I have already started going ahead with things as if Ollie Cunningham never called. I have talked to Bob Schaeffer and Ron Radecki and we are planning on meeting in early January to start working on things as previously planned. If Ollie wants to cough up some serious money, then we can talk. Ron says that the same idea was passed around when the Studebaker Collectors were moving locations. And basically Ollie was the driving force behind that too. They didn't end up going his way then either. I'm not going to rule him out, but he isn't going to run the show with a donation that is going to be a drop in the bucket.

[quote:282x8vjy]Not necessarily, I relate much of business to a military nature, due to education and experience. I forwarded you a message from Dick Welch, he was NSA (no such agency) and has for several years been in the museum administration business, he pretty well explained the pit falls. In one of my specialties, psych-ops, the strategy is that once you create fear in an adversary, you have reduced the battle to less than 50%. Ollie Cunningham struck pure fear in Terry, that is obvious, and it was on behalf of the Northern Indiana Historical Society, you can have no doubt of that. All that is necessary is to stay the course, in the beginning the Oliver Foundation was not under consideration to finance this thing, only after completion they MIGHT help with the endowment. You must be strong, if not you will be defeated, plain and simple! Stick to your guns and make it work. As far as Barbara goes, we need a female in the family for support. Haven't you ever noticed that in any family the females get their way? I'll get back with you on tactics once you digest this and think it over a while. One thing for sure, I can defeat the board, because they fear![quote:282x8vjy]Thanks for looking into this. Ollie Cunningham has definitely thrown a new wrinkle into everything.

[quote:282x8vjy]That Oliver heir in California is Barbara Indra, I am currently searching for famliy info that would show where in the pecking order she stands. She is I believe the great grand daughter of James Oliver.[/quote:282x8vjy][/quote:282x8vjy][/quote:282x8vjy]