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Armstrongs, Ross, etc,
Prometheus Introduced Alphabet Legend Delivered Fire from Gods
VC Funding Business Start up Management Support, Jim Burkinshaw

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0606 - Summary/Objective
0607 -
060701 - Follow up ref SDS 9 0001, ref SDS 8 0000.
060702 -
060703 - Diane's breast cancer situation, reported on 001130. ref SDS 9 GR4I
060704 -
060705 -     Diane was given 6 months to live; her doctors in California said
060706 -     she could not be helped.
060707 -
060708 -     Ross and Claudia brought her back to their home in Connecticut and
060709 -     got her treatment by local doctors.
060710 -
060711 -     Her cancer has been stopped, or at least slowed  to considerable
060712 -     degree, and she is no longer in immediate danger.  Ross seemed to
060713 -     indicate Diane still receives treatment for lumps under the arms,
060714 -     but this seems to be under control.
060715 -
060716 -         Mentioned Kath's situation from record on 010514. ref SDS 13
060717 -         0001
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060720 - Claudia, have her folks been to visit, or have Ross and Claudia
060721 - visited them in El Salvador.
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060723 -     Did not discuss this.
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060726 - Claudia said Ross and the boys are building a weight room, as a home
060727 - project.
060728 -
060729 -     Ross explained he is doing this work himself and the boys to give
060730 -     them experience building, including framing and wiring.
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060733 - Ross - is he recovered from everything?
060734 -
060735 -     Seems to be healed up from prior difficulties, and no new
060736 -     injuries.
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060739 - Ross' work - slow economy affecting loan business, how about
060740 - repayments per report on 001207. ref SDS 10 V54M
060741 -
060742 -     Did not discuss this.
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060745 - Hutch on football, wrestling, academics.
060746 -
060747 -     He is 200# + and about 6' 1"   Will be a linebacker on the
060748 -     varsity next year.
060749 -
060750 -     Hutch injured his shoulder in wrestling during a match, and so was
060751 -     not able to complete the season.  He is healed up now, and
060752 -     participating in spring football practice.
060753 -
060754 -     He is playing lacrosse for a spring sport.
060755 -
060756 -     Hutch is getting As and Bs in academics.
060757 -
060758 -         Should be able to have a reasoned discussion before too long.
060759 -
060760 -         Did not discuss Prometheus, per telecon on 001130. ref SDS 9
060761 -         VP7L
060762 -
060763 -     As a reward for all this, Ross got him a Porsche.
060764 -
060765 -         Learning is its own reward.  Hutch would likely play football
060766 -         and other athletics, regardless of supplemental reward.
060767 -         Letting rewards build gradually is another strategy for a life
060768 -         of variable problems and successes.
060769 -
060770 -         Ross has probably noticed by now that rewards can be random,
060771 -         particularly in the short run, relative to talent.
060772 -
060773 -         High rewards for achievement early in the game, sets up false
060774 -         expectations that may cause disappointment, when future near
060775 -         term rewards fail to immediately line up with efforts.  We
060776 -         don't want to create a situation where disappointment becomes
060777 -         debilitating with people giving up, as occurred at Intel
060778 -         reported on 950927. ref SDS 3 7732  We need to grow folks, who
060779 -         can sustain effort despite lack of immediate rewards, as Ross
060780 -         noted on 950915. ref SDS 2 4930
060781 -
060782 -         In any case, on balance Ross is doing a terrific job with
060783 -         family and work.  So far, we could do a TV series to update
060784 -         Ozzie and Harriet.
060785 -
060786 -
060787 - Stu is doing well in school also.
060788 -
060789 -     Ross is coaching Stewart's little league team.  Stu pitches, and
060790 -     plays another position.
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060792 -
060793 - Nina still in Hillsborough?
060794 -
060795 -     She is in Orinda.  Her boy friend is on a boat in the Caribbean.
060796 -
060797 -     Nina visits for a few weeks now and then.
060798 -
060799 -     Didn't discuss what Nina is up to.
060800 -
060801 -
060802 - Richard still on a houseboat?
060803 -
060804 -     Richard is back in Japan for another 2 year tour, with his new
060805 -     wife, whom he met while on a prior stint in Japan.
060806 -
060807 -     Ross will send Richard's email address when Richard sends an
060808 -     email to show his new email address.
060809 -
060810 - Millie's car situation
060811 -
060812 -     Forgot to ask Ross for ideas on the problem discussed with Steve
060813 -     earlier this morning, ref SDS 14 0001, on the strange operation of
060814 -     the car, reported on 010330. ref SDS 12 UT5L
060815 -
060816 -     Since this happened again on Tuesday, driving back from visiting
060817 -     Kathleen, and again today driving way home from the store, want to
060818 -     investigate further.
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060821 - VC Loan investment protection - risk management
060822 -
060823 -     Did not discuss this either.  Ross might comment, if he gets this
060824 -     far in the record, about the idea advanced on 001212 by a business
060825 -     development consultant that folks, who place value at risk, e.g.,
060826 -     banks and VCs making business loans, and bonding companies that
060827 -     insure payment and performance on major projects, have a
060828 -     self-interest incentive to require effective management by an
060829 -     obligee. ref SDS 11 0001
060830 -
060831 -     Market conditions on 001207 may justify some attention to the
060832 -     quality of management as a condition for advancing funds.
060833 -     ref SDS 10 0001  People who want money, will often agree to terms
060834 -     that make it easier to obtain funds and increase the chances of
060835 -     paying off the loan.
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060838 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 to Ross linked to this record requesting
060839 - comment on the car issue.
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