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Seattle, WA 98103March 21, 2005Mr. Chris BennettKris Bennett Broadcasting, Inc.2600 South Jackson StreetSeattle, WA 98144-2499Dear Mr. Bennett:Thank you for the letter of agreement detailing your proposal between Kris Bennett Broadcasting and Mount Zion Baptist Church. I am responding to your letter to Pastor Leslie Braxton in my capacity as Chairman of the Trustee Ministry. Legal contracts fall into the domain of this ministry. Mount Zion Baptist Church values our relationship with Kris Bennett Broadcasting. So that we may maintain that partnership, I would like to share with you the process that the Trustees follow when reviewing, negotiating and deliberating on a contract.1. The agreement is reviewed by the entire Trustee Ministry to identify potential benefits and any concerns that the church may need to address or at least be aware of.2. The agreement is put to a vote on whether we should proceed to the next step, legal review, or if we should reject it.3. If approved, the agreement is sent to our legal counsel for review and identification of concerns or issues that need to be addressed. 4. Once given a clean review by our legal counsel the agreement is presented to our congregation, if necessary, for a vote. If approved by the congregation the chair of the Trustees then signs the agreement.5. If congregation approval is not necessary, the Trustees already have the authority to enter into the agreement, then the chair signs the agreement.Because it is our obligation to conduct this process, I regret that we will not meet your stated deadline of March 23. We have an important fiduciary responsibility to make the best possible decisions for our church and we take that seriously. Your proposal would add more than $10,000 to our current annual budget. Before we can commit the church to such an increase and make the appropriate budgetary adjustments, we are obligated to review all of our options.To aid our negotiation, our review will include (but not be limited to) the following steps:1. Determine what the current market rate for this type of service is.2. Determine what other broadcast options are available to Mt. Zion.3. Determine if other churches currently broadcast by KBB are being asked to sign similar agreements. Once our fiduciary and legal reviews are complete, I will be prepared to discuss terms with you. I will commit to getting back to you by the end of the month. Until then I propose that we continue to operate under the same terms and conditions, $200 per week, which we have operated under for the past few years. We have a long and mutually beneficial history together and I hope that we can continue that history during this most important season of our faith. In the interim, I recognize that you may decide not to proceed in the spirit of public service by canceling our live Easter broadcast and subsequent services. Should you go that route, we are prepared to abide by that decision.Yours in Christ, Robert NellamsTrustee ChairmanMount Zion Baptist Churchcc: Trustees Pastor Leslie Braxton Deacon Joel Hobbs Deacon Sarah Gray CBA Vincent Latimore