[MSPatton]

First off I want to Thank Jeff for doing a great job at keeping this project
organized, creative, and moving forward all at the same time. There are
a lot of good stuff in the first 8 chip selections.

One of the reasons I asked Jeff to facilitate this project is I did not want to
have my influence in this project. I wanted it to be as much more of a ChipTalk.net
project then an HPC one. As I am sure Jeff will attest, I have done very little
outside of conveying a general outline of the project and have let him run with it.

I have two comments to make about the progress from a personal and
Professional (vendor) point of view.

1. Sherbert Green....I am going to have a very difficult time accepting a chip
with 50% or more of the exposed rolling edge being Sherbert Green. Of all the
potential chips in the first 8 this is the one that I will most likely put my foot
down on and say no. The color of this chip just will not be condusive to those
who want to either have a Traditional Cash or Tourney set and this chip would
be used in both as the $25 chip. While the "Cali Color" chip concept is desireable
by some and myself included, my opinion is that a more traditional green would
be most benificial not only now, but for the future chip clients who may not
be involved in this project and discover these later on. W/O a traditional
green chip this may turn of too many folks.

2. We have the first round completed for 8 basic (popular) colors and are in the
process of adding 2 "Additional" colors to complete the 10pc set. I have laid out
a lot of concepts on my desk using these colors and trying to keep the goal of
the ability to make several types of sets with these 10 chips. It is tough and
may be a little restrictive, so I have decided that we should expand this set
to 12 chips thus allowing for 4 additional chips to be added as "Additional"
colors.

I am sure Jeff will be updating the submission pages later to include this info.

Michael