FAX 8-30-97
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To:

Erwin & Sylvia Annau

Bill Cooper c/o TradeNet
Alberto Guerrero
Lynn Irons
Lily Guerrero
Karl Schumacher
Mike Caruso
Danielle

Karen Kueter

From: Penny Fleming

Dear Environmental Warriors:

Leaving rumors and claims aside, I cannot believe Erwin Annau would resign from TradeNet willingly except under the most extraordinay circumstances: if he thought it was necessary to save TradeNet from impending doom of some kind. So either he is not resigning willingly or (and/or) something terrible is happening to or threatening TradeNet. TradeNet's accouncement of Erwin's resignation is a broad advertisement that the company is in Danger at best.

Do you think the distributors don't care? The upset in the field is already considerable -- they're calling me about it from far beyond my own line, and most distributors have probably not heard of it yet. I haven't, officially.

Imagine your distributor base speculating about the possibilities:
- gross Third Party on Erwin, and/or
- gross out-ethics on the part(-s) of:
- Erwin
- Bill
- Alberto
- Lynn
- other high TradeNet exec(-s)
- person(-s) high in ATG
- state Attorney(-s) General
- person(-s) very influential on any and/or all of the above
- severe media attacks
- any and/or all of the above.

If Erwin were and S.P., then forcing him out would (possibly) handle it. But he is not. Any distributor who has had contact with him knows it -- probably any distributor who has seen the V001 video, TradeNet: For You And The Environment.

If there have been problems with Erwin's ethics, handle them with ethics tech. If there have been problem's with anyone's ethics in TradeNet or ATG or anywhere, handle them with ethics tech. Use your Third Party tech. HANDLE IT.

Don't trivialize TradeNet in the eyes of the world and our own distributors -- and the vultures -- by telling them the (co-)Founder has left "to pursue his many other interests"! If someone at ATG or anywhere wanted to scuttle TradeNet, how better could they do it?

If this is allowed to stand, TradeNet may have cut its own throat. I know you know the stakes are high. If TradeNet dies, who will salvage the planet?

This man's vision and communication are the foundation of TradeNet's distributor base. What do you do with foundations? -- dynamite them (as our enemies wish)? -- or build on them?

With love and respect,

Penny Fleming
Distributor since Jan. 6, 1996