Hello all, I am a new member to this board as of today.

I have been following the board however, since the move from SH and invested for the past 3 years (that seems to be pretty common). I have been reading nearly every post since the inception on this board and must start by thanking and commending those who are involved. Even though I sometimes need to wade through some of the posts, for the most part, they offer great real time information and insght in to what is going on surrounding this company. I felt for some reason today was the day I would join in.

I do hold a large enough position IMO, have never sold a share, and have managed to bring a couple of friends on board to this company. It seems though for each I have brought on board, there is another 5 who have felt that the stock was too risky and would wait( not sure why, the stock price is 3 times higher than when I pointed it to them).

This company has seen very significant changes to say the least over the past 3 years and the reason I don't sell any shares is because I look at the main people involved with the company and how they behave. I try to put myself in their positions and the conclusion I come to is this. Most of them have made careers and done very well in their respective industries and they have joined the POET team with very limited financial incentive upfront. I ask why would these bright individuals do that, because they realize what GT and the POET team have created. If there was concern about the outcome of POET, then the people in the know would start to be raising flags, and I have yet to see any.

There have been SP swings of late which have been exciting to watch and proves to us all that there is serious interest starting to develop in POET and hopefully much more to come. As the key members on this board continue to remind us, there are big entities out there looking to take our shares from us and it is up to the little guy not to give them away. These large stakeholders who continue to put up their shares for sale and keep the SP down so they can flip them will be pushed aside when any larger hedgefunds step in and try to take a position, and then they will realize who the big boys are.

That is enough from me and once again I thank all of you who keep this board going(you know who you are). Lastly, stay positive, lots of potential investors read this board.

Cheers to all.

CB