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EXHIBIT 17.1
10-26-2000
To the PartsBase.com Board of Directors:
Please accept my resignation from the PartsBase.com board of directors, and any
other position with PartsBase.com that you may consider me to hold, effective
immediately, for the following reasons:
1. My last seven calls over the course of four months to Robert
Hammond, President, to inquire about the business of PartsBase.com
have gone unanswered.
2. My advice concerning, among other things, retention of current
management and matters concerning technology development has
consistently been ignored by management of PartsBase.com.
3. No technical direction has been requested of me for an extended
period by anyone from PartsBase.com.
I request the immediate removal of my name from the management section of the
PartsBase.com website.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 13a-11 promulgated under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, I request that you file a public disclosure on Form 8-K concerning
my resignation (see General Instructions B.1 and Item 6).
Sincerely,
/s/ LOUIS W. STORMS IV
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Louis W. Storms IV
