I am relatively new to this forum and I understand that you are somekind of shareholder representative. My first question is whether you can explain to us relative newbies what that means and exactly what are your duties, responsibilties and what you are able to accomplish that is not available to the rest of us.

Presumably you have greater access to Hawk and/or the BOD and/or a greater ability to get attention paid to our questions and issues. If so, I have two questions or issues that have had me very concerned for awhile and I would like addressed:

1. Insider trading - I can not comprehend how the BOD members are allowed to trade knowing the critical terms of settlements when none of us shareholders have the same information. IMO that is insider trading by definition.

2. Conflict of interest - Does our BOD have any input or ability to approve the terms of settlement negotiated by TPL? If not, how can the BOD permit a private company like TPL to continue to negotiate confidential settlements on our behalf that have no affect on TPL and a devasting affect on our SP?

Thank you.