Trisha, Bob, Deri James, and Anyone who may have concerns with our internet posts, Let me start by saying I am are deeply sorry if our EMails have offended anyone. Thank you all for bringing this important topic of "spamming" or "nonsense chatter " to the forefront of todays world of high speed modems and instant communication, it wasn't that long ago these were tasks we left at the office when the end of the business day is near. However today many of us take our work home and there are those persons who work from home for much of the convenience of managing time, raising a family, and ones enjoys from working on remote location while still having access to the office. I have been surfing and posting in news groups since July 96. I truly feel for those of us who are receiving alot of EMail, do to lists subscribed to. In the beginning it was cool to give someone or anyone your EMail address. However today is here and current technologies allow us manage our time virtually around the clock. I or someone from our office suggested that we should subscribe to three lists, one of those lists is: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List, This lists is responsible for one third of our daily EMail intake which averages over two hundred a day. Only being subscribed for six months or so, I have read and received useful information relating to the disability population and/or service providers in the industry. Our lists and posting our received by hundreds of individuals and organizations, who served this underestimated population in our society. Our postings are meant for informational purposes only.. Individuals or organizations wishing to be removed may request by submitting an EMail. We honor all removal requests, due to a large list(s) and third party contacts we ask for a ten business day policy. This allows for verification and the removal from our multiple lists that Paulsen and Company and/or members of said lists manage, subscribe to, or otherwise maintain. I would like to end by closing thanking those individuals who stood in my defense and for that I am honored and you deserve my deepest graduate. Due to my large commitment to volunteerism my schedule allows me to bring a wealth of fresh and innovative concepts to this committee, list and or groups. In return we receive valuable feedback which we gather and share with others in our perspective field. As someone said, "Darrell Paulsen has CP, is active in disability rights, and is currently standing for public office. Given these facts it is difficult to understand under what criteria for "spamming" you are considering his posts" in response to the above statement we at Paulsen and Company and / or staff discourages "spamming" of any kind. The individuals on our lists are receiving our EMail updates because we provide a valuable resource to the communities we serve. You may be receiving our postings because you or an associate suggested to be added to a list. For this is my personal reason for responding to accusations of my conduct or postings to the Internet community. I close by stating again I am are deeply sorry if our EMails have offended anyone. ---------------------------------------------------------- Darrell Paulsen, Founder/CEO Paulsen & Company, Inc. Email us : MAILTO:[log in to unmask] 804 4th Street So. South St. Paul, Minnesota 55075 (651) 455-3013 TDD (651) 554-3203 P.S. this response took deep thought and a considerable amount of time for me to dictate using by using voice recognition software. However I thought it was important enough to respond by written EMail and forward to our lists or groups. Sent without acknowledgment from the board of Paulsen and Company, board of directors and it's supporters.