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To: shawn h. ivens who wrote (6702)	9/27/1998 6:20:00 PM
From: Martin E. Frankel	Respond to of 44908

Shawn, Just a note to let you know I'm still here... long and strong. But you are right in that I have no intentions of joining in personal posts which do not pertain to TSIG and more importantly should, IMO, be transmitted via PM. On a more pertinent note, I have two general commentaries to make: (1) regarding Rich's (Dixie's) posts... especially the one following yours, everyone should remember that Rich lives close to TSIG and has had the opportunity to meet with Rob Gordon and management on a number of occasions. I believe it would be fair to say that what Rich is telling us are inferences and the like that he has received, seen and heard during these meetings. To be told hard facts would make him an insider and prevent him from posting on the thread. On the other hand, Rich is so excited about what he has learned (and I don't believe he is telling us all... sorry, Rich) that he is thinking of coming out of retirement and working for TSIG... at least on a part-time basis. (2) as to the CompactConnections website... I personally have been working together with them daily for a few weeks now... including weekends. Your responses and comments have been heard and will and are being addressed. I believe the confusion lies in who is responsible for what. In the end, obviously Rob Gordon and the TSIG management are in the "hot seat", however, Hastings Communications is building the website that we see and have done a superb job, IMHO, given the amount of time they have had to work on it. The problem does not apparently fall on Hastings Communications, but rather on two other companies. One is a company called Nutmeg which converted to an Oracle database (great in the long run, but caused a delay when Hastings had to do a conversion). It is my understanding that Nutmeg is the company which maintains the database we search on the CompactConnections website. The second company is, I believe known as EIS. They are the company responsible for getting out the e-mail confirmations, forwarding the orders to ValleyMedia who then ships to the purchaser. Again, apparently, it is a problem essentially with EIS (which is apparently being corrected as I type) that is holding us back from an official grand opening. I have e-mailed my "frustration" to Hastings and TSIG and Rob Gordon directly. I agree that the "Card" is our "secret" weapon, but, by the same token we have to sell something or the "Card" is nothing but a piece of paper. Do I believe we will be up and running shortly? Absolutely! I'm not concerned about a few days or weeks. I just want it to run properly so that orders can be taken and fulfilled. The fancy cosmetic changes can come at any time... although the sooner the better as first appearances do count, but let's get it up and running first! And pertinent to this, I also believe TSIG should have another message placed on the home page advising all those who did visit the site just what the current status is, ie: did their orders go through? Can they place orders yet? I'm sure a good marketing pr person could word a short message that would cause not harm and at the same time get people coming back to check the site... it should even mention bookmarking the site. No, Shawn, I'm still here as are Gambler and Beebs, etc.. I still have my same feelings regarding the very positive future for TSIG and Rob Gordon's ability as a deal maker... and I'm not going to be looking at the stock price every day. I'm invested in TSIG for the long haul, with its ups and downs, and still believe very strongly that it will become a major player (if not THE major player) in the internet/teleservices sector. Just give it the time. This baby was just born and is just starting to crawl... and yet so many are already looking for an Olympic gold medal. Does anyone really believe they could have this opportunity to take a relatively large position in TSIG if it already had the gold medal? Once the CompactConnections website is open for real, I believe you and the other shareholders will start to see many of the things Rich has alluded to become reality. Best always, Marty