Good Monday morning fellow FNC investors. I got to thinking over the weekend about meeting practices of the FNC board as well as most other boards of publicly traded companies. I was thinking of the anatomy of what takes place at council meetings in communities across our country as compared to these board meetings. The first thing involves the players. Both have investors. FNC has individuals that buy shares in this company whereas a community has investors called ratepayers who also invest money through taxation. Both groups expect a return on their investments. One expects a financial return while the other expects a clean and safe environment in which to live and work. The meetings of a municipal council follows a structure that in my opinion should also follow through to board meetings. First there is a meeting timetable that the investors are made aware of, be it weekly, biweekly or monthly. Secondly there is an agenda printed that is available to participants attending a meeting that outlines items to be discussed. Investor-ratepayers are told of any pecuniary interests that the council members have in regards to these items. There is also a point in the agenda that allows delegates from the ratepayer-investor group to bring up items of business, that are felt important, to the council. Lastly there is a section set aside in the agenda for the council to go into caucus to discuss items only surrounding the procurement or sale of property, contract information of public employees or items where individual names might be mentioned. This is the bare bones of the anatomy of a public meeting. At the conclusion of this process, the minutes of the proceedings are published and any investor-ratepayer has access to these minutes. My question is why this same procedure is not followed for publicly traded companies. It is only fair and right that it should be so as it allows the opportunity of access and thus accountability of the council members. If the performance of these members is unsatisfactory the investor-ratepayers have the ability at a specified time to change the council members through the elective process. This of course are just rambling thoughts and I could be wrong. Any or all comments appreciated. the deputy