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February 10, 2005
Hello Freedom Ship Supporters,
Thanks for checking out our web site. Let me bring you up to date on our latest activities.
Today everything is revolving around financing.
Our biggest delay to-date has been the hundreds of "scam" operations that have come to us claiming to be "big time" investors and they want to provide the initial investment for Freedom Ship. After we work with them for a week or two, they start asking us for money, so this tells us that they do not have any money. Then we move on to someone else. We are not going to give any of these "con men" money, but what we do lose is our time in checking them out, talking to them, and listening to their line of BS. And our time is our most valuable asset.
Unfortunately, we must check out everyone who comes to us, because someone may be "for real." All in all we have probably lost more than a year in our time table. These "scamsters" are everywhere. There must be millions of them out there.
As an engineer who, previously, had only heard about "financial scam operations" I did not ever expect to encounter one in person. But now, I have met hundreds of people involved in financial scams. I should write a book. If the FBI, Interpol, or any other legal agency is serious about finding these people, I can tell them where to find lots of them.
However, we think we have finally found a group who is "for real." At least, they are not asking us for money. We will continue to work with them (as well as any other group who is "for real") and hopefully we can give all you guys some very good news in the not too distant future.
We continue to have many newspaper and magazine articles published articles about us every month. In fact, sometimes the traffic gets so heavy, our staff cannot handle it.
We are planning a stock holders meeting soon and it will be on the web so all of you guys can tune in and pick up everything there is to know about what is happening today in the world of "Freedom Ship."
Thanks again for all the support you have given us. This is what keeps us going.
Norman Nixon, PE, CEO
Freedom Ship International Inc.
Date: May 19, 2004
To Freedom Ship supporters:
I delayed this update in hopes that when I went to press with it, I could give you the one piece of information that everyone keeps asking about.
Every e-mail wants to know When and Where?
Things are happening, and they are moving fast, but I cannot make any announcements today. And I cannot give you a date on which I can make an announcement.
When we started on this project, one very important part of our plan was to continuously update all of our supporters on everything that was happening at the time it happened. We wanted to let all of you guys go through the entire process with us, the good and the bad parts.
And then we ran into Security and Exchange Laws. There are so many things that we clearly cannot
talk to you about. And then there is this big gray area where some venture into and get by with it, while others get into trouble. We have taken the position that we must stay away from not only the clearly prohibited areas, but also from the gray area.
So, even though everyone knows what we are working on, we cannot talk about it. At least not at this point in time.
Once we get over this first hurtle, we should be free to give you weekly updates on everything that is happening. And no one wants to be in that phase of the project any more than we do. We are pushing hard not only to make it happen but to make it happen as fast as possible.
I can assure you, things are happening. We are putting hundreds of thousands of dollars of our own funds and tens of thousands of volunteer man-hours hours into making this first move towards our goal.
One subject I can cover is our publicity. We continue to get more and more articles run in magazines and newspapers around the world. Next week, we will be in the German magazine called "Madame". Check them out at www.madame.de. I cannot read German, but it looks like they not only publish a magazine, but they sell a lot of really neat, very high quality stuff for ladies.
We also had a TV production done by Japanese Television. It is similar to the one done by The
Discovery Channel, but in this one I can speak Japanese. I actually lived there for 2 years on one of my construction projects, but I never learned the language as well as I speak it on the video.
Pictures of Freedom Ship are also being published in a textbook so middle school students can learn about us in the class room.
We are also going to do our yearly stock holders meeting on the Internet this year. This will give you a chance to hear me give live updates on the project. I believe all Freedom Ship supporters will find this most interesting. You can even send in questions. I will answer as many as possible live, and we will have people on their computers in various locations answering the others. We should have the time for this meeting posted on the web site within the next 10 to 15 days.
Maybe, just maybe, by the time we hold this meeting, my hands
will be untied and I can talk freely on many subjects.
Norman Nixon, PE, CEO
Freedom Ship International, Inc.
January, 2004
Happy New Year to all of our prior and future Freedom Ship supporters!!!
I trust that you and your family have had a healthy and prosperous New
Year and I, along with my family, wish nothing but the best for you and
yours in 2004.
Let me bring everyone up to date on some exciting things happening to
Freedom Ship and tell you a little about how 2004 is shaping up to be
the year when we finally get started.
First of all, I would like to thank each and every one of you for your
continued support. Our web site traffic is reaching new
levels. Keep returning here to see frequent updates with new
areas and pictures as we continue to refine and enhance one of our best
communication methods.
Those of you who have been with us for some time now know that we have
had hundreds of people working with us to officially “launch” Freedom
Ship. We always knew that we could build the ship economically
and that a market existed for anywhere from 3 to 6 ships.
Our only challenge was getting ready to start and getting investors as
excited as we are about the potential business opportunity that we are
offering.
I am here today to tell you that we are ready to start.
We have reorganized our corporation and brought in some experienced
businessmen to help us better communicate to the investor community our
product and how we as a company will be able to profitably build and
operate Freedom Ship. Look for upcoming press releases for
the details.
We have signed letter of intents with five architectural firms to add
an architectural touch to our basic steel design . These include
eminent firms that have most recently designed world-class casinos and
the like.
We have formalized a staged financing strategy that will allow us to
get started while developing additional analyses and documentation to
support future phases.
Yes, the State of Freedom Ship has never been better. Stay
tuned for more monthly updates as to our progress.
We thank you for all of your support and patience. It has been a
long time coming, but we are ready to start showing you something
rather than just talking about it.
Send comments or questions to our new President Paul Genova at
paul.genova@freedomship.com.
Regards,
Norman L. Nixon, PE, CEO
To Supporters of Freedom
Ship, May 12, 2003
I am back again to try and give you as much info as we can when
addressing the general public.
First I would like to thank each and every one of you for your support.
Our web site numbers are reaching new levels.
The most important subject I will cover today concerns moving the ship
into the construction phase. We have about a hundred people working on
this specific job. We know we can build the ship, we know the
economics, the time element, and all other cost and technical factors.
After spending 5 years giving presentations on Freedom Ship through
radio, TV, and personal meetings, we believe we have a market for the
ship. In fact, we predict we have a market for 3 to 6 ships.
The remaining factor is the financing. And we now believe we finally
have a good handle on this aspect.
When it comes to dealing with investors, it is relatively easy for us
to prove that we have an acceptable design and all of the technical
factors are covered. The difficult part is to prove we have a market.
We have had tens of thousands of people express an interest in
purchasing a unit on the ship, but now we would like to bring those who
are serious into our working network.
We have many reasons for doing this, for example.
1. If we can incorporate these people into some form of Freedom Ship
organization, we can make them aware of many of the things that are
happening inside Freedom Ship. I believe they would find this not only
interesting, but it may also help them in making some future plans.
2. It will help us in our design and the layout of the route of the
ship.
3. It will give the investors we are working with a more comfortable
feeling about their investment.
We would like to accomplish this goal by setting up a future Freedom
Ship Residents Association.
It is those of you who wish to buy units on the ship who will
ultimately determine our success or failure.
Please take a few moments to answer the following questions, and
forward the information back to futurefreedomshipresident@comcast.net:
1. What amenities would you like to have onboard the ship?
2. We need to know the size of unit you prefer. This helps us determine
how many of what size units to incorporate into the design of the ship.
Do we incorporate into the design more $200,000 units, more $1,000,000
units, more $2,000,000 units, or more $5,000,000 units?
3. We need to know if you wish to also purchase a commercial unit and
approximately how many square feet.
4. Do you wish to purchase storage space?
5. Do you wish to purchase a small guest room unit for your visitors?
All these prices will be set up on our new web site, which will be set
up by the end of the month.
6. What countries do you wish to visit? The ships schedule can be
altered to spend more or less time in any location based on residents'
preferences, but we must finalize this schedule and make this
information public long before we start selling units. We must have a
fixed schedule so buyers will know what they are purchasing before they
make the purchase.
Thank you for your support and your patience. It has been a long time,
but we are getting close to showing you something rather than just
talking about it.
Send comments or advice to futurefreedomshipresident@comcast.net.
Norman Nixon, PE, CEO
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