Just an update on the negotiations for the meeting between UF and

Fellowship representatives. Georges note forwarded below is a response

to my letter to Richard regarding our opinion that UF has not been

negotiating in good faith (Feb. 24th, sent to you already). Georges

reply is toned down, and the EC felt that the Fellowship must be willing

to attend Georges meeting, while still requiring a meeting with the five

Trustees, in order to continue negotiating in good faith. However, we

decided to change the members of our team and reserve both our president

and webmaster for a full meeting with the trustees.

Steve, as VP, has been handling all subsequent communications on behalf

of the Fellowship. His two letters regarding the upcoming meeting

(April 8-9th in Chicago) will be forwarded after this post. You will see

that we have tied our attendance to the April meeting to a requirement

of a second meeting with the Trustees. If we attend their proposed

meeting, the trustees will have an obligation to attend our proposed

We will provide a report on this meeting and the April 14-15 EC meeting

once both meetings are concluded.

This is a challenging and exciting time for our organization. It feels

as if we are poised on the brink of a new service era for the

revelation, which will require as much maturity and visionary thinking

as we can muster, together.

In addition to the issues between the UF and the Fellowship, we must

consider the implications of the 2006 international copyright

expiration, the issues related to Matthew's source material research,

and the need for the Fellowship to seriously upstep our administrative

response to the growing international community. These diverse and

demanding challenges for our organization will occupy us for the

foreseeable future. I will keep you informed, and will help frame these

issues for our summer discussion.

Please continue to recommend and encourage candidates for the council.

We need willing and committed believers to help us prepare for the

Hope you are all well.

With loving regards,

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Richard has asked me to respond to your letter of February 24, 2000. I assure you, the decision to assign this matter to a committee does not in any way reflect a lack of commitment on the part of the Urantia Foundation to the process of good faith communications with the Fellowship. As I have preciously explained, the Foundation has appointed a committee to represent it in negotiations with the Fellowship regarding copyright and trademark issues. I am the chairman of that committee. Please direct all communications regarding copyright and trademark issues to me. We would like to go forward with a face-to-face meeting. I normally travel to the United States once a month. As you may know, the Urantia Foundation has scheduled a number of activities in March as part of its 50th Anniversary Celebration. At this time, it may not be feasible to hope for a meeting that weekend. We would like, however, to meet as soon as possible, and, if that weekend works particularly well for you, we shall try to accommodate you. We could meet on Sunday afternoon, March 19. If that does not work, we could meet on April 9-10. Please let me know when you would like to meet. If you want to try to get together this month, please let me know as soon as possible.

In my prior letters, I have listed the infringements on the Fellowship's Web site. Your letter to Richard indicates that you regard this as an attempt on my part to change the parameters of standing agreements between the two organizations. The infringements listed in my letters reflect the position of the Urantia Foundation, not my personal opinions. The agreements between the two organizations should be discussed and clarified in our meeting. In the meantime, we felt it was important to provide you with a formal statement of our objection to these infringements. We are most willing to listen to your views, and, to the extent possible--consistent with the obligations of the Urantia Foundation under its Declaration of Trust--we look forward to exploring ways to resolve these problems informally and in a way that will promote good will and good relations with the Fellowship.

We have many serious issues to discuss. If you would like to try to meet this month or next, please let me know by March 7. If we are going to pursue informal resolution of these matters, we need to move ahead.

Georges Michelson-Dupont Vice-President URANTIA Foundation

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