Letter of Resignation

[Mike Brown <mbrown@spectrumltd.com>]

MEMO

TO: Global Management

DATE: December 17th, 2001

SUBJECT: Resignation and 2 week notice

FROM: Mike Brown

This will confirm my resignation as a Support Specialist.

My experience with Global Election Systems has been very rewarding. I appreciate having had the opportunity to work with some really great people.  I realize my leaving will have an effect on Global, and I apologize for this.  I would like to thank the Management team in McKinney for helping me make this difficult decision.

Please feel free to contact me at any time should you have any questions regarding my past work.  I hope that the transition will go smoothly for everyone.

I feel that over the next year, if the current management team stays in place, the Global working environment will continue to be a chaotic mess. Global management has and will be doing the best to keep their jobs at the expense of employees.  Unrealistic goals will be placed on current employees, they will fail to achieve them.  If Diebold wants to keep things the same for the time being, this will only compound an already dysfunctional company.  Due to the lack of leadership, vision, and self-preserving nature of the current management, the future growth of this company will continue to stagnate until change comes.

Mike Brown