MOTM

a) Tonight and tomorrow, I'm making a 'final pass' through the kit backlog 
before I go on my (cough) "vacation". The goal is to extract all shippable kits 
I may have missed (or were ordered after 11-15) and get them on the ship list. 
Like I stated before, in order to BE on the ship list I have to bill your credit 
card first. There are still some folks that owe me updated cards/exp dates or 
their cards were...errr....declined. This may be strictly an 'Internet Fraud 
Alert', not a lack of funds. If you want kits shipped before Feb. 1st and you 
belong in this class, please get this straightened out before Friday. Else your 
order gets placed in the 'black hole file'.

b) The 30 Quck Ship MOTM-480s will go out this month (before Jan 1st). Again, 
none of these have been charged, but they WILL BE CHARGED beginning this 
Wednesday. If you sent in the 'Ship It Now' email and I get a card declined, 
it's going to be Feb. until I try again. You have been warned. So, if you are 
using VISA, I *strongly suggest* you call the number on the back of the card and 
verbally tell them that Synthesis Technology is an approved vendor and not to 
flag a charge from me as fraud. Trust me, I'm the last person stupid enough to 
charge everyone's card and skip off to Jamaica :)

c) It's looking like ~840 modules will be shipped this year. This is about what 
I expected at the beginning, given my new 'day job' and the amount of time that 
entails. Next year, I expect a drop to the ~700 module level, as the 'mature' 
modules are sold mainly to new users. The revenue $$$ will be flat, because the 
ASP (Average Selling Price) will go up. I was planning to surpass Moog in total 
modules shipped by Dec 2005 but I'm going to be about 400 short. But I'll get 
there eventually :) Doepfer is another story altogether :(

BTW: Module #5600 will ship this week.

OK, back to (paper)work.

Paul S.