EX-10.5 10 d24691_ex10-5.txt CONSULTING AGREEMENT (GALE) DAKOTA IMAGING, INC. 3727 KINGSTON DR. BISMARCK, N.D. 58503 CONSULTING AGREEMENT This consulting and services agreement is entered into, as of, November 22, 2000, between Dakota Imaging, Inc., a North Dakota Corporation, the ("Company") and Brian Gale, the ("Consultant"). In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth below, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Term. The Company hereby retains Consultant as an independent consultant, with the duties particularized in Section 2 hereof and subject to other terms and conditions particularized herein, and Consultant hereby agrees to act as such for the Company, for the period commencing on the date hereof and expiring two years from that date, (November 22, 2002). 2. Duties. During the Term, Consultant shall devote his reasonable best efforts to Performing the Services (as determined herein below) on behalf of the Company, at such reasonable times and places as determined by Consultants. The Company understands and hereby expressly acknowledges that the Services to be provided to the Company by Consultant pursuant to the terms hereof shall be on a non-exclusive basis only. As employed in this Agreement, Services shall mean: that with the understanding that the Consultant has other full-time employment, and that, the Consultant will, from time to time, as necessary, advise and assist the Company on matters relating to business consulting. 3. Consideration to Consultant to Services. In consideration of the Services to be rendered by Consultant to the Company pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall pay Consultant by the issuance of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand (350,000) shares of common stock of Dakota Imaging, Inc., in lieu of cash payment. 4. Representation of Authority. The Company and Consultant each hereby represents and warrants that has the necessary power and authority to enter into and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby, and that such actions have been duly authorized by, respectively, the Company and the Consultant in accordance with applicable law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have respectively executed this Consulting and Services Agreement as of the date first written above. "The Company" "The Consultant" /s/ Lawrence Nieters /s/ Brian Gale -------------------- ----------------------- Lawrence Nieters Brian Gale Pres/Treas/Dir