Concierge Adds John K. Conners to Management Advisory Committee.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000 Concierge Inc., which is proceeding with plans to merge with StarFest Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :SFST SFST Standardized Field Sobriety Test SFST Spent Fuel Storage Tank ), today announced that it has named John K. Conners to the company's Management Advisory Committee. Conners is currently vice president, financial counseling, for the Irvine, Calif. office of Ayco Co. L.P. At Ayco, Conner's practice includes advising executives in Fortune 500 companies, many of which are involved in telecommunications and Internet technology. Conners currently sits on a number of charitable and civic boards in Southern California. He received a bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree from the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. and his law degree from Albany Law School Albany Law School is an ABA accredited law school based in Albany, New York. Founded in 1851 by Robert H. Pruyn and others, Albany Law School is the oldest independent law school in the United States. . He joined the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Bar in 1978. "Over the past two months, as we have moved forward to complete our proposed merger with StarFest Inc., we have devoted a considerable amount of time developing and implementing the management structure we believe will be necessary to successfully operate as a fully reporting public company," said Allen E. Kahn, Concierge president and chief executive officer. "In addition to adding needed senior management, we have focused on building an exceptionally strong board of directors, each member of which has extraordinary experience in the business, financial and technical communities. "Concierge's board is limited to five seats by the company's by-laws, but we plan to expand its membership following completion of the merger with StarFest, and expect John to become a member at that time. We are very pleased that John Conners has agreed to join this very talented group of senior professionals to assist us as we move towards release of our first product in April." Concierge was founded by Kahn to design, market and support a new class of unified messaging products. These products integrate voice technology and pioneering software as a solution to the remote access needs of Internet e-mail, fax and voicemail users. The company is preparing to introduce a moderately priced software package with a $39.95 purchase price, the Personal Communications Attendant. The PCA (tool, programming) PCA - A dynamic analyser from DEC giving information on run-time performance and code use. will enable Internet e-mail users to have e-mail received on their personal computers and read to them over any telephone as instructed by the user's voice commands. Concierge plans continuing enhancements to the PCA, including fully unified messaging and foreign language versions, and has additional unique products under development. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements. |
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