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<DIV>In a message dated 5/17/2005 2:50:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, atwoodm@paragon-inc.com writes:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regarding the actual “Vote”…the FINAL voting forms do not contain ANY…I mean ANY of the rational that is submitted for the rule…JUST the text of the rule change. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For new members of the contest board (Vern and I) it took a fair bit of work calling different proposer’s to understand the motivations of some. (most are straight forward, but there were a few that seemed out of left field.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would imagine in future votes, being part of the entire process will help, but there will always be the chance of a new board member getting into the game late and having to make decisions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It was interesting to me that ALL of the IMAC rule change proposals came from the sig…there were NO independent proposals to confuse things, and I believe their changed passed with a clean slate.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<DIV>Mark</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank-you for your explanation. Now I am just a little less "uninformed" ! </DIV>
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<DIV>Robert Gainey</DIV></BODY></HTML>