A Summary of IMS Producing Partners

Introduction

• This essay/outline is intended to convey the IMS Financial Approach to producing work of various types by using the internet to disseminate the necessary information.

• The information outlined here can be construed to apply to any number of projects although in this instance reference may be made to The Gnomes of New Hope, since that is the principle project which is being pursued at the time of this writing.

IMS Producing Partners - an investment website, overview

• The current philosophy is to manage the dissemination of investment information and the relative updates thereto by way of the web site IMS Producing Partners. 

• This web site is intended to provide all the relative contract, budget & management information to our partners, whether they be investors, creative/managerial, or licensing participants. 

• IMS Producing Partners is designed to encourage investment in any number of projects through progressive levels of access to information depending upon the degree of investment and/or level of membership.

• The premise is that greater levels of investment deserve a greater degree of access and benefits for that investment and as such membership in IMS Producing Partners provides not only the foundational capital for further development as a whole, but is the basis for a developing network of people who are partnering to help IMS achieve the goals outlined.

• In today's world of international engagement, there ought to be a way for interested people of sufficient means to become part of the production activity thru the use of the internet and so IMS Producing Partners is being developed as a vehicle for that to happen, to some degree via the internet,  and to disseminate the required information for that to happen by use of more traditional and direct methods of fund raising.

• All investment procured by this means (internet) shall be controlled by the terms outlined on the website.  

• In all instances, hard copy confirmation must exist prior to investment for amounts larger than one thousand dollars.  Larger investment amounts via the internet may be possible, once the contractual agreements are in place which confirms the suitability of the investor and the relationship is established.  These terms may be altered as the implementation of this web site progresses.

• Other means of procuring investment exist and will continue to be pursued.

• Access to this web site is by membership only and the cost of membership is $120 per year, on the assumption that a person who is capable and willing to become a member of the investment group will not find that unreasonable.  Such membership funds are not considered an investment and therefore would not be returned.

• Membership is contingent upon  specific terms and conditions which must be adhered to and as such will be considered a binding contract enforceable by law.

Contents

• The structure of IMS Producing Partners is being developed as it is being conceived.

• Therefore the initial membership will include access to this process and the external structure elements which are generally accepted operating procedures for a membership oriented organization.

• Aspects of this membership structure will be applicable to The Shakespeareans of Tamanend Park and The Alpha & Omega Society as well.

• The structure of IMS Producing Partners is tiered so as to allow greater degrees of information to be available to members, partners and employees.

• Licensing information and management operations for the Ancillary Markets will be provided via this web site and therefore membership is required  for all licensees as well.

• IMS Producing Partners will be developed to a certain degree on this site and then converted to an internal server where it will be further developed and maintained.

• There will be benefits offered to members which will not be available to the general public, those benefits pertain to both Individual Productions and the overall IMS Studio Operation.

• Investment opportunities will be presented on IMS Producing Partners.

• IMS Producing Partners, at a certain level will contain the IMS Operations Manual and therefore all employees of IMS must be a member of IMS Producing Partners in good standing.

• Al new partners or employees functioning in the upper level operation, including creative and management, will be derived from the membership roles of IMS Producing Partners. 

• In addition to more detailed discussions about IMS Operations & Investment in the Studio Compound, the first level of membership will provide access to Individual Production Approach Summaries, containing: Budget elements, discussions about licensing, the Front Money Agreement.

• Certain elements of the production management system will be provided to partners on request off-line and not all elements will be posted. Those items not posted will be referred to, so that members in good standing may request those elements, if they are part of the benefits of their membership level.

 

This entire operational system is currently being reviewed 
and revised for the present situation

  Therefore,  in terms of it's presentation on the web,
it is in development and may seem incomplete.