<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Owen<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I was not specifically responding to your comments and in fact I agreed with several of them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Apologies if I did not make it clear.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The board minutes have improved a lot …. but can use a lot more work. The practice of publishing resolutions prior to the minutes being published is also a very good practice - though it may not be satisfying to you and others, as it lacks some of the detail you seem to seek.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for confirming that this issue is directly relevant to you (I assume as a consultant to Cloud Innovation?).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Mr Wollner and others have not been as forthright in disclosing their interests …. leading to speculation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My concern about possible hypocrisy related to this list of questions and the astroturfing that has succeeded it:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class=""><div class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""> Which board members agreed to the meeting on short notice? </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>How does Mr Wollner know it was at short notice? It may have been a regular meeting for all he knows.</div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class=""><div class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">2. Which board members voted in favor of the motion and which against? </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>This is never disclosed in minutes. Why is it now relevant but was not a month or a year ago?</div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class=""><div class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">3. Who tabled and who seconded the motion? </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>This will appear in the minutes in due course. Why the need for it to be provided on an expedited basis?</div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class=""><div class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">4. What was the nature and extent of deliberations? </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>This will appear in the minutes in due course. Why the need for it to be provided on an expedited basis?</div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class=""><div class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">5. Why the urgency to act so swiftly after the judge set aside the order? </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>This may appear in the minutes in due course. The minutes are not uniform in their level of detail. Why the need for it to be provided on an expedited basis?</div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class=""><div class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">6. When was the meeting noticed? </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>This has not appeared in any minutes to date. Why is it now relevant but was not a month or a year ago?</div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class=""><div class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">7. When did the meeting take place? </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>This will appear in the minutes in due course. Why the need for it to be provided on an expedited basis?</div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class=""><div class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">8. How/where did the meeting take place? </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>This will appear in the minutes in due course. Why the need for it to be provided on an expedited basis?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Mike<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 9 Jul 2021, at 13:08, Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" class="">owen@delong.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">It’s not unusual for people to pay more attention when something affects them.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you will review the record, you will easily find that I was one of the people calling for greater transparency</div><div class="">and greater board accountability starting many years ago prior to the formation of the GC. You will also find</div><div class="">that I was one of the most vocal proponents of the idea of publishing the board minutes and that I had</div><div class="">little sympathy for the board’s claim that there was a need for a lengthy review and redaction process</div><div class="">prior to publication of the old minutes.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I admit I haven’t reviewed the board minutes until now as I’ve not encountered a prior situation where</div><div class="">they are directly relevant to what I was doing, so I was unaware of the generally poor quality that you</div><div class="">report here.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nonetheless, this is (at least for my part) a genuine desire to know what happened and how.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Claiming that it is an attempt to intimidate (how?) strikes me as absurd.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Claiming that it is an attempt to obstruct strikes me as quite a stretch and a bit of fear mongering.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If the board is intimidated by a mere question about how they voted and a request for some notes</div><div class="">about their deliberations, then I seriously question their ability to do the job of board members.</div><div class="">My expectation is that this is not the case and that there should be no issue getting the answers</div><div class="">to the questions asked, which you have already agreed should generally be published for all</div><div class="">board meetings.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>