Re: Update

Neal A. Puckett, Esq

LtCol, USMC (Ret)

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On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:27 PM, Haytham Faraj wrote:

Please see my responses below.

From: Neal Puckett [mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:40 PM
To: Faraj Haytham
Subject: Update

1. Nicholson will begin work on our payroll on Monday. It's time. Eric really needs the support because he's overwhelmed and Marcy is up to her neck in alligators, as well. It's time to jump in with both feet. He can cover all Eric's client's while Eric is in Afghanistan and load them into Time Matters.

2. Will look at office space today and make a decision. It's time for that, too.

3. Nabil did as much as he could do and the system is still not up. Am hiring either Geek Squad or the folks at Staples Business Support to complete work. We won't be needing Nabil anymore. Will need someone more responsive. Did you know the server cost nearly $2500? Holy shit! I liked the $1000 solution better, but we'll live with it. May even be glad we have it someday. Will need a final invoice from Nabil for parts and labor.

The $1000 solution was untenable. It would not have been sufficient for our requirements because it did not include any of the necessary operating system software. The one they built will is a long term solution. Take a look at servers with the same specs at Dell. As for what needs to be done. The main reason it is not set up is because the we can’t access the office admin functions. If were our own office or at your place the thing would work and the only thing necessary would be loading time matters. Geek squad will not be able to overcome the internet connectivity issue unless they are allowed access to the office administrative functions for the internet. In that location only Eric will be able to access it. I recommend we move it to your place until we’re in a permanent office.

4. Ad words are going nationwide tomorrow. So that will cover MI, as well. But I think it's time to consider ramping down rather than ramping up in MI and get you moving and working here, when the time is right. Either that or make a final decision that you want to remain and plant roots there, which is OK, too. We're coming up on our 2 year anniversary. I'm totally fine with you remaining in MI if that's what's best for you, but I would like to work that decision into the calculus of office space requirements. If you're not coming, that means we need one less space. You can use my office when you're in town.

Do not factor office space for me in the calculus of office space primarily because I don’t think I am going to sit and work in an office. That said, DC area continues to be an objective. While I am in Michigan I intend to seek local work because it makes sense. That would also apply to the DC area.

5. We need to all use Time Matters if for no other reason that calendars and document management and billing. We'll set up the necessary training.

6. Marcy is coming off the payroll on Friday and we're hiring her C-State Solutions to do the management functions she currently performs.

7. Her company has one contract in place, the firm would be the second and a third she will lock in by 1 May. So we may need to look into a bookkeeper, which is why we all need to be on the same system (Time Matters). We'll send the configuration requirements for working it through the internet, once that is set up.

I think having a bookkeeper is the right decision. It doesn’t need to be full time. Most small firms have book keepers that come in for a few hours a week to update their books and keep track of receipts and invoices.

8. Target date for full operability of Time Matters is 1 May, when we move into the office.

9. Do you still think I need to send the email to LtGen Hejlik re: LtCol Frantz, our former client, or just wait for the bar complaint? Not sure we can really make out a legitimate "threat of bodily harm" from the language he has used. But I still have the draft. The MPO I request includes prohibiting him from interfering with or contacting our clients, past, present and future.

I assume he didn’t respond to your email. I really don’t know how to handle this matter because I took the threat seriously. When people make threats with a serious tone, they should be ready to suffer the consequences even when they don’t intend harm because their intent is not readily perceptible. The fact that he’s silent is no comfort. If you don’t want to email the General then perhaps the SJA. I leave that to you, however.

10. Meeting with Marine Corps Marathon folks on Monday next.

11. Will probably sign a new Army BG client today.

This is really exciting. We are embarking on a new adventure that has success written all over it. What are we going to do with all the extra money?????