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so what On Sat, 16 Sep 1995, James B. Morrison, Jr. wrote: > >To: [log in to unmask] > >From: [log in to unmask] (James B. Morrison, Jr.) > >Subject: Merger, Employment,Collaboration > >Cc: > >Bcc: > >X-Attachments: > > > >FROM: [log in to unmask] > >TO: [log in to unmask] > >Dear Mr. Tate, > > After our telephone conversation Wednesday I think that it is importan t > to > reiterate the fact that I must make a decision to either return to my real > estate practice in Columbia or work full time in the development of Internet > related work. I have no choice! The financial obligations of a four member > family require that I provide the necessary basic items. I can no longer > put them through doing without while I persue a dream - no matter how > promising that dream may be. > > Our conversation revealed that you are a wealthy man. Now or in the p as > t > you have had millions of dollars and you are in a struggle to keep your > money after having lost a lot in the satellite business. I on the other > hand am not a financially wealthy man but I am the richest man to whom you > have ever spoken. I have the love and respect of my family, my business > associates and am well thought of in my community. My family has struggled > with me and sacrificed because they believe in me and my ideas; so do my > business partners. They have confidence in me, also believing that we can > make money with Internet Publishing. > > John, the danger in the Internet world is there are false realities, > mirages, things that appear to be good ideas but for some change in > technology, some alluding mis-calculation, some educational shortcoming ; > the entire picture changes. The net is moving so fast that a simple error > is magnified and even the need for correction may have passed you by. > > An example is that we thought that we could design the best and most w el > l > thought through "web pages"; today with home maid web page design programs, > my child can design a respectable web page. Technology overcame the > opportunity It will continue to be difficult to singularly sell web page > design when there is a computer hacker in the basement that can quickly and > at minimal cost produce a facsimile of a " web page" but not a true > Information System. Considering that there are web page designers on every > corner I have determined that the best way to use web page design is to use > that skill for your own purposes. Don't set up a vacation system for > someone else; set up your own. Use your design and information structure > skills and your domain name advantage to your own benefit. > > A little about web page design. I remember when I first started on th e > Internet it seemed that I had to go through a lot of commands to end up with > a lot of nothing. Today on the net it still seems that way in many > instances. I think that each page of an IS should have a planned reason for > existing as well as each link. Those combination of pages should be > calculated to draw the user into only one natural interactive conclusion. > That conclusion is to take the pre determined action planned by the IS > designer. That action could be to place an order, call for information, > E-Mail a request, or participate in some other way. > > As I said each page and link should have a reason for existing but it > should also provide some valuable information. After clicking on ten links > you should have ten times as much information as you did when you started. > > I have looked over your GCC site. There are a lot of ways that we cou ld > work together. Combining sites may not be a bad idea. > >INTERNET PUBLISHING, INC. > > I.P.I. was originally designed to have three departments: > > 1. Web page (information system) design. > > A. Domain > > I. The company domain names (example 1,&2) > > II. Customer domain > > B. Contract domain > > I. Development plus monthly maintenance fee > > II. Development plus % (no inventory for us) > > 2. Research and posting > > A. Discussion groups > > B. Establishing DS and ML > > C. Development of mailing lists > > 3. Internet training > > A. E-mail > > I. Personal > > II. Business > > B. M.S., Lotus, Symantec, ect. > > C. Seminars > >There is something missing? SALES SALES SALES > > > > > >Some of the information systems that we have under development are; > > 1. IREN ( International Real estate Network) > >Simple concept: Realtors post to IREN and agree to pay us: > > 1. a membership fee, > > 2. a placement fee, > > 3. under a separate referral contract, they agree to p ay > us a > referral fee. > >We require that they put there special http:// address on every ad and > their E-Mail address on their business card.( [log in to unmask] ) > > Who else would like to be on IREN? Banks, Mortgage Companies, M > oving > Companies, Title insurance Companies and in a special membership (fee) area > lawyers, accountants and commercial Realtors. > > We have broken this IS ( information system ) down into manage ab > le parts > such as: > > Platinum real estate > > Waterfront properties > > Retirement Communities > > Farms and Ranches > > Tell me your dream > > Tax exchanges > > 2. IVAN ( International Vacation Network) > > We have worked hard to develop the bed and breakfast part of this IS. Th > e > potential for affiliation with a new publication Affordable Vacations could > catapult us into immediate success. > > I have four national publishers representatives waiting to market the > vacation network . I also have Michael Low, of Canadian Travel Television > waiting for materials and instructions. > >PARTNERS > > Partner one- This physician is a brilliant business man. He has take n > his company from the brink of financial ruin to a state wide company with > annul revenue of more than $14,000,000. He is financially and > technologically well read and continually offers help when he can. His > company is growing so fast that he doesn't have the time to devote to this > endeavor. This partner will help us develop the employment domain name > within the medical community. He hires more than ten physicians each year > and is expected to hire many more over the next few years. Part of his > companies stock was purchased by a large insurance company and that > connection could help in the future. > > Partner two- This vice president of an emergency medical facility wit h > offices all aver the state offers an international outlook and is well > traveled He offers connections in the international community that could > be very important. We are currently working on a product we discovered that > is grown in India that may replace pesticides used in treating houses for > termites. He is also helping in the international time share business in > the vacation IS and the realestate IS. > >OUR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP > > There is no doubt that I could help you avoid a lot of pitfalls. I co ul > d > speed up development of your ideas. But most importantly I could evaluate > your concepts and see them through the eyes of a consuming netsurfer with > lots of experience. > > I WILL NOT WORK WITH OUT A PLAN AND BUDGET REEVALUATED EVERY > QUARTER----THIS GIVES US CONFIDENCE, GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTION. > > As we or our staff come up with ideas, they are put on a project form > with certain evaluation arguments (implementation, time/cost arguments, > assessments and how it will fit into our plan). The choices of projects > will be yours :enthusiasm of employees can divert us from our focus- SALES > SALES SALES. Focus is the most important thing here > > This is a seductive business; it throws opportunities at you so quickl y. > It is important to evaluate them insight of where you are, how far you have > to go to complete the development of your existing systems and tine/cost > considerations. > > The long and short of it is that I will need sixty thousand a year. I m > ay > have to work as an employee but would rather work as a merged partner or > working board member. With the right kind of agreement I would at least > have a part time administrative assistant and my html editor, I now pay him > sixteen thousand dollars per year. A lot of this would depend on your staffin g. > > Before I could run off to Tennessee I would have to have a clearer > understanding of what type commitment you are willing to make. John, this > is a serious business with lots of concrete financial opportunities. In my > case you have me at a time when my knowledge and planning level is at an all > time high and my cash is depleted. I will somehow make this work if I have > to list and sell every house in Columbia! > > You sound like a man that I would enjoy working with. I have spent > several hours writing this letter telling you what I have done and what I > would like to do: would you take the time to do the same? It would be very > important to me and would help me determine if we would be working toward > the same end. > > > > With kindest regards, I am > > > > > > Jim Morrison > > President > > Internet Publishing, Inc. > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > > >