I tend to look at this in a positive - Pohl recognizes Brians past contributions enough to include him in the advisory board, which gives him equal stature and influence as with others on the board - a component of total input.

As with past advisory board members, I suspect he will receive compensation for his contributions, and as well he should.

What this does (at least to me) is signals the fears of going private are at this point, unfounded. Why embrace the concept of a working to understand the retail shareholder with a representative if one was getting ready to pitch them off?

Of course, I`d suspect this now limits or perhaps even negates his active (perhaps even passive) participation in any of the chat rooms. He`d be missed, but I endorse that.

I view that he`ll be compensated for his observations and opinions relative to the shareholders. I also have confidence in his ability to influence, - not become a talking head owned by PTSC.

And I cant get behind the concept of him becoming the unsaid Investor Relations person (per se) for Patriot. There are already established channels for that (but as said before, the working efficiency of that concept is up for question).

My expectation is he will be providing added value to the innerworkings and decision making process at Patriot.

Kind regards