February 22, 2000

Dear friends,

I am unwilling to defend our position via letters with Georges any

longer.  Now is the time to expand the agenda to include Fellowship

issues, and to request that Richard resume negotiations president to

president.

Negotiating team, I need your suggestions ASAP.  EC members, if you have

objections, please make them now.

Thanks,

Janet

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Dear Richard,

For the past four months we have requested a meeting with the Trustees

of Urantia Foundation to resolve issues between our organizations, a

procedure to which the Trustees publicly agreed during our last formal

negotiation over legal issues.  It seemed, for a time, that you and I

were making progress planning for a venue, dates, and an agenda for a

second critical meeting between the Trustees and members of the

Executive Committee.

And then you withdrew without notice from our discussions and Georges

took over.  Since that time we have made no progress towards a meeting.

We believe Georges has not been negotiating in good faith, as evidenced

by his sudden attempt to change the parameters of standing agreements

between our two organizations.  For example, we previously agreed to

bring the decision-makers together to resolve problems without

litigation;  we agreed to terms of licensing that he now says have been

changed;  we agreed to develop an agenda that provided both

organizations the opportunity to present issues for resolution.

Instead, I have received increasingly threatening letters signed by

Georges alone in which his agenda of infringement is expanded, and his

terms for our proposed meeting have become unreasonable.  All we have

asked for is a chance to discuss your issues, and ours, face-to-face

with the Trustees.

Our issues include the escalating threats against revelation volunteers

in the international arena by "Foundation Agents"; and the pending

expiration of the international copyright of The Urantia Book in a

majority of countries by the year 2006; and Urantia Foundation's attempt

to limit "competition" by denying the use of the name of our planet and

the symbol of the Creator Son in our work for the revelation.  These

issues are important to us, and I know the issues the Trustees raised in

your October 12th letter are important to you.  Only by meeting

together, Trustees and EC members, will we be able to address and

resolve our differences.

I am appealing to you, President of Urantia Foundation, as President of

The Urantia Book Fellowship.  We should be colleagues, not adversaries.

We should be doing all we can to help each other and our respective

organizations disseminate the revelation.  There is more dissemination

work to do than we can reasonably accomplish in our short lives, even

without recurring conflict.  Let's not waste another moment of time or

precious dollar sparring over the details "about" dissemination.

Richard, call me and let's continue resolving our problems face-to-face.

I am no longer willing to respond to threatening letters and personal

posts from Urantia Foundation's Vice President.  If Urantia Foundation

is truly interested in resolving issues without litigation, then do so

with respect, and in good faith.

Respectfully yours,

JFG

attached:  Georges last post /  sent certified mail to Richard at UF

office and e-mail to all five trustees.