There are ways to handle Q&A and I have seen CEO's in the face of even worse (if that is possible) situations. There is nothing they could have accomlished in VZ with the holiday. We have had no statement to shareholders by GT.

Again, this is just my opinion, from my perspective. I was just taught to always project a position of strength, especially in the face of significant challenge or even defeat. That is leadership because those under you (in this case shareholders) are looking to for some hope (which as someone said is all we have right now).

Showing leadership to a group of beaten up shareholders IMHO outweighs any fear of embarrassment over having to sidestep questions. LC is still there and is still of interest to the mining community. KRY should be saying that "so are we" (KRY).

Maybe they have some strategy in mind and I'll just have to accept that as a shareholder. But I still think they should have at least made a statement.