"As for the criticisms never generating any change, perhaps you've missed the reduction in BOD members to 3, the changes in CEO's, the challenge to the agreements with TPL, the cessation in M&A, etc. It's interesting that you don't attribute that to shareholders voicing displeasure and letting the BOD know that they are not working in a vacuum"

I was going to go along with what you suggested and drop this discussion until I came to the paragraph above. In all sincerity, if you believe that our BOD is making decisions based on reading things on investor message boards, I do believe you, and we all, should sell. That would be a truly laughable way to run a company. I'm a big boy and I wear grown-up pants now. If I have something to say to someone I will say it directly to them. Not post it on a message board in the hopes that they will read it and act upon it. But then that would start the discussion all over again, wouldn't it? Nuff said.

Have a Happy New Year.