Gov. Schwarzenegger is going to have his Second Annual Small Business Conference in San Francisco on November 19th. I am asking Marty Keller, Small Business Advocate for the State of California to allow me - with the help of high school students - to encourage attendance for this event. I have access to the Forbes list of the wealthiest of Californians and would like to use it to create some much-needed "buzz" for this event.

Here is what I want to do. I want to have high school students create a special paperweight, include it in a box with a letter to the wealthy person via his company. The paperweight will be a desk reminder of the conference. The letter will be a personal request from the student. For the student's participation he will receive community credit toward high school graduation. But, where does the money come from to mail the package? I am thinking about doing Ebay auctions for each package. People will actually bid, for example, to be the person who makes little Johnny's package get mailed to Steve Jobs or George Lucas - whichever person he designed the paperweight for. Basically, the bidding would start at the minimum for mailing the package and go up. All profit would go to the school. The artwork from the students could actually go on display at a local Thursday market that runs throughout the summer...until the end of October.

Well, if the local school superintendent goes for it, do you think this is a good idea or has inherent flaws? For example, no one bothers to bid on the student effort?

What about the content for the enclosed letters? Well, for that, I was thinking about connecting the students up with comments from Ryzers who want to help California get out of its economic mess. I am not asking for money. I am asking for words...advice from caring people around the world that young people can freely choose to echo. Anyone interested?

Lamar Morgan
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