• Tennill will need a graphics team to work on her excellent poster ideas, discussed on the 23rd at Elliot's. I was hoping a few of us could all meet at a convenient place, time and day for everyone. I (Terry) can be there on the phone or via webcam. This has to do with the marketing ideas she'd posted under her name. As she said earlier, "I don't know if we need everyone in attendance, but if you would like to read what I've proposed and are interested, I'd love to discuss the ideas in more detail with you. My cell number is 337-9412. Thanks!"

Thanks, Mr.B! I am available any day this week after noon. I've got a class on tuesday and thursday mornings, but am free after that time. Anyone got a design concept already in mind? ~Tennill

I was thinking of a few marketing ideas that may work with some of the Messages of Hope that James and Keith came up with. They are stills(although I really like Mr.B's idea about the old Burma Shave poems). Picture a woman or man at the bank, standing in front of the teller. You notice the man/woman who is the patron smiling excitedly, with somewhat surprised eyes. In front of her/him lie several bonds in large incriments of "Hope." The teller is smiling back and has on several of those promotional buttons and/or he or she is surrounded by bank literature and/or scenery. They read things like, "Ask me about Hope," "Together, we can increase Hope," "Celebrating 15 years of Oustanding Hope," "Everyone can invest in Hope, it's totally free," and/or "Hope has the Highest Returns!"

Another one I thought of was about the phrase "Hope springs eternal," I know Mr.B was stating something about fair use, and I was hoping we would be able to use this idea for an ad or concept. If we could use it, I was thinking of using a connotative concept, instead of just a denotative definition. Picture a beautiful spring, you see people who are depositing something into the body of water into which the spring flows and the spring itself. The more identifiable people in the foreground have glass bottles that each contain a white scoll that legibly reads "Hope." The people who appear to have already contributed their bottles to the water could be looking toward their drifting hope, with hope in their eyes, hands clasped to their chests. Some may be carefully placing theirs in the water, while others may be still be preparing their "Messages of Hope" for departure. All the while a "sea of hope" flows right before your eyes. If we can't use the "Hope springs eternal" thing, I was thinking may be we could use something like "Create an Outpouring of Hope." Maybe we could even try capitalizing the H in Hope often, because "Hope is the Goal." If we all like one of the ideas, maybe someone(s) can help me with the design.

Terry here - So strange! I was listening to the Police album "Reggatta de blanc" and their song "Message in a Bottle" came on just as I started reading this! I love the angle you're taking.

(I will have scheduling and calendar software and a "secure" wiki at the http://messagesofhope.net/CEO/ area fairly soon.)