Their fundamental responsibility is to conduct business, maintain accurate records and report factually through the appropriate statements with the SEC - this and the annual shareholder meetings are the established vehicles to communication with the shareholder. They`re on time with their filings and recently had a shareholder meeting, so they`re meeting the requirements.

Now, If they`re down to a skeleton crew any time taken away from the tasks at hand should be rightfully viewed as an impediment. Yes? Perhaps even phone calls! - This is the reason they have an established, designated IR entity (was Margaret Coombs at one point, now Hawk...) in place - to create a buffer between the investor and the people driving the company, but still provide service to the shareholder.

(A discussion regarding their relative of investor satisfaction is a different subject for a different time.)

The fact is that all the bravado and wheel spinning talk of ``take it out on PTSC there keeping us in the dark (sic)`` is about as effective in getting answers to a question, as talking to a parakeet chortling in his cage - to no one in particular - i.e. just meaningless noise. If you`re lucky to connect with PTSC and you have that attitude, you`ll be pushed off the phone in short order.

This isn`t a PTSC phenomenon alone, but rather industry wide. Get back to me with your results after you try calling some ceo of a blue chip company when you`re not happy with the share price.

To close on all this, you have to play the hand dealt, and you do DD in the meantime. Part of that (loosely) is in the EXCHANGE of ideas, here. If that approach cant be tolerated, then opting out of your shares is also a generally accepted method of making a statement.

Kind regards