Death and Taxes - Timeline

	July 1, 2006 APPENDICITIS FEARS RUSH LUCY TO OAKLAND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOR AN AFTERNOON IN THE WAITING ROOM After spending the night with a 106 degree fever Lucy is feared to have appendicitis so the family take her to the emergency room and spend the day navigating the use of their HMO.
	July 19, 2006 PROCEEDINGS VIDEO SCREENS AT THE LAB A recently completed video called Proceedings screens at The Lab in San Francisco as part of Nomi Talisman’s ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ evening of videos.
	July 20, 2006 CONSULTATION WITH MR.JIM PHILPOT Death and Taxes registers with SCORE (Service Core Of Retired Executives) an organization that provides free professional resources and expert advice to small businesses by pairing retired corporate executives with small business owners. Death and Taxes have their first consultation with Mr. Jim Philpot, the founder of the "Speedy Oil Change" franchise. (Now retired.) Mr. Philpot agrees to continue counseling the Death & Taxes, Inc. executives in the development of their business plan and improving their marketing efforts.
	July 27, 2006 GOLF LESSONS In an effort to improve networking opportunities and to learn another valuable business skill, Reichert and Fletcher started golf lessons with Peter MacIntosh at the Montclair golf course in Oakland, CA. Mr. MacIntosh’s unique teaching style begins with showing students how to throw their clubs
	July 29, 2006 BOARD RESIGNATION Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, Director and Chief Curator of the Aspen Art Museum, resigns from the Death and Taxes board citing personal commitments and difficulties with her schedule.
	August 1, 2006 MARKETING MEETING After the lengthy board meeting discussion concerning the assembling and disseminating of press kits, the executives organize a phone conference with members of the Marketing Sub-Committee. Matthew Jesse Jackson, Lisa Melandri, and Allen Spore discuss what elements would best represent the company and who the target recipients should be.
	Throughout the month of August D&T was collecting addresses, preparing and sending out press kits, and following up with reporters. The company tried to cut expenses by using recycled office supplies and made frequent trips to the Center for Creative Reuse in Oakland.
	August 9, 2006 MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
	August 14, 2006 SECOND QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING held at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, large conference room, San Francisco, CA
	August 25, 2005 WRITERS GROUP Death & Taxes, Inc. hosted a Writer’s Group at headquarters that was attended by Meredith Tromble, Jonathon Keats, Jordan Essoe, Allegra Fortunati, Maria Porges, Diane Shields and Cheryl Meeker.
	August 28, 2006 FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN Lucy Fletcher starts kindergarten through the Oakland public school system, trimming over $900 per month from the family’s budget.
	September 3, 2006 PATENT PENDING Death & Taxes uses the Nolo Press publication “Patent Pending in 24 Hours” to literally complete a patent application within the stated time frame. Prior to the start of this project, neither executive knew what they were about to invent. Exhausted, the stopped at 4:00am and picked things up again the following day.
	September 9, 2006 SPAGHETTI FEED AT REDWOOD HEIGHTS SCHOOL SPONSORED BY THE DAD'S CLUB The family gets an inexpensive “all-you-can-eat” dinner as part of a fundraiser for their daughter’s school. The evening marks the first dining-out experience since the beginning of the year.
	September 11, 2006 PATENT PENDING STATUS GRANTED Death & Taxes, Inc. is awarded “Patent Pending” status for its invention: The Dust Re-organizer and Re-distributor, a mechanical floor sweeping device with an open-top design.
	September 14, 2006 PERFORMANCE AT YERBA BUENA CENTER FO THE ARTS curated by Sarah Lockhart and Darren Jenkins of 21 Grand (part of the “sampling Oakland” exhibition). The couple gives a public presentation of the project by walking the audience through a frequently asked questions session, complete with a flip-chart.
	Throughout the month of September Death & Taxes tries to recruit a replacement board member for Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson. Dozens of informational packets are shipped to NY Galleries with limited response. The couple starts a new strategic relationship with Ron Feldman Fine Arts.
	September 15, 2006 INTERVIEW WITH MARTON DUNAI Marton Dunai interviews Death and Taxes for an article in the Contra Costa Times.
	September 16, 2006 MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION WITH HELEN MAYER HARRISON AND NEWTON HARRISON The executives drive to Santa Cruz to meet with legendary ecological artists, Helen Meyer Harrison and Newton Harrison at their home/studio. They dine at a local Thai restaurant and the Harrisons provide the couple with an in-depth critique of their project.
	September 27, 2006 ANG NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE PUBLISHES DUNAI ARTICLE The front page of the Business section of the Times, the Oakland Tribune, The San Mateo Times, and several other newspapers in the ANG Newspaper syndicate feature a story on Death & Taxes, Inc.
	September 28, 2006 FIRST MEETING WITH WILL HARPER FROM THE EAST BAY EXPRESS Political Journalist, Will Harper meets the executives at an Oakland café to discuss a lengthy cover expose.
	September 28, 2006 ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEETING WITH PG&E A Pacific Gas and Electric employee visits the executives to relight the pilot lights on the heaters and suggests several energy savings techniques, including the idea to turn off the pilot lights on the gas stove and use a match to light burners instead. This strategy is expected to save the company up to $.08 cents per month in natural gas costs.