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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>While this software may be free, it wasn't free to make. I
have personally written software of this nature in the past and let me tell it's
not easy. It takes a lot of skill, experience, and effort and often sleepless
nights. Likewise, to provide one-on-one level support for this or any software
of this nature takes a lot of skill, experience, and effort. If anyone has the
skills and experience to offer this level of one-on-one support and another person
is willing to pay them for their time and expertise, well I just don't
understand the problem. It takes just about as much knowledge, experience
and effort to support this kind of software at that level as it does to build
the software in the first place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>One last question, would it be better to see Carol or anyone
with her level of experience go away because we think it is wrong to want to be
compensated for her experience. Or would it be better to support her in her choices
and maybe she will continue to stay around and help to those of use that
appreciate her help and support? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I don't know about the rest of the folks in this group but I work
hard every day to earn a living, and lately it's getting harder to do that. I
don't have the time to provide hours of free support, but I do appreciate and
support anyone that can.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your time and your ear, and I hope you can find a
way to support free enterprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";
color:#00B050'>Wayne Seward, CEA, LEED AP BD&C<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";
color:#00B050'>Bear Technologys<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";
color:#1F497D'>7774 Calle Mejor, Carlsbad, CA 92009</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";
color:#1F497D'>Office: 760.635.2327 Fax: 760.683.6889<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";
color:#0B3669'><a href="http://www.beartechnologys.com">www.beartechnologys.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";
color:#0B3669'><a href="mailto:wayne@beartechnologys.com">wayne@beartechnologys.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#0B3669'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";
color:#0B3669'>a Service-Connected Disabled-Veteran Owned Business</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Wayne
Seward<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'eQUEST Users List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] eQUEST Help Desk Funding<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Hi Carol,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>for what it is worth, you provide a
great service and it is your right to give it away or charge for it, only you
can decide. If I may make a suggestion, provide the service that you can, some
are happy to pay you but there will always be those that won't want to pay.
Don't listen to the nay-sayers. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>It sounds like some folks would be happy
to pay you for your services and could benefit from your hard earned
experience.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>One of my favorite Buddhist says roughly
translates to "all things are for a positive reason".</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Good luck </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#00B050'>Wayne
Seward, CEA, LEED AP BD&C</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#00B050'>Bear
Technologys</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1F497D'>7774
Calle Mejor, Carlsbad, CA 92009</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1F497D'>Office:
760.635.2327 Fax: 760.683.6889</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#0B3669'><a
href="http://www.beartechnologys.com" target="_blank">www.beartechnologys.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#0B3669'><a
href="mailto:wayne@beartechnologys.com" target="_blank">wayne@beartechnologys.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#0B3669'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#0B3669'>a
Service-Connected Disabled-Veteran Owned Business</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org"
target="_blank">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Carol Gardner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 25, 2010 4:25 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nelymartinez@bellsouth.net" target="_blank">nelymartinez@bellsouth.net</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> eQUEST Users List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> Re: [Equest-users] eQUEST Help Desk Funding<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>See
earlier email about training. <br>
<br>
Thank you Nely.<br>
<br>
Dear All,<br>
<br>
The problem that people seem to be having is that they think it's either one
thing or the other thing. It is never that. As Thich Nhat Hanh says about
non-duality: positive and negative exist together and are organic; you can't
make compost without garbage;you can't grow flowers as well without compost.
Don't turn yourself into a battlefield of right/wrong, should/shouldn't,
free/not free. Another Buddhist concept is desirous attachment. Do you need to
be paid and not pay others for advice? Do you need to be employed and not allow
self employed people to make money? Do you want more, more and more while
others have less, less, and less? Do you want BP to continue to spill oil and
to not take yourselves out of the your comfort zone to help? Today I asked
myself, where can I do the most good? Here or LA or Fla or where? I heard that
I would do the most good here doing what I do best. Doing what I have done for
over 25 years. But I hear you, Nick and the gentleman from SMUD say no, I want
to do it for free. You has to be one or the other. <br>
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I guess you must feel that you don't have enough. I am so sorry for you if that
is true! Only you know what is in your heart. Take a minute to notice and to
count your abundant blessings: employment, steady pay check, health insurance,
family, friends, health, wealth. Treat others who have a lack of any of that
with kindness.<br>
<br>
In heart and with truth,<br>
<br>
Carol Gardner PE<br>
<br>
The key to restoring balance is to acknowledge the discomfort, pay attention to
it, and allow it to be released the way it wants to go. Deepak Chopra<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On
Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Carol Gardner <<a
href="mailto:cmg750@gmail.com" target="_blank">cmg750@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On
Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Nely Martinez <<a
href="mailto:nelymartinez@bellsouth.net" target="_blank">nelymartinez@bellsouth.net</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Carol
it seems to me that you are a wealth of information. Maybe you should start
doing advanced Equest training classes. I have traveled to New York and
Cleveland for seminars that have helped very little. I live in Miami, Florida
and would travel to learn what you know.<br>
Nely<br>
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Carol Gardner <<a href="mailto:cmg750@gmail.com" target="_blank">cmg750@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 15:04:44<br>
To: Nick Caton<<a href="mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com" target="_blank">ncaton@smithboucher.com</a>><br>
Cc: eQUEST Users List<<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org"
target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] eQUEST Help Desk Funding<br>
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