Hare a collection of notes from presentations early in the history of the nanoalliance: A 15 May 2004 MissOuri NanoAlliance meeting talk in St. Louis, a 5 May 2004 technical reputation workgroup discussion, slides for a 13 Apr 2004 discussion with Center for Molecular Electronics participants, notes for a 19 Feb 2004 discussion of UM-StL outreach with a campus administrative working group meeting hosted by the graduate dean, notes for a 22 Dec 2003 presentation on nano-alliances to the governor's Research Alliance of Missouri in Jeff City, the same-day announcement of NSF's National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network hub-proposal award (look for some node-proposal opportunities downstream), and some earlier notes from a 25 Oct 2003 talk and discussion of regional nano-characterization consortium strategies with members of the Central States Microscopy and Microanalysis Society at the Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center in St. Louis.