I the undersigned, hereby accept the intended offering of the parties in the first part to provide "food" and "beer", with the following provisions:

1. The sponsors of the feast, Christian Yoder and Steve Hall, must attend the function in person and engage in conversation and laughter.
2. Gratitude from the attendees must be accepted at any and all times.


Thanks Guys! I look forward to scarfing a little pizza and brew with you!


Cara (soon to be Freeland)

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Yoder, Christian  
Sent:	Tuesday, December 18, 2001 5:12 PM
To:	DL-Portland World Trade Center
Subject:	Lunch on Thursday

Friends and Co-Workers:

You are hereby cordially invited to a pre-holiday office lunch this Thursday at approximately 11:30 a.m, courtesy of the Trading Attorneys.

LEGAL NOTICE:  Christian Yoder and Steve Hall (hereinafter "we" or "our" or "us" ) intend to pay for the food (which will probably, but not necessarily, be pizza and salad) with post-petition Chapter 11 salary dollars that have already cleared our respective individual bank accounts and, therefore, by joining us in the meal ("Lunch") you will not be exposed to any retroactive claw-back risk by way of the Cash Account Committee.  We are also investigating the possibility of providing a limited quantity of a certain kind of beverage ("Beer") under a provisional waiver of the defunct pre-petition Company's drinking policies, subject to approval by the Estate's Liquor Control Board which is being sought on an expedited basis.       

We feel like making this modest holiday gesture for several reasons: 

1.  It has been a pleasure working with you all during the past year.
2.  We are optimistic about this office's prospects in the upcoming year.
3.  American Express forgot to cancel our Corporate Cards.

We hope you will join us for a free lunch as we look forward to a prosperous New Year.

Christian and Steve