<the majority rule still leaves PTSC at a disadvantage since they are outnumbered with the "independent" representative actually being a TPL person as well.>
Might being outnumbered on the PDS management committee be the reason it took this long? Things appear to be going sour for Leckrone/TPL. That swing vote on the PDS MC may have seen the light (or documented proof), to aid in the change of heart. But would/could PTSC have done anything like this w/o that swing vote?
Opty