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Aug 6, 2001, 3:11am

Here's the official Proposal I just shipped out to Rick & Co, word for word. As you
can see, it gives them quite a bit of say in how this will all play out. The ball's
in their court now...

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Thank you for taking the time to respond to our letter. We're glad to hear that you
are willing to work with us to help make this community a better place. Therefore, it
is in this spirit of community interest that we offer you this proposal to help
bridge the gap between customer and company and ensure that all concerns are
addressed in a fair and reasonable manner.

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The Citizens Union

The proposed Citizens Union ("the Union") would act as a vehicle for citizens of the
AW Universe to voice whatever concerns they feel need to be addressed. The Union
would then distill these concerns into a presentable format that could be taken to
ActiveWorlds Corp. ("the Company") The Company could then look over these concerns
and address each as necessary, offering assurances that they will be met, or offering
reasons why they will not be met. The Union can then take that correspondence and
present it to the AW Community at large. In this way, the Union will act as the voice
for both the AW Community as well as the Company, and help to improve relations
between the two.

Here is how we propose to accomplish this goal:

1. Appoint 5 representatives for the AW Community, one for each category of concerns.
(Community, World, Features, Objects, and General) Each representative will be chosen
based on their competence and experience in dealing with their respective category.
These representatives could then be reassigned through community elections every
year.

3. Create a website that will be the central source for all information concerning
the Union and its operation. Included on the site will be a Concerns Box that the
community can use to submit concerns to the Union representatives, as well as a link
to the Company's Suggestion Box. There will also be a page that will list all
concerns that have been presented to the Union, including their priority level and
their current status (Approved, Processing, or Rejected w/ reason for rejection)

3. Hold community meetings every month where all are welcome to attend and will be
allowed to offer ideas, suggestions, and concerns to the Union representatives. The
representatives will then catalogue all concerns and ideas presented and prioritize
them based on importance to the community and feasibility.

4. Hold a private meeting between the Company (preferably comprised of CEO Rick Noll,
CFO JP McCormick, Lead Programmer Roland Vilett, and other employees who would prove
capable of handling concerns from the various categories) and the Union
representatives following the community meeting. Each representative will present the
foremost concerns from his/her category and the Company can then deliberate and
either choose to move forward with implementation of the concern/idea, call for more
time to decide, (which, once a decision is reached, can then be sent to the
respective representative via email) or reject the proposal and offer a reason for
rejection. This information will then be displayed on the Union website as mentioned
above. The private meeting's time and location within the AW Universe will be
determined by the Company during the conclusion of the previous private meeting.

In this way, we hope to better serve both the AW community and the Company by
ensuring that concerns are addressed and responded to in a proper manner. The Company
is free to make any amendments to this proposal as it sees fit, including but not
limited to: protocol during private meetings, specific appointments of Union
representatives, and changes to the number of representatives and/or the concerns
categories. The community will then deliberate over said amendments and ratify them
in the form of the Citizens Union Charter which will be presented to the Company in
full for its ratification by the Company.

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Again, we thank you for taking the time for hearing us out and choosing to work with
us. Together, we can make AW a better place for all.

Sincerely,
Bob Rodehorst
"Goober King" (#103935)

Aug 6, 2001, 3:44am

1, 3, 3, 4?

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Aug 6, 2001, 6:22am

I fear it is a phycologycal test ...you know the ones that
multinationals do to you at the human resources? If 1, is followed by a
3, 3, 4... how old is your brother?
Actually they seem to be willing to build something like it
icey

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Aug 6, 2001, 5:32pm

Very well put. :) Hopefully we'll all have an answer within the week.

SW Chris

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