<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>With all due respect to John and Chris, unless there is something we ha= ve not been told, the way I read Barbara's article makes it appear that no h= as been fired, laid off, or in any way asked to resign or quit. All the home= office is doing is finding people who would be willing to learn how to do t= his job. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BODY></HTML>