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To: George Coyne who wrote (39729)	3/18/1998 8:39:00 AM
From: Dave Colp	Respond to of 61433

George, I was thinking along #3. I think the main goal is to be able to get meaningful feedback from time to time. Over the last 1000 posts 69 different people have posted. I think that's a good start. With the # of lurkers out there and people who aren't in tune with SI but could be made aware of what we are trying to do, who knows, maybe we could get 200+? I think if we could get 100+ people to get behind this effort I would HOPE they (Ascend IR) would take notice (even though we probably would account for less than $4M). We could even keep track of the total # of shares automatically via a web page or email. Just my thoughts.... dave > Upon further consideration, it seems that we really have three > independent proposals here. > > 1. Pool shares somehow for market leverage. (probably impractical) > > 2. Take advantage of collective knowledge to voluntarily make specific trades. > > 3. Take a tally (subject to some verification) to put some muscle behind SI ASND's voice. > > Just thinking out loud. > > G. W.

To: George Coyne who wrote (39729)	3/18/1998 10:46:00 AM
From: Dennis R. Duke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

I'll take number 3 please. I have had two private messages telling me their holdings. How about we have a open period of private message posting to me of holdings. I'll summarize and count the number of responses. Come up with an average by respondant. And then if we can get a good guess of the number of people watching or reading, apply that average to the potential pool. Now the only stat that I have been able to find so far is the 60,000 posters in the article Gary Korn posted last night. Anyone know of a way for counting posters on this thread? I will be in and out today, but will be checking my private message box and building a spreadsheet. Since ASND is one of top posted to threads on SI, could we say 20% of 60,000 are potential in investors? If that were the case with the sample size of two the controlled ASND shares is in the neighborhood of 682,400,000. No that can't be, is more shares than ASND has. Dennis