<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><SPAN class="743035619-13042007"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">As to board elections, I agree that two years is probably the right term length though with seven members that does leave the possibility for high turnover. Other thoughts on this?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><DIV>As Popper I believe said, democracy is not so much about being able to vote for somebody, it is about being able to get rid of somebody.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I think there is no problem with having relatively shorter time frames (could be even shorter than 2 years) but allowing board members (or officers, for that matter) to stand again in the next election. That allows for as much continuity as the electorate is willing to stomach ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Johannes Ernst</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">NetMesh Inc.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><IMG src="cid:9173E289-5D6D-4850-B823-FDF7D115EF12@local"></SPAN><SPAN><IMG src="cid:5CC41088-A082-4AA9-8169-EFD940AF9ADA@aviatis.com"></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "> <A href="http://netmesh.info/jernst">http://netmesh.info/jernst</A><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </SPAN></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>