A plea for help with an extraordinary reward

So, remember Jack Voss?  He's that guy at 7 Virtues who plays Richard Horton (the father), used to play a half-ogre Scourge (for you old time NERO players).  If he's not standing out in your memory, he's the guy that's about 6'6" - 6''7".  He stands out... literally.

Anyway, he works for me (a damned fine prorammer, I might add) and posted the following on our company's email today:

( Jack's letter behind the cut )

( And the actual point of the entry, also behind a cut. I'm nothing if not considerate. )