[alicebot-archcomm] budget

[Conan Callen]

This is not legal advice.

What are your damages? Did you see the recent Washington Civil action where,
amongs other things, the plaintif claimed damages because his story was
balsted in the media. It turned out that it was his own (actually his
mothers) attorney who negotiated the contract with the media.

What are the demands of the plaintif? I'm not to fimilar with all the
details. As I understand it, he orginally contact you after watching "A
Beautiful Mind". Somehow you guys ended up in court and it sounds like he
has a restraining order to keep you away from him and the UC campus. Is
there some way you can get back to the point when he orginally called you?
For instance if you relaxed your position, would he relax his? Could the two
of you then pursue a more peaceful (non-judicial) solution?

Myself, I shiver at the prospect of litigation and paying huge sums of time,
money, and emotional energy when I could possibly work the problem out
myself.

Conan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Richard S. Wallace" <drwallace@alicebot.org>
To: <alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: [alicebot-archcomm] budget


> Suggestions for persuading the U.C. Regents to settle out of court are
> welcome.  My attorney's strategy is to file an appeal followed by a
lawsuit
> for damages.
>
> Due to a minor conflict over States' Rights, this Foundation is not at the
> moment eligible for Federal grants here in California.   I have however in
> the past had some success writing and winning grants and contracts from
the
> Federal government.
>
> Noel has no business plan.
>
> Rich
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Conan Callen" <ccallen@windowpane.com>
> To: <alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 11:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [alicebot-archcomm] budget
>
>
> > You may not need to spend the extra cash for a CPA. Check the yellow
pages
> > and call around for a reasonable tax account.
> >
> > If you cleaned up your financials, added that to Noel's business plan,
put
> > together a few research projects, and demonstrated how this foundation
can
> > to contribute something back to the society, you might be able to bring
on
> > some corporate sponsors and get some grants. Although, it will be much
> more
> > difficult to attract businesses sponsor ship as long as the foundations
> icon
> > is at battle with UC (business tend to be fairly conservitive).
> >
> > I think you could be very effective if you got out and sold the AIML
> > message, and competed for grants. There are lots of good ideas on this
> list
> > that could be grant candidates. The idea that Chris had about a
universal
> > language is a good example (although I think it would be tricky to get
the
> > whole world adopt it). It reminded me of Chomsky's Universal Lanagage
> > theory.
> >
> > You could keep an eye on grant solicitations and match them up to the
> ideas
> > on this list, write up and manage the proposals. Like many others, I've
> > always wanted to be able to do some kind of grant research thing, but
the
> > paperwork is too scarry. Having someone who is familiar in this area is
> what
> > team work is all about.
> >
> > As well, if you wern't in court all the time you would have more time
for
> > this kind of high-value stuff, and unfinished paperwork like "Richard
> > Wallace does have the paperwork so if anyone can pick up the process it
> > would be appreciated by the present governing officers/directors." All
> this
> > and you could still slip in a few numbers!
> >
> > Hope there is something useful here.
> > Conan
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dr. Richard S. Wallace" <drwallace@alicebot.org>
> > To: <alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com>
> > Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 8:13 PM
> > Subject: [alicebot-archcomm] budget
> >
> >
> > > I have here a file full of receipts and bank records documenting all
of
> > the
> > > $8000 or so that went through the A.I. Foundation bank account since I
> > > opened it.   [Think about this: we ran a global nonprofit corporation
> for
> > a
> > > year on ONLY $8000!].
> > >
> > > Earlier this year I attempted to put together a rough draft budget to
> > > satisfy my Board's demands.  I asked for their help clearing up some
> > > uncertain points.   But I was met only with accusations of
embezzlement
> > and
> > > fraud.
> > >
> > > All of the material I have should be properly turned over to a
> > professional
> > > C.P.A. as soon as we have one.  The role of a Board of Trustees is to
> > raise
> > > the funds necessary to pay for professional services such as
Accounting.
> > > Without professional accountants, we don't get professional
accounting.
> > We
> > > only try our best.
> > >
> > > Rich
> > >
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