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Mike and Jeff:

I met with Greg yesterday to follow up on the meeting we had last week with
you (Jeff). Greg asked to see an estimate of how much money we think this
endeavor will really cost (a copy was delivered to your office today).

We modeled two scenarios, both assume we buy WebModal. We Modeled a base
case of trading volume, and then cut that in half. Details are in the
presentation.

The basic conclusion is that this will be a much more expensive endeavor to
start than our traditional markets (coal, paper, weather, etc.), but
substantially less than EBS or EES. Year one costs including capital, IT,
and people is expected to be approximately $43mm. That is slightly offset by
$10mm in revenue. All of these numbers assume that we are fully staffed for
the whole year, which is unrealistic, so for 2001, the staffing costs are
slightly exaggerated.

Anyway, the conclusion was that Greg was going to recommend to Frevert that
we pursue the business and WebModal. He expected to talk to him next week.
Until then, we will try to finalize a Dash.

I will be out next week, but reachable.

Thanks for your help,

Dan