RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

15.           RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Our board of directors determined that when a director's services are outside the normal duties of a director, we compensate the director at the rate of $1,000 per day, plus expenses, which is the same amount we pay a director for attending a one-day Board meeting.  We classify these amounts as consulting expenses, included in personnel and consulting expenses.

At September 30, 2013, $2,598,000 of the outstanding were Notes payable to related parties; $2,498,000 to the chairman of our Board, $505,000 of which is part of the LPA through Southridge described in Note 10, and $100,000 to another director.  Subsequent to September 30, 2013, an additional $20,000 was borrowed from our chairman.  The terms and conditions are as described in Note 11.  At December 31, 2012, $1,310,000 of the outstanding Notes were Notes payable to a related party, the chairman of our Board, and $100,000 to another director.