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Re: Manhattan Club Lawsuit (by John C.):

Jonathan I don’t think I ‘missed’ the point of hiring an attorney. I don’t know what he is doing and your examples describe lobbyist/advocate activity and we already had the best ‘lobbyist’ I know of in Irene Small. We wouldn’t even have the AG looking into this without all or her and some of the others efforts which they did ‘pro bono’. As I have stated to this group before (see below), it is very dangerous to fork over $50,000 for anything,(100 TMC donors @100 each) including an attorney, without a clear understanding of what the money is going to be used for. To quote you “This is just one example of what Mr. Wasser has been doing to help our cause.’ If we had a group of 100 people who pitched in ( I am assuming you meant pitch in $500) here we would have a formidable team to combat this fraud. ‘.. . Now what would be the scope of this effort to ‘combat this fraud’ which is the AG’s job in the first place? — more how to write letters to the Times” or lobbying the AG’s office ?.By the way Irene Small has done a lot more than that over the past few years to bring attention to the issue to the AG, newspapers,TV etc. WHAT are the specifics you and Mr. Wasser are proposing..for $50,000? I need more info in order to better judge if even $50,000 is enough to make a real difference. If we are going to raise a legal fund for the TMC owners it should be to finance the civil suits that may be needed after the AG completes his thing. Just my thoughts John “Hi all Re engaging a lawyer Before you engage any type of service professional - lawyer, accountant, consultant, contractor, etc. you should have a written, agreed to understanding of the scope of the work to be done, the activities to be performed, the estimated time and professional fee for the activity, a statement on out of pocket costs ( included , and estimate of how much, or out) the expected deliverables, time frame and how to make changes to the ‘contract’ as needed as the effort moves along. Absent such a document, even if it is written, as some judges would say,on a role of toilet role, expectations will not be clearly set and the stage for disappointment set. What are you all going to get for the $500 each of you are investing?? Wouldn’t the scope and deliverables change if you had say $50,000 versus $10,000 ? Such a document would protect both sides lawyer (s) and TMC contributors. Isn’t unmet expectations one of the real issues with your deal with The Manhattan Club?? Just a thought........”