To: Codfish  who wrote (6 ) 1/30/2000 11:22:00 AM From: Garry     Respond to    of 17  
Fedora appoints board member Ron Erickson  Fedora Industries Inc                                            FED  Shares issued 1,139,087                               2000-01-25 close $0.75  Wednesday Jan 26 2000  Mr. David Houston reports   Ron Erickson has been appointed to the board of directors. Mr.  Erickson is currently the chairman of the board of eCharge, a  global leader in next-generation convenient and secure on-line  payments. eCharge is headquartered in Seattle with offices in  Vancouver, London and Tokyo.   Prior to joining eCharge Mr. Erickson was the chairman,  vice-chairman, president, chief executive officer of Egghead  Software Inc. He was the co-founder, chairman and CEO of  GlobalTel Inc., an international provider of telecommunications  services. He was the co-founder of Microrim Inc., a relational  database development and systems integration company, and was  also the chairman and CEO of NBI, Inc., a software development  and systems integration company.   Mr. Erickson has also served as a director and investor in a  number of other technology companies. Currently Mr. Erickson  sits on the board of directors of Upgrade International Corp., a  hardware and software information technology company,  Freei.net, a free Internet service provider, IBNet, a  business-to-business Internet company, and Newsgrade.com, an  Internet financial information company.   "I have two passions, cycling, and building businesses," stated  Mr. Erickson. "Airbomb allows me to actively engage in, and  enjoy, both of them. I like the challenge of being instrumental in a  company's rapid growth."   Mr. Erickson has worked extensively with the U.S. investment  banking community and has been directly involved in the financing  and listing of numerous companies on the Nasdaq Stock  Exchange. He is a principal and partner in Meydenbauer Capital,  his own venture capital fund.   He is active in community affairs and charitable organizations,  having sat on the board of the Seattle Kingdome, and the advisory  board of the University of California, at Davis, Law School. He  served in Washington as a White House staff member as well as in  New York with the Rockefeller Commission on Critical Choices.   Mr. Erickson holds a JD (juris doctor) from the University of  California, an MA from the University of Wyoming, and a BA  from Central Washington University. Admitted to practice law in  Washington and the District of Columbia, he did so from 1975  until the late 1980s.   David Houston stated: "Mr. Erickson is a cycling enthusiast and  understands our business opportunity. Mr. Erickson joining  Airbomb's board is a tremendous endorsement of Airbomb and  its business model. His knowledge and understanding of  e-commerce will be invaluable in guiding us through the continued  and rapid growth of Airbomb.com."   (c) Copyright 2000 Canjex Publishing Ltd.  canada-stockwatch.com