<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Responding to the questions raised by Gregoire:<br><br>I think corpora probably will have to negotiate some short-term commercial paper to cover the debt for a few days until funds start arriving from the constituent groups. Such things are often done in business. It shouldn't cost them too much.<br><br>We as a group have never set a dollar limit below which we should try not to go. I think this is a time we should consider one. Our funds allow us to make the 18% contribution without strain, but we need to try to keep our cash on hand above, say, $2800.00 or so to assure us of enough to properly fund our scheduled events.<br><br>Vincent<br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new
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