaching classes to kids using Rasberry Pis. I'm in London and have thought this would be fun to do but I'm crap at setting things up. If you set it up and want a lecturer my email's in my profile and I can probably find others.