Good Afternoon to you all.

It's been a while since I've spoken with many of you and I hope that, beyond this HUB, you are all ready to enjoy a great summer with family and friends.

I want to thank you again for your participation within the EDIG Hub and contributing to the success of AGORACOM. We have developed a great partnership between our platform and your content.

On occasion, that partnership gets out of balance and I've had to intervene here before to make sure cooler heads prevail. To this end, thanks to all for your hundreds of messages pertaining to the issues our community is facing, and for your patience.

Upon careful consideration of the events unfolding on the forum, we have had a very hard time dealing with the personal issues amongst a very small group of participants within this forum. While we take pride and appreciate the unique nature of this forum, we find that what applies to 900 other shareholder communities on AGORACOM is having an impossible time applying here.

Quite simply, the amount of personal posts has become overwhelming. Though we are prepared for the fact that personal issues can and will break out on occasion, they are now becoming perpetual on this HUB. It's obvious that one side cannot convince the other of their opinions; and it's been let known in no uncertain terms that by attempting to demerit another poster, or accusing another poster of something that is either an outright lie or simply cannot be substantiated in any tangible and factual terms, will eventually lead the forum into to a roller coaster of emotional posts, instead of informative insights on the company's activities.

This does not suit anybody but those who wish to bring harm to EDIG.

I am painfully aware of the number of times our community director - Andreas - has tried to provide assistance, but it appears that he simply cannot get a very small group of posters under control or to respect the majority of participants that simply want to talk about their favorite investment.

ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY BEING IMPLEMENTED AS OF MONDAY MORNING

Upon consultation with Andreas, we have come to terms with the present conditions of the forum and will be implementing a zero tolerance violation policy on this forum as of 8AM Monday. When I mean zero, I mean zero. No matter how senior or highly ranked you are, any violation of the rules will be met with harsh penalties.

Those of you who have known me understand this has nothing to do with ego and power. It has everything to do with returning this HUB to its original purposes - the constructive discussion of EDIG and industry fundamentals leading to the most informed investment decision possible.

I am asking all of you to take today and the entire weekend to step away from your screens and allow cooler heads to prevail. I kindly ask everyone to consider their fellow shareholders, who flock to the board by the thousands to catch up on the company's latest developments. I demand you keep any personal differences off the forum.

I will not allow this community to deteriorate into Raging Bull and Yahoo Finance. If you desire that environment, I invite you to leave. We don't flip ads and generate revenue from any kind of page view. In fact, we don't generate any revenue from you. What we strive to do is build and maintain a quality community that can not be touched by ad flipping, free wheeling sites like RB and YF.

As such, as of Monday June 28th 2009, those in violation of any of the rules below will have to deal with the following:

First Foul - Have their President/Vice President Rank removed and taken down to Mail Room

Second Foul - Termination

As of Monday June 28th 2009, 8:00 AM EST, we will have a zero tolerance policy towards:

Bickering, Profanity, Name Calling, Accusations, Repetition, Posting any statements or issues that cannot be substantiated in any factual or tangible means and Off Topic personal messages on the Main Discussion board.

I think we have made it clear that our goal isn't to punish anyone, or to delete a poster who has legitimate views and opinions on the forum. Unfortunately our lenience has been distorted and our format, which works so well on 900 other Shareholder Communityies, is no longer working here.

We hope you can all use this beautiful summer weekend to gather your thoughts, relax, and consider how your behavior is affecting your fellow community members. We are all a team. We are all a family, even if we don't always see eye to eye. However, in order to get this family back on track, we have to get rid of the selfish players. We won't let a minority of posters who refuse to let go of their personal issues spoil it for the rest of us.

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday. Make sure to bring your best side.

Regards,
George