In perhaps a somewhat oddly related response to Bruce Toback's notes on staffing among accountants, I believe that this would be a good time to announce a major expansion of people and responsibilities at AICS Research, Inc. These announcements of promotions and additions to a corporation are common in the legal and accounting professions. I believe that they should be in ours, too. Thus, I have prepared a list of people who have joined us over the last year. Wirt Atmar =================================== AICS Research is pleased to announce the addition of the following people to its growing corporate family: Vice-President of Operations: Juan der Fullie Juan's responsibilities require that he provide to the President periodic and accurate assessments of overall corporate health and well-being, basically answering the question, "How are things going?" Chief Legal Counsel: Justin Case Mr. Case is the only one of the new associates of AICS that is not on staff full-time. Rather, he will be paid on retainer. Although, AICS Research has never been involved in legal action of any sort, it was felt that it was a matter of corporate responsibility to insure that legal representation of the highest caliber be readily available. Director of Information Services: Foo Bahr Foo's responsibilities require that he supervise the smooth integration of the newest information technologies into AICS's daily operations, including the establishment of corporate-wide client/server networks and a powerful and influential presence on the World-Wide Web. Chief of Protocol: Natalie Drest Miss Drest was asked to join AICS Research to, among other things, establish an internal dress code that presents a image of power and certainty to the outside world, in an attempt to recapture some of the magic that IBM powerfully presented to the corporate world in the 1960's. Director of Scheduling: Justin Thyme Justin's responsibilities, in part, will require that he insure that a reliable supply of parts and material is available at all times while attempting to minimize excessive on-hand parts inventories and the charges associated with such storage, offloading the forebearance of such costs to AICS's Strategic Partners and third-parties. Transportation Manager: Denton Fender Denton is responsible for AICS's vast nationwide fleet of vehicles, its maintenance, high availability and proper appearance. Corporate Chef: Fu Yung Yung has been given the responsibility for providing a healthy diet to the corporate officers in their exclusive dining area. This entails the minimization of salt, fat and cholesterol in the diet, most especially the elimination of egg. Director of Human Resources, Department of Internal Corporate Rectitude: Bea Haven Miss Bea Haven was asked to join the organization to re-establish a set of rigid rules and protocols that allow operations to be conducted with the highest sense of dignity and discipline. Miss Haven taught at a Catholic High School in Chicago for 24 years before joining AICS Research, and proudly brings to her job her own matched set of oak wooden rulers. Director of Future Technologies: Holly Grale Holly's task is perhaps the most daunting of all of the new associates. She has been given responsibility for assessing and determining the next "killer app" product for AICS. Holly strongly believes in dismissing the comments of the current installed base as "dissatisfied whiners." Rather, she feels that the key to future successes lies in carefully and exhaustively reading the trade magazines, insuring that AICS will "be on the bandwagon before it leaves the station." =================================== End of Corporate Communication Dated: June 6, 1996 ABO-45/ER Paul Cast Director of Public Relations AICS Research, Inc.