Dear coneking,

Thank you for taking the time to state your opinion. I appreciate the argument you are making however, you are focussing on the tree and not the forest.

As a veteran of discussion forums, I understand that investors have a tendancy to sway from company fundamentals during the lag time between press releases. As such, we are willing to give everyone a little latitude.

However, given the number of members that post to this forum, a little latitude for everyone can quickly turn into a forum that is inundated by off-topic posts, replies to off-topic posts, personal attacks and a breakdown of the very reason we are here - to discuss the fundamentals of Duran Ventures.

When members persist on raising issues that are strictly personal, and do not pertain to Duran Ventures, then those messages are:

A) Likely to be reported as a violation and

B) Removed as a result of a violation.

One of the most important requirements in communal participation is to set aside personal issues – this is tantamount to group participation. Our system is both self serving and straightforward - it's based on merit and trust. From the trust we extend to our members, from the trust investors extend to each other.

We can understand that investors will ultimately choose corners but in any case, simply setting the record straight, with facts, will do the trick. We invite disagreement, as long as you are disagreeing with a fact or opinion and not taking jabs at any specific posters or unspecified groups. These HUB’s are not the place to let a personal rant go.

Once again, I wish to state my confidence in our system, and it is one we can be proud of, whom are perfectly paired with tons of smart members, yourself included, that can help us make it even better. And for a website that makes NO MONEY by flipping ads or generates ANY income from page views the fact that over 1 million unique users visited our site is tantamount to our systems popularity.

As such, we will fully enforce the AGORACOM 6 Rules of Use for the purposes of getting this forum back on track. Particularly, we will be enforcing the rule against off-topic and irrelevant discussion, which appears to be the biggest transgression of late.

I thank you for your understanding and look forward to seeing the board return to great discussion pertaining to Duran Ventures.

Regards,

AGORACOM