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>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 important 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 past 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 well 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 the 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 could 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 pay 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, Moving 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 manageable 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. The 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 taken 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 with 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 could 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 quickly. 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 may 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 staffing. > 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] > > > > >