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I'm not trying to prove anything either, I'm trying to determine for myself whether I think you have a viable idea I want to support or not. What has changed and how will you take advantage of that change? Be specific. All I am saying about investment is that if you want people to give you money you had better be able to answer the question of what will they get in return? Should they expect to get their money back with interest if the swimmer succeeds? Are they making a donation purely in the hope that good things will result and no expectation of monetary return? Are they paying for an outlet for their enthusiasm? Right now you are sending all sorts of mixed messages, and investors hate that. Investors want clarity. Is your target investor someone who is enthusiastic about swimming and wants a way to be part of the swimming scene or someone with money that you think will be interested in swimming if they have money on the line? To make it real simple, say we're in an elevator, I've got a nice crisp $100 bill, and you have 60 seconds to make me want to give it to you. What do I get out of it if I give you the $100? Sell me. And be specific. Lindsay, I'm not trying to prove one particular view is right or wrong. I'm trying to show an alternative option moving forward, a viable way of generating more interest in the sport. You look to the past and say, "this is the way it always was, so that's why it will always be that way." Except this is the way it was because the rules at the time were counter-productive to anything different. Things have changed now, which makes this an opportunity for investment. What is $5-10 worth, or even $100-200 for a sports enthusiast? Although right now that enthusiasm is worth-less because there isn't a direct mechanism for them to be connected to the sporting event. Purchasing shares gives the public a vested interest, a direct way of being part of the sport.

I'm not trying to prove anything either, I'm trying to determine for myself whether I think you have a viable idea I want to support or not. What has changed and how will you take advantage of that change? Be specific. All I am saying about investment is that if you want people to give you money you had better be able to answer the question of what will they get in return? Should they expect to get their money back with interest if the swimmer succeeds? Are they making a donation purely in the hope that good things will result and no expectation of monetary return? Are they paying for an outlet for their enthusiasm? Right now you are sending all sorts of mixed messages, and investors hate that. Investors want clarity. Is your target investor someone who is enthusiastic about swimming and wants a way to be part of the swimming scene or someone with money that you think will be interested in swimming if they have money on the line? To make it real simple, say we're in an elevator, I've got a nice crisp $100 bill, and you have 60 seconds to make me want to give it to you. What do I get out of it if I give you the $100? Sell me. And be specific. Lindsay, I'm not trying to prove one particular view is right or wrong. I'm trying to show an alternative option moving forward, a viable way of generating more interest in the sport. You look to the past and say, "this is the way it always was, so that's why it will always be that way." Except this is the way it was because the rules at the time were counter-productive to anything different. Things have changed now, which makes this an opportunity for investment. What is $5-10 worth, or even $100-200 for a sports enthusiast? Although right now that enthusiasm is worth-less because there isn't a direct mechanism for them to be connected to the sporting event. Purchasing shares gives the public a vested interest, a direct way of being part of the sport.