George,

The letter looks fine. Good luck with it.

Regards,

Hank


On Mar 2, 2004, at 2:03 AM, George Ortega wrote:

> Hi Happiness Group,
>  
> Below is an email that we can begin sending to associates of Bill
> Gates as soon as some necessary information is up on a web site I've
> been creating for this project.  I would really appreciate suggestions
> on how the letter can be improved.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> <image.tiff>George
>  
>  
>
> Dear;
>
>  
>
> It is my understanding that you are an associate of Microsoft CEO,
> Bill Gates.  I am writing you on behalf of The Happiness Group, a
> non-financial (we do not require or seek funds) organization dedicated
> to encouraging the achievement of an increase in global happiness from
> our present day level of under 65 percent to a more acceptable level
> of at least 85 percent.  Based on our research, we are confident that
> this increase can be ultimately achieved by initially establishing a
> global network of happiness centers that train customers to become
> substantially happier for a fee.
>
>  
>
> As the richest and most generous philanthropist in the world, Bill
> Gates is committed to helping better our world, and we are confident
> that by his founding an international happiness-training corporation,
> Mr. Gates would do more for our global population than by any other
> means.  We conclude this based on extensive research documenting that
> as individuals become happier, they become physically and emotionally
> healthier, more economically productive, more pro-social, and very
> importantly, more charitable.   We are confident that by his creating
> a much happier world, Mr. Gates will be creating a much more ethical
> and compassionate world.
>
>  
>
> Happiness has been shown to be virtually everyone’s basic goal,
> however many of us achieve it only marginally because we seek it in
> ways that have little or no impact.   Although the principles of
> happiness-increase have been understood for over twenty years, no
> cultural institution or major business is currently disseminating this
> knowledge.   There is a popular expression that comes to mind
> regarding the creation of a network of happiness training centers:
> “Build it and they will come.”  Bill Gates is the person on our planet
> most capable of creating these happiness-training centers, and thereby
> pioneering the creation of an international happiness training
> industry. 
>
>  
>
> The Happiness Group has recently launched a campaign aimed at
> encouraging Mr. Gates to assume leadership of a global
> happiness-increase initiative that would begin by his creating an
> international happiness-training corporation.  Our strategy is to ask
> as many of Bill Gates’ associates as we can to personally refer this
> pioneering philanthropic/business venture to Mr. Gates.  We are
> confident that one of his associates will ultimately succeed at
> persuading Mr. Gates to establish this corporation.  If you share our
> vision of a much happier, better world, and our conclusion that Mr.
> Gates is the perfect person to lead this epochal venture, we would
> very much appreciate your referring our idea to him. 
>
>  
>
> To assist you in deciding whether the vision we present is worthy of
> Mr. Gates’ attention, we have created a web site called Shared
> Happiness Research (presently under construction).  On a single web
> page we present facts about happiness, happiness-increase, and the
> benefits of happiness in a well- organized, user-friendly format that
> provides very quick access to relevant information.  Please take a
> moment to visit our site.
>
>  
>
> Thank you for considering our proposal.  We hope you will decide to
> convey to Mr. Gates the vision of a much happier, healthier, and
> better world, made real by the leadership and enterprise of the
> richest and most generous individual on the planet; Bill Gates.
>
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