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GotVMail Communications Meeting the Unique Telecommunications Needs of the Non-Profit Sector

-- Three Non-Profits Increasing Efficiency and Cutting Costs with Hosted Communications Solution --


NEWTON, Mass., — June 14, 2004 — Three important and nationally recognized non-profit organizations (NPOs) –The New England Institute of Addiction Studies (NEIAS), The Foundation For International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) and a top fundraising team for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society — have selected GotVMail Communications® to meet their needs for an advanced suite of virtual voice communications services.

GotVMail Communications (www.gotvmail.com) offers NPOs, small and home-based businesses, entrepreneurs, and independent professionals the industry's most advanced suite of virtual voice communications services. GotVMail delivers the image, productivity, and professionalism of a Fortune 500 corporate telecommunications system — but without the need to purchase capital equipment or software.

"Attempts to answer the demand for enhanced communication are putting tremendous strain on the already stressed budgets of small businesses and NPOs," said GotVMail President and CEO Siamak Taghaddos. "The skyrocketing costs of professional voicemail, messaging, and other communications services are often far beyond the financial reach of most, leaving them unable to take advantage of the benefits that technology offers. The negative impact affects every aspect of basic business, but GotVMail's service fills this void by offering a unique solution that increases efficiency and cuts costs. GotVMail shifts NPOs into the communications fast-lane by providing them with the same efficient technology used by global corporations, but on a hosted level."

Meeting The Challenge

Brenda Ginsberg, who leads a top fundraising team within the national MS Society, selected GotVMail as an efficient and professional communication medium for her team and external sponsors. According to Ginsberg, "Prior to GotVMail, we were unable to implement the type of broader communications strategies that were necessary to support our fundraising efforts. GotVMail is helping us become a stronger team and build on our continued success as one of the top 100 teams in the country."

The New England Institute of Addiction Studies (NEIAS) is dedicated to combating inhalant addiction. The Institute operates with a four-person staff, with each member based in a different location. This presented a tremendous communications challenge. NEIAS needed one central point of communication for voice and fax so that people could reach one another efficiently. After extensive research, NEIAS determined that GotVMail could provide the features they needed priced affordably for non-profit associations.

"Telephone tag is a terrible waste of time and frustrating to all," explains NEIAS director Howard C. Wolfe. The solution: GotVMail's "Follow Me" feature that allows staffers to be contacted wherever they are. "We also like being able to get our messages by phone and email," Wolfe continued, noting with the pleasure the superior sound quality provided by GotVMail's system.

FIMRC is a recently founded global non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of children around the world by providing both direct and indirect medical support. The organization is based in Washington, DC with chapters in almost every state, and with numerous international points of contact. FIMRC relies on GotVMail to provide its central communications nervous system — and to best reflect the professionalism of its revolutionary team of medical, law, and public health students in degree programs at various universities across the United States and London. And, for the non-profit organization, cost efficiency is enhanced since there is no need to purchase capital equipment or software. The bottom line: "Without GotVMail, the progress our organization has sustained in making ourselves a more efficient and professional foundation would not have been possible," says FIMRC President and Founder Vikram Bakru.

For more information on GotVMail's incentive programs for the non-profit sector, please visit gotvmail.com.

About GotVMail
GotVMail Communications® offers small and home-based businesses, entrepreneurs, and independent professionals the industry's most advanced suite of virtual voice communications services. GotVMail — "The Next Generation of Small Business Communications" — delivers the image, productivity, and professionalism of a Fortune 500 corporate telecommunications system — but without the need to purchase capital equipment or software. Contact GotVMail Communications toll-free at 1-800-820-8210, by e-mail at sales@gotvmail.com, or online at gotvmail.com.

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