Certainly we would like to see the stock perform better, ... I think it's up to management to do a better job of (achieving) consistent earnings and consistent improvement in earnings.

The Joint Election Management Board has offered such a process and we urge that it be used,

We concur with the Joint Election Management Board that the candidates' demand to nullify the election is unjustified,

The difference between management and administration (which is what the bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity.

I feel very good about where we are and so does the rest of the management. We have worked hard through a tough period of transition during these past two fiscal years, while our focus on fundamentals, serving customers and delivering value through integration puts us in great shape this fiscal year and for the future.

"Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.