<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>Richard Kahn</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Wednesday, December 17, 2014 10:07 PM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>Jeffrey E.</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Kraus</td></tr><tr><td>Attachments:</td><td>draftbudgetnewvision.xlsx; Untitled attachment 00315.htm</td></tr></table>

Please advise if ok to send statement and =udget to Eileen

or just statement with =emoving sentence saying attached is =udget

Thank =ou

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Dr. Krauss advised that the proceeds of the =ledge will be used to permit the Origins Project to continue with a =rojected level of activity of up to 10 forefront workshops/yr, and 3-5 =ssociated public events, to be held primarily in Tempe, but with remote =ocations to include NYC, DC, LA, London, Dublin, Prague, and Sydney. =nbsp; Attached is their provisional budget to run the programming. =nbsp; Dr. Krauss advised that it will take time to coordinate the first =f the new workshops (they are already holding 4 events in the winter =nd spring of 2015), so they expect the first of the new programs will =egin sometime in the fall of 2015, with potentially 3 workshops in the =all, to be followed by up to 7 workshops in 2016, and then, if things =re running successfully, up to 10 workshops in 2017. The =udget shown, for $1.6 M/yr is based on a 10 workshop model, with full =taffing. Dr. Krauss advised that staff will need to be hired in =dvance, and this will be carried out during 2015 with a number of staff =ired in advance of the fall programming. They expect to =upplement the initial $1M funding of the pledge with $300K in support =rom ASU, and the remainder in funds to be raised from other sources. =nbsp;

As far as the content of the workshops =s concerned, provisionally they are planning workshops and events over =he coming 2-3 years, in addition to their planned workshop in winter =nd spring of 2015 on Extinctions and Water, on the topics that =nclude:

The future of Artificial Intelligence =nd Cognition
Complexity and Societal =caling
Pattern Recognition
Origin of =ife
Origin of Disease
Population =conomics
Music and the Brain
Origins of =apitalism
Origins of Sex
Mathematical =iology
Origins of Cooperation
Information and =ignaling
Human co-evolution with other =pecies
Limits to =nowledge?