<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  <FONT size=3> <STRONG>Ric</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG>   I agree. Thanks , you're readi= ng my thoughts as well as others.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG>   Dale:</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Folks.<BR><BR>I know this it is out of order to write a non topic= al posting such as <BR>this, but at certain times all channels, and I mean absolute ever <BR>available channel, should be open for appeals such as th= e following.<BR><BR>You are all aware by now of the unfathomnable tragic eve= nts in southeast <BR>asia. Without going into any descriptive commentary which= I am sure you <BR>have all heard by now I would simply request that each and= every one of <BR>you find whatever help organization you feel best, and do= nate as <BR>generously as is possible. This is a tragic event on a scale we sim= ply <BR>have no way of understanding. Please help in whatever way you can.<BR><BR>I would also ask that we all take a collective moment of silen= t prayer <BR>and thought at Midnite tonite GMT.<BR><BR>Please excuse the intrusion, please understand.<BR><BR>Thank you<BR><BR>Richard Brekne<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>