Credit: Well established, highly respected funding source seeks experienced credit officer for unique broker oriented small ticket leasing operation located in San Diego,CA.
email: rwagner4@san.rr.com

About the Company: www.pentechfinancial.com

Credit: Officer with 1+ yrs. experience. Admin. emphasis, high volume, small ticket leasing, average 100 approvals per month.
E-mail: ecarlberg@alliancefunds.com

About the Company: Anaheim, CA. www.alliancefunds.com

Documentation/Credit--customer service, general office, part-time to full-time, computer knowledge necessary, looking for a bright, fun person for small staff in Santa Clara, California fax resume 800-727-3851 or e-mail: maria@americanleasing.com

About the Company: American Leasing is a 32 year old lessor/broker with mostly repeat business.

UAEL, NAELB
Sales: Irvine, CA.
20-Year Lessor with excellent reputation seeking an experienced goal-oriented sales professional. Great working environment, generous commissions, benefits. E-mail: jaimek@pacifica-capital.com

Seeking salesperson with 1+ years experience in the Medical Equipment Leasing industry. Great opportunity for growth. Amazing compensation plan, benefits and 401K plan. Second to none work environment.
E-mail: ecarlberg@alliancefunds.com

About the Company: Anaheim, CA. www.alliancefunds.com

Stable funding source seeks experienced leasing representative; book of business required; remote office capability; send resume to jobs@balboacapital.com and reference leasingnews in subject line.

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“Big Deal Bash” at the San Francisco Fairmont

by Victor Harris

Bay Area Lessors and Lenders Society

On October 1, 2003, the Bay Area Lessors and Lenders Society held its 5th

Annual Big Deal Bash at The Fairmont in San Francisco, California.

Since Kit Menkin noticed that I was planning to attend and he was unable to do so,

he requested me to report on the Bash. I met with the Co-Chairmen of the

Society, Bob Brown (of Vx Capital Partners) and Paul Weiss (of ICON Capital

Corp.). Bob stated that the Society's present purpose is to hold informal

gatherings of Bay Area equipment leasing professionals to share views, ideas

and experiences in an industry which is going through tough economic times.

He said that Susan Erwin (of ICON Capital Corp.) and Paul Weiss are the

"engines" behind the Society and complimented them on their efforts.

Pursuant to Paul's suggestion, I asked several attendees what they thought

about the current business environment in the local equipment leasing

industry.

The people with whom I spoke had different thoughts, depending on

the niche markets in which they are involved, with some stating they thought

the business environment is improving and others stating they have not seen

any improvement. Cocktails and hors d'oevres were served, musical

entertainment was provided, and the attendees were friendly.

The Bash was sponsored by Vx Capital Partners, ICON Capital Corp., Compass Capital Corp., Greene Radovsky Maloney & Share, and Comercia Bank.

Victor Harris

Law Offices Of Victor Harris

1050 Northgate Drive, Suite 360

San Rafael, California 94903-2541

Tel. (415) 479-8000

Fax. (415) 479-8111

Email: vhlaw@prodigy.net

Victor said many of those attending did not want to be interviewed or quoted.

At this level, Leasing News has found they prefer to go through their

corporate public relations company. It took me several telephone calls,

interviews, just to interview John Settano, the new Director, Syndications

for Merrill Lynch Capital.. In the end, they cut much of the “meat” out of the interview as my agreement was to give them final approval of what was written.

Final attendance was approximately 100, according to co-host Paul Weiss,

who also wanted to thank the advisory board members Steve Bieneman, Russ Pollock

and John Sanders.

“ I'd really only want to add that anyone who did not get an invite that meets the criteria (has some legit leasing industry context in the Bay Area) should get on our mailing list by request to Susan.”

Best PW

Susan Erwin, ICON Capital, 415-733-5063 serwin@iconcapital.comserwin@iconcapital.com

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GE Capital Buys CitiCapital—Not!

Rumors are flying that GE Capital has bought CitiCapital. Not true,

the rumors appear to have started with this news

GE Fleet Services Acquires CitiCapital Fleet Services

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn--GE Fleet Services

announced today it signed an agreement on September 30, 2003, to purchase certain

assets of CitiCapital Fleet Services headquartered in Carrollton, Texas.

Details of the transaction were not disclosed.

"CitiCapital Fleet Services is highly regarded in the fleet industry for

its exceptional customer service. This fact coupled with GE Fleet Services'

unending commitment to the fleet industry means exciting opportunities for both

our customers and our employees," said Kathy Marinello, president and chief

executive officer of GE Fleet Services. "Our focus will be on providing

customers with best-in-class service and products by leveraging the strengths of both

organizations."

CitiCapital Fleet Services is owned by Citigroup's CitiCapital unit and

represents approximately $1.2 billion in assets with more than 189,000 vehicles

under lease and service management in the United States. Other CitiCapital

Fleet Services office locations include a customer-services operations center in

San Mateo, Calif.

GE Fleet Services has been serving fleet customers since 1987 and has 885

employees throughout the United States.

GE Fleet Services, based in Eden Prairie, Minn., is a global fleet

management company with operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe,

Japan, Australia and New Zealand. GE Fleet Services is a unit of GE Equipment

Management, which helps customers finance and manage a wide variety of business

equipment, enabling them to drive growth and productivity worldwide. General

Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is a diversified services, technology and

manufacturing company with operations worldwide.

---Now if GE buys Transamerica, that’s another story.

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GlobalTech Financial Appoints Hermann CFO

GlobalTech Financial, LLC Chairman and CEO Carolyn H. Byrd announces that Albert P. Hermann has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the company. According to Byrd, "the addition of Al Hermann to our senior staff will enable GlobalTech Financial to accelerate the development of our current businesses, while exploring synergistic acquisition opportunities".

Hermann has extensive experience in finance and operations, having held significant management positions at Xerox and Lanier Worldwide. His over 30 years of continuing advancement encompasses roles from Controller to VP Finance to VP Client Services of a division of a large public company to CFO of a privately held company. He has broad experience in strategic planning, financial analysis, mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, Hermann oversaw the re-establishment of Lanier Financial Services as a captive leasing entity.

GlobalTech Financial was established in 2000 to provide servicing of loans and leases for Coca-Cola Financial Corporation and other financial institutions, credit corporations and companies looking to establish private label financing programs. The company is a recognized emerging leader in business process outsourcing (BPO) services. GlobalTech Financial employs leading edge systems, highly experienced management and staff, validated processes, and select strategic alliances to provide best in class service to clients of its four divisions: Portfolio Services, Collection Services, Mortgage Services and Consulting Services.

Contact

Alan. J. Zeppenfeld

Vice President and Operations Manager

678-816-2216

azeppenfeld@globaltechfinancial.com

www.globaltechfinancial.com

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Unusual Cooling of Earth’s Surface

At approximately 9:50 PM Eastern Standard Time yesterday, reports came

in from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of an unusual cooling of the

earth's surface throughout the world.

Patrons celebrating the Red Sox playoff series win over the Oakland Athletics resolved the mysterious phenomenon puzzling many scientists and physicists. Hell has

frozen over.

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NetBank, Inc. Reaches Definitive Agreement to Acquire Financial Technologies, Inc.; Acquisition Adds to Company's Growing Transaction Processing Business

ATLANTA----NetBank, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTBK), parent company of the country's first commercially successful Internet bank, NetBank(R) (www.netbank.com), today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Financial Technologies, Inc. (FTI), a privately held, leading provider of ATM services for retail and other non-bank businesses. Pending regulatory approval, FTI will operate as a subsidiary of NetBank. The transaction is expected to close within the fourth quarter and be immediately accretive.

"This deal is part of our ongoing revenue diversification strategy," said Douglas K. Freeman, chairman and CEO, NetBank, Inc. "The addition of FTI will allow us to further build out our transaction processing lines of business in a quick, cost-effective way. Our companies have a similar mission to provide small institutions or non-bank retail businesses the means of distributing ancillary financial services to their existing customers. There are also natural synergies with our own retail and small business banking services that we can realize over time."

"We're excited to join the NetBank, Inc. family of businesses," said Tommy Glenn, Jr., founder and president, FTI. "By leveraging NetBank's financial and intellectual capital, we have the opportunity to grow our core business and expand high-potential initiatives, such as our merchant processing and pre-paid services. This transaction is a win-win for our customers and employees."

NetBank, Inc. purchased FTI for cash and $1 million worth of restricted stock. The final agreement also provides for potential cash payments of contingent consideration based on the compound average annual growth rate of FTI's earnings over the next five years. Additional detail on the purchase agreement appears in the Form 8-K that NetBank, Inc. filed with the Securities Exchange Commission today.

FTI has been profitable in each year of its seven-year operating history. Its deployment of more than 4,300 ATMs across the country places it fifth among the top third-party, off-premise ATM providers in the U.S. On average, FTI machines process approximately 1.5 million or $60 million worth of transactions per month.

Following the successful completion of the acquisition, Glenn and his management team will continue to oversee the operations of FTI. The company will maintain its headquarters in Jackson, Miss.

About NetBank, Inc.

NetBank, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTBK) operates with a revolutionary business model through a diverse group of complementary financial services businesses that leverage technology for more efficient and cost effective delivery of services. Its major subsidiaries include NetBank(R) (www.netbank.com), the country's first commercially successful Internet bank; RBMG, Inc., a wholesale mortgage lender that generates residential mortgages through a nationwide network of independent brokers and correspondent lenders; Market Street Mortgage Corporation, a retail residential mortgage lender that conducts business in 39 states; Meritage Mortgage Corporation, a wholesale mortgage lender that originates non-conforming residential mortgages through a nationwide network of independent brokers; Republic Leasing Company, Inc., a wholesale originator and servicer of commercial business equipment leases; and NetInsurance, Inc. (formerly known as RBMG Insurance Services, Inc.), an online insurance agency representing some of the nation's leading insurance companies. NetBank is a Member FDIC. NetBank, RBMG(R), Market Street Mortgage(R) and Meritage(R) are Equal Housing Lenders.

About FTI

Headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, FTI was recognized by Inc. Magazine in 2000 and 2001 as one of the 500 fastest growing, privately held companies in the United States and has been an industry leader in delivering advanced ATM functionality. Additionally, FTI is the nation's only single source provider for retail transaction processing equipment and services including electronic check conversion, check guarantee, check cashing services, credit/debit card processing, money orders, prepaid cellular service, prepaid long distance service, prepaid debit cards and gift/loyalty cards. For more detailed information on FTI and its products and services, call 800.523.2104 or visit the FTI website at www.fti.to.

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Regions Taps Sandy Wright to Head Treasury Services

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala--Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE:RF) has named Sandy W. Wright senior vice president and director of Treasury Services with responsibility for sales, marketing, product management and customer service for commercial and corporate customers.

Wright, who has extensive experience in the financial services industry, will apply her knowledge and leadership as a part of Regions' Corporate Banking group at a time when the Fortune 500 company is strengthening its commitment to commercial banking.

"Regions is focused on ramping up commercial and corporate banking," said Doyle Rippee, executive vice president of corporate banking. "The addition of a strong leader in Treasury Services, Sandy Wright, will be a catalyst for growth throughout the bank.

"As Regions has grown, so have the opportunities for us to build corporate banking relationships," Rippee said. "We want to be the financial services provider of choice in each community we serve, and our markets are increasingly in need of the products and services we can provide in this area."

Rippee was named head of the corporate banking function at Regions in February after serving as managing director of investment banking and principal of the Morgan Keegan Mezzanine Fund for Regions subsidiary Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc.

Wright joins Regions from SouthTrust Bank in Birmingham, where she most recently served as group vice president and corporate cash management sales and marketing manager. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina and a master's degree in public and private management from Birmingham-Southern College.

Regions Financial Corp., with $49.5 billion in assets, ranks among the 25 largest financial services companies in the nation. Serving customers throughout the South, it provides traditional, commercial, and retail banking services and other financial services in the fields of investment banking, asset management, trust, mutual funds, securities brokerage, insurance, leasing and mortgage banking. Regions Bank offers banking services online from its Web site at www.regions.com and from more than 680 offices in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Regions provides investment and brokerage services from more than 140 offices of Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., one of the South's largest investment firms. Regions ranks on both the Forbes 500 and Fortune 500 listings of America's largest companies; its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol RF.

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Universal Express -USXP- Requests Congressional Oversight, Appeals For Investigation

NEW YORK--Universal Express, Inc. (OTCBB:USXP), Richard Altomare, President and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Express, Inc. (OTCBB:USXP) announced that he has written the leaders of the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee requesting Congressional oversight of certain activities of the Denver office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

On September 23, a few hours after Mr. Altomare publicly called upon shareholders to contact their Congressional representatives and ask they stop illegal naked short selling, Mr. Hugh Beck of the SEC Denver office signed and issued a subpoena against the Company. The subpoena declared that USXP "must produce" within two days, subject to "fine and/or imprisonment" proof, that the Company's stock price was impacted by naked short selling. USXP responded completely.

Universal Express', Chief Executive Officer Richard Altomare wrote and appealed to Sue Kelley (R-NY), a champion of small business and the newly assigned Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services. He also appealed to the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Shelby (R-AL.) and his ranking member Senator Sarbanes (D-MD.) as well as Chairman Oxley (R-OH.) and his ranking member, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA.) of the House Committee on Financial Services. All were asked to investigate what is going on regarding the subpoena.

Mr. Altomare commented, "We hope for a hearing. We believe the subpoena is the tip of the iceberg of a misplaced focus on the small emerging businesses that are speaking out against illegal naked short sellers. We need Congress to get involved, gather the facts and encourage the new SEC leadership to focus the regulators on the perpetrators, not the victims. SEC neglect in overlooking the activities of broker dealers and market makers--largely a self-regulated lot--is permitting corrupt naked short selling practices. We need integrity restored. Billions of dollars and thousands of jobs are tied up in the economic terrorism associated with illegal naked short selling."

Universal Express has described naked short selling as the electronic churning downward of shares of small OTCBB companies by broker dealers and market makers who never intend to or fail to cover short sales. USXP contends that the practice amounts to counterfeiting stock and is distinct from legitimate short selling.

Universal Express, Inc. owns and operates several subsidiaries including Universal Express Capital Corp. (USXP Cash Express division), Universal Express Logistics, Inc. (The Virtual Bellhop, LLC and Luggage Express) and the WorldPost(TM) Private Postal Network, Inc. These subsidiaries and divisions provide the private postal industry and customers with value-added services and products, logistical services, equipment leasing, and cost-effective delivery of goods worldwide.

More information and web site locations are available at www.usxp.com.

CONTACT:Equitilink Mr. Ron Garner, 877-788-1940

SOURCE: Universal Express, Inc.

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Fitch Rates Tri-State G&T's $740MM Lease Obligation 'A-'

NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A-' rating to $740 million 2003 pass-through certificates, series A and B, expected to be issued by two pass-through trusts for the benefit of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State). The certificates' rating is based on the underlying senior unsecured rating of Tri-State pursuant to a leasing agreement between Tri-State (the lessee) and a Delaware limited liability company (representing the owner lessors). The certificate proceeds will be loaned to the owner lessors via 'lessor notes' and, along with privately provided equity (20% of total project cost or approximately $185 million), will fully fund the construction of a 400 MW, coal-fired generating unit at an existing site in Springerville, Arizona. Tri-State is leasing 100% of the facility for a 34-year period, and according to the leasing agreement is obligated to make rental payments (sufficient to meet debt service requirements) on the lessor notes as an operating expense of Tri-State.

The certificates are directly secured by a lien on and first priority interest in the Springerville facility, the site, and virtually all operative documents. Additionally, Tri-State has $1.45 billion of senior secured debt outstanding, of which, $77 million is publicly held secured pollution control bonds (issued by Moffat County and the City of Gallup), rated 'A' by Fitch. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The certificates are scheduled to price the week of Oct. 13, with Credit Suisse First Boston as sole underwriter.

While the rental payments on the certificates are paid ahead of Tri-State's own debt service along with other operating expenses, the lease obligation is rated a notch below the cooperative's senior secured rating due to several factors: (a) as an executory contract Tri-State may reject the operating lease in the event of a Tri-State bankruptcy, resulting in a damages claim equal in rank to Tri-State's other general unsecured creditors; (b) during the construction period (2003-2006), should Tri-State experience an event of default, then the cooperative's obligation to meet project costs may be reduced to 89.95% if the default is deemed a 'partial recourse event'; and (c) the plant operator and purchaser of 100 MW of the project's output under a five year contract is Tucson Electric Power Company (TECP), an entity rated below investment grade by Fitch.

The contractual structure of the transaction includes Tri-State entering into a 100 MW, 30-year power sales agreement with Salt River Project (shadow rating of 'AA' by Fitch), and a 100 MW 5-year power sales and put arrangement with TEPC. Tri-State will retain the remaining 200 MW of plant capacity to meet its native load requirements, and expects to utilize the 100MW of TECP's portion of the output for its own customers beginning in 2011. The cost of the new generating facility, including interest during construction, financing and legal expenses, and improvements to existing generating units at the site, is estimated at $925 million. The facility is expected to help Tri-State satisfy its members' power requirements particularly in southwest Colorado and New Mexico, where it has relied on power purchases since its merger with Plains Electric in 2000.

In 2002, Tri-State's power purchases met approximately 25% of total energy requirements via long-term contracts (with WAPA and Basin Electric Cooperative), and 10% via spot purchases. Springerville Unit 3 should help mitigate Tri-State's spot market power purchases in the future. In addition, Fitch expects that Springerville Unit 3 should remain a key component in Tri-State's resource mix given: (a) Tri-State's increasingly short power position with its members, (b) Tri-State's experience with the technology and fuel procurement for coal-fired power generation, and (c) the availability of transmission to wheel the power to its members.

Tri-State's credit strength stems from its competitive average wholesale rate (3.9 cents per kwh for 2002 including transmission), solid financial performance, a fiscally prudent Board and management team, and a growing, geographically and economically diverse customer base across four states. Credit weaknesses center on tightening projected financial protection measures, moderate industrial revenue concentration among its members' retail customers, and the pressure to continue to meet its members' growing power needs on a cost effective basis.

Projected balance sheet and financial performance ratios are somewhat below historic levels. Tri-State plans to mitigate these risks by reducing patronage capital refunds in order to rebuild system equity from 12% in 2003 to a more solid 25% by 2010. Tri-State has available liquidity totaling $180 million in cash unused lines of credit, plus $300 million in approved, but undrawn, funds for capital projects. Tri-State's average wholesale rate will rise with the addition of the Springerville Unit 3, although based on reasonable assumptions regarding load growth, fuel prices, and power market prices, should remain competitive at less than 4.6 cents per kwh by 2012. Even under Fitch stress scenarios assuming reduced load growth, lower market power prices and higher fuel prices, the average wholesale rate did not exceed 5.0 cents per kwh through 2012. Under these scenarios, the lease would be a competitive source of energy for Tri-States's members when market prices for natural gas are at or above Fitch's base case forecast of $3.00 to $3.50 per mmBTU, but could become uneconomic in the unlikely event natural gas prices fall significantly below that level for a sustained period.

Tri-State is a taxable, not-for-profit wholesale electric generation and transmission cooperative providing service to 44 member distribution system cooperatives in four states: Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Nebraska. The member systems serve a population of approximately 1 million predominantly residential, agricultural and small commercial users. Wholesale power contracts require each member to purchase at least 95% of its requirements from Tri-State through 2040. Tri-State has its own rate-setting ability, but certain of the members are regulated by state utilities commissions.

CONTACT:Fitch Ratings, New York Lina Santoro, 212-908-0522 Alan Spen, 212-908-0594 James Jockle, 212-908-0547 (Media Relations)

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Capital Partners Financial Group

Capstar Capital Corp.

Captex Enterprise, LLC

CB Richard Ellis

CIT Technology Financing Services, Inc.

CitiCapital

CLS, Inc.

Coach Capital, LLC

Coast To Coast Funding

Comerica Leasing Corporation

Comco Equipment Leasing

Commonwealth Capital Corp.

Cooper Industries Inc

Diamond Lease USA, Inc.

Dolarian Business Group

Enterprise Funding Group

Executive Capital

First Choice Equipment

First Federal Financial Services, Inc.

First Municipal Credit Corporation

First Prime Capital, LLC

Fuyo General Lease (USA) Inc.

GATX Corporation

GPD Capital Services, Inc.

GE Capital

General Electic

GlobalTech Leasing, Inc.

Graybar Financial Services

Hallmark Capital Company

IBJTC Whitehall Business Credit

IFC Credit Corporation

Intech Funding Corp

Interchange Capital

Key Equipment Finance

Leasing Partners Capital

Leasing Unlimited Group, LLC

Leasource Financial Services

Liberty Bank

Lombard US Equipment Finance

M&I First National Leasing Corp.

NewCentury Finance

Nibarger Associates

North American Funding Corp.

North Shore Leasing & Funding Inc.

ORIX Financial Services, Inc.

ORIX Public Finance

Padco Lease Corp.

Pentech Financial Services, Inc.

PNC Leasing, LLC

Pure Markets Corporation

Residual Risk Solutions, LLC

Richlund & Associates, Inc.

Robert G. Yohe - Consulting

Specialty Finance Services

SunTrust Leasing Corp.

The Independent Bankers Bank

Ulysses Financial

Unistar Leasing

United Computer Capital Corp

Variant Leasing Corporation

Worldwide Leasing Inc.

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Streamline Sales Tax Project—Dennis Brown

The importance of a spreadsheet developed by the Council On State

Taxation (COST) to outline state compliance with the interstate sales

and use tax agreement has gained added importance as COST foresees

delegates to the November meeting of the Streamlined Sales Tax

Implementing States (SSTIS) may be offered an amendment to the Agreement

allowing the Governing Board to begin limited administrative operations.

Volunteers are needed to work with revenue department officials in

Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming

to complete the checklist. Businesses and trade associations able to

assist in this verification process are urged to contact Steve Kranz of

COST at skranz@statetax.org

COST reports SSTIS leadership is likely to offer an amendment allowing

the Governing Board to begin limited administrative operations once 10

states with 20% of the population in sales tax states have "enacted"

legislation that brings those states into conformity with the Agreement

rather than after the "effective" dates of these statutes reach the

benchmark. This modification responds to unforeseen success in gaining

enactment by more than 10 states and crossing the population threshold

but with a variety of implementation dates. Although the

non-administrative provisions of the Agreement will not take effect

until enough legislative changes are "effective" in the states, the

amendment recognizes that much front-end work needs to be completed to

bring the Governing Board to life.

COST has led the private sector in acknowledging that the administrative

provisions need work and that the early creation of the Governing Board

is necessary to accomplish that purpose. However, COST has reiterated

it is critical that a thorough review of state compliance with the

Agreement be shown before a vote on the Governing Board members and

prior to implementation of the non-administrative provisions.

Incomplete adoption deemed not substantially in compliance with

provisions of the Agreement would block a state from joining the system.

This will have significant impact, as only those considered in

compliance would be allowed to collect sales tax from remote sellers if

federal legislation is adopted to grant such authority.

Negotiations with the potential Certified Service Provider (CSP)

community developing system software are one reason to empower the

Governing Board with administrative capabilities. Recognition of the

need for software compatible with industry norms led the Equipment

Leasing Association (ELA) to form a working group of members able to

meet with prospective CSP's. Developing management procedures for the

myriad of daily inquiries is another administrative necessity.

As a reminder, SSTP meets again on Monday, November 17 and Tuesday,

November 18 followed by Implementing States of the Streamlined Sales Tax

Project on Wednesday, November 19, at the Embassy Suites Hotel

Phoenix-Scottsdale in Arizona. To make room reservations call the hotel

at 602/765-5800 and ask for the FTA Streamlined/Implementing States

meeting room block rate of $119 single or double occupancy. The deadline

for making hotel reservations is October 15.

Dennis Brown

DBROWN@ELAMAIL.COM

Equipment Leasing Association

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News Briefs---

Ruling Opens Cable Lines/Internet Access Choices May Grow

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52839-2003Oct6.html

Wine Without Barrels? Sacré Bleu!

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/07/business/worldbusiness/07barr.html

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Sports Briefs---

After Collision, Course for Red Sox Is Bronx

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/07/sports/baseball/07redsox.html

Five Star Win

http://www.boston.com/news/daily/06/sox_advance_hohler.htm

http://www.boston.com/news/daily/06/sox_globe.htm

21 Point Rally in 4th Lifts Colts