May I add to your suggested DROP DEAD DATE?
If so, I would like to have the New CEO issue cleared up before the EXCESSIVELY LONG OVER DUE Assay Results need to be made public. Your May 15th deadline.
And as such, how about MAY 01, 2009 (as in this year!) being the DROP DEAD DATE for the announcement that a New CEO is in place AND Up to speed on ALL MATTERS Noront Resources. Thus giving the New CEO time to prepare for the releasing of the EXTREMELY LONG anticipated LONG OVER DUE Assay Results.
With this in mind, we would also be expecting the New CEO to be very well ready to INFORM ALL Share Holders of the VISION our BoD has, by then, developed and Signed Off on, there by allowing the CEO reasonable discussion for the Share Holders to properly orient themselves for the Corporate Move(s) to bring just such a VISION to fruition.
With this in place, the Assay Results would then have MAXIMUM Impact on the Market(s) and we, as Share Holders, would FINALLY have renewed confidence in our BoD.
Old Joe