SaudiNet is not dead or dying just because the war is drawing to a
close.  Many of you are wondering just where we see our new
corporation going after the war in the Gulf has drawn to a
conclusion.  By "our corporation", I mean the entire network.  The 
individual node is the single most imnportant element.  Without the
dedication of the individual member, SaudiNet  would have been an
utter failure, and we would have no future.

Now that we have the basic system in place, we will continue on by
providing a similar service during the next crisis, wherever it
strikes in the world.  We have proved, with astounding success, and
despite the internal problems we recently encountered, that we can
function in accordance with or charter in the worst of all possible
scenarios, that being one of wartime communications.  

Our mission is not like some other organizations whose basic
structure is the same.  We are not here to provide emergency
communications links between rescue and relief teams and their
offices in the United States, it is to provide an invaluable
communications link between the families, friends, loved ones, and
general supporters in this country and the people who live and work
in those foreign countries beset by tragedy, be it war as in the
Gulf, natural catastrophe such as earthquakes, fires, floods, or
whatever may come along.  We are also forming a MIL_ECHO wherein
nodes will be established on or near as many U.S. military
installations thorughout the world as possible.

Our Board of Directors will consist of selected members of our
current SaudiNet network, as well as of prestigious members both
from corporate America, the Senate and Congress.  We have earned
much in  the way of credibility and we will continue with that
until is is traditionally accepted of us.  We will be a respected
and credible organization whose services will be sought after by
humanitarian organizations and government agencies throughout the
world.

Our membership will eventually total in the thousands.  From within
the ranks of our growing membership, we will recruit, and train if
necessary, Crisis Action Teams who will be able to, on very short
notice, pack up our equipment and travel to the scene of
catastrophe to begin establishing our essential links to that
country.  We will approach various foundations and corporations 
for the funding necessary to accomplish all of this. 

We will have our own computer and communications equipment,
including our own communications satellites one day to transmit
America's letters of support and concern anywhere in the world.  We
will have our own facilities to store and repair this equipment. 
We will have offices staffed with full time employees from where we
will conduct business as any other successful charitable
organization would.  We will have a bank of data and voice 800
lines.  Our operation will be entirely computerized, operating
virtually paperless in order to streamline efficiency, and the HQ
will house the main BBS system which will be online 24 hours per
day, accessible through an 800 number, to provide membership and
outreach services to the general public in accordance with our
charter.

Between crisis', our CAT members will "practice" in preparation for
the next time call for our services.  Our communications commitee
will look at what was learned from previous projects, as well as
those mistakes that will inevidably be made, and plan for the next
emergency utilizing this information.  Our membership committee
will  actively seek out new volunteer BBS sysops.  Our technical
committee  will work with our existing membership nodes, as well as
new members as they come online, to insure they have all the tools
they need to provide effective and efficient services to the
general public during the next emergency.  Our funding committee
will actively solicit contributions from a wide variety of
foundations and corporations.   Our public relations committee will
continue to work with the general public, making our services known
to them through through various publications and media events.  Our
executive staff will continue to strengthen our contacts in the
world with applicable agencies and organizations so that we may
call on their expertise during the next crisis no matter when or
where it occurs on this planet.
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