Subject: To the President of Urantia Foundation
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 03:00:15 -0500
From: Janet Farrington Graham <jfarr@eoni.com>
To: Richard Keeler <rkeeler@allwest.net>
CC: Georges Michelson-Dupont

Richard Keeler
President, Urantia Foundation
533 W. Diversey Parkway
Chicago, IL. 60614
 

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 we know the issues the Trustees raised in the 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,

Janet Farrington Graham
President, The Urantia Book Fellowship