They have been doing this for years. Did we hire anyone new that we incurred an $85K increase in salary expense? Board of director fees amounting to approximately $60,000 were paid during the three months ended August 31, 2006 with no corresponding expense for the three months ended August 31, 2005. Other salary expenses increased by approximately $85,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2006 as compared with the three months ended August 31, 2005.