Smooth sailing with no end in sights

CALMAT is moving smooth forward, but the future is still everything but certain.
Moved in to the San Jose 22 miles building in Sep. It is a good move. the classes are filled, sometime as many as 30 students.
Discussing with J. T. on $260 investment.
Working on contract with newsforchinese on an adv partnership.
Visit the Taiwan chamber of commerce and promoted the CALMAT program.
Sooner or later, have to talk to institute like Berkery Noyes for investment or acquisition. see http://chronicle.com/article/Low-Grades-on-Education/123872
The early storm has passed. During the storm, the focus was clear: survival. Now is not as intensive but no less perilous.

New homeport for CAL M and T

So we found it. Close to center of Silicon Valley. A highrise with a beautiful board room. It will be our homeport for the new few years. It easy access to highway, starbucks, peggy-sue. On Saturdays, it is a quiet, high quality place.

On a Sunny day walking around downtown, it is a pleasant place.

The CAL M and T message

To embassy to validate

City university operating licence

Association of Private Universities – and bring a law suite to

Connect ESL programs

Top 5 reasons you should apply CAL M and T?

- Faculty

- Tuition

- Location

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Arm Strong ship is not sailing

An old ship called arm strong in Oak land is not going anyhwere and might need new skipper.  The ship has been there for over 80 years and have tens of thousands of passenger had their journey on it.  Now in absolutely horrible disrepair, may be a good time to revive it?

Looking for major support overseas

Finished a trip to Asia looking for major support.  Discussed with several possible investors but CALMAT does not seem to fit in to their model and mind-set.  Several suggestions worth considering:

- Think big, these overseas investors might not be interested in $2M project, but $20M one might pique their interest

- Include CALMAT HIGH, an exclusive boarding high that takes care of overseas youths seems to attract a lot of attention.

- Approach investors that have to move fund to AM

In all, not a fruitful trip but not one wasted.

Aliance or not

There are a few new ships in different stages of sailing in the Silicon Sea.  A new ship called South Bay has enter the territory since summer 2008.  Lead by L.L. and Jack, it is in the troubled water as everyone.  A discuss about alliance was underway since two weeks ago.  

Discussion is also underway with the Otter ship, it is promising but far from being done.  We got the CA State shipping permit yesterday.  An account need to be established.

Losing a financer

While strolling in a quaint little used bookstore in Solvang, I received a call from one of the major financiers.  It cast a menacing dark cloud on the path of CALMAT.  His voice was trembling, with a deep sorry and feeling of embarrassment, he withdrew his financial support of CALMAT because of grave family trouble.  He beg me, the skipper, to continue the journal, to keep the promise.   I comforted him and let him know he is welcome to rejoin the team any time.

It is a gloomy and stormy sea in front of us, CALMAT will sail on.