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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: February 20, 2001 09:56 PM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Submit letter to John Deneen on Matt Conover's planning for VC event.

1...Summary/Objective

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1...activity, with first step to discuss basis of agreement on what will

CONTACTS 
0201 - Deneen Consulting                    925 229 1858
020101 - Mr. John Deneen
020102 - jjdeneen@ricochet.net

SUBJECTS
Conover, Matt's Business Model
VC Seminar in April

0504 -    ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - Follow up ref SDS 19 0000, ref SDS 18 0000.
050602 -
050603 - Called John last night, and Mrs. Deneen said he is still out of town
050604 - but would call back tomorrow, i.e., today.
050605 -
050606 - Called John this evening and he has still not returned.
050607 -
050608 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 to John, responding to his letter,
050609 - ref DRP 1 0001 received on 010217, which submitted an action plan
050610 - prepared by Matt Conover, who wants to move quickly making
050611 - arrangements to attend a VC seminar in April, ref DRP 1 0002, that can
050612 - lead to financing for the project Matt proposed in his letter,
050613 - ref DRP 2 0002, received on 010211. ref SDS 15 UP5K
050614 -
050615 - Link to analysis of Matt's letter on 010217, which addresses some of
050616 - Matt's issues in a preliminary way, but needs a lot of input from
050617 - John, Jack and collaboration with Matt.
050618 - ..
050619 - It appears meeting Jim Spohrer at IBM proposed on 010127,
050620 - ref SDS 11 MS5R, and set on 010211 for possible dates from 010219-21,
050621 - ref SDS 15 XH4M, will not occur because preparation planned on 010216.
050622 - ref SDS 18 QX4F, and cited by Matt on 010217, ref SDS 19 GH3G, has not
050623 - occurred.
050624 -
050625 -     Ask in the letter today where the meeting with Jim Spohrer fits
050626 -     into project planning?  What is the objective of such a meeting:
050627 -     to obtain funding, invite Jim to join the venture, to partner with
050628 -     IBM? ref DIT 1 U67N
050629 -
050630 -     For example on 010127 discussion of meeting with Jim was to review
050631 -     opportunity for IBM to take up where we left off on 941114 when
050632 -     plans were set to do a KM project with SDS. ref SDS 1 5380
050633 - ..
050634 - Planning to attend SDForum for VC's can proceed without scurring
050635 - to get a booth, proposed in Matt's letter on 010217. ref SDS 19 8588
050636 - John's report on 010216 about success demonstrating SDS at a recent
050637 - professional event, shows interest can be generated by showing SDS
050638 - with John's wireless computer. ref SDS 18 K4RK
050639 -
050640 -     [On 010221 John talked to Matt and explained attending a VC forum
050641 -     is not productive. ref SDS 20 KN6O
050642 - ..
050643 - Signaled willingness to support preliminary project launch
050644 - activity, with first step to discuss basis of agreement on what will
050645 - be done, and who will participate. ref DIT 1 ZT7N
050646 -
050647 -     [On 010221 John has had discussions with Pacific Consultants, and
050648 -     feels this has promise of yielding project funding. ref SDS 20
050649 -     K4RK
050650 -
050651 -     [On 010223 Jack Park submits ideas for project scope based on SDS
050652 -     as core technology. ref SDS 21 0001
050653 -
050654 -     [On 010223 John reports progress meeting with Pacific Consultants,
050655 -     SRI and IBM on business development. ref SDS 22 008G
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