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Technology Stocks : Cymer (CYMI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TechHunter who wrote (9510)	11/13/1997 8:45:00 PM
From: Douglas W. DeVries	Respond to of 25960

Techhunter: Great idea, especially as a follow-up to the action in the stock today! I cast my vote of support. (3K Shares)

To: TechHunter who wrote (9510)	11/13/1997 9:08:00 PM
From: ForYourEyesOnly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

Input to TechHunter: Thanks again for representing all of us. This is very exciting! 1. Why don't you fax and e-mail your letter? That would be faster than FEDEX. 2. Regarding a stock buyback, I don't think you can DEMAND a buyback, but if a majority of the people you represent feel that a buyback would be in their best interests, then I think as our representative you need to at least put in a request to the A Team. Please let us know your feelings on this. I have seen may posts that favor a buyback strongly. 3. I think that at this time we should also ask some technical questions. It would be good to solicit feedback from Bookdon, Specialist, Yousef, Mason, and Maxwell. Keep going, TECHHUNTER!!! THC

To: TechHunter who wrote (9510)	11/13/1997 9:11:00 PM
From: SPEEDRACER	Respond to of 25960

Hey, Been following CYMI for a very long time, and bought 6000 today at an average of 17.625. Sold 2k before the close. So only 4k at this writing. Expect 24 to 25 by the end of next week. Count me in, but hurry, I may take my 25k before you even get to Dr, Atkins... Holding 20k of his buddies stock JMAR . Big upside there as well!!!! SPEEDY=============================================================

To: TechHunter who wrote (9510)	11/13/1997 9:44:00 PM
From: Melkon Khosrovian	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 25960

Good work, Craig. A couple of cautions: 1) Do NOT distract mgmt while they're in NY. As much as all of us want Cymer to shoot through the sky, we're not the ones who are going to convince institutions and brokers to turn this puppy around single handedly. On the other hand, a few positive analyst recommendations can -- especially if today's action was the beginning of a reversal. If CYMI mgmt is there to meet with analysts to do what we all want them to do, then let them focus on that. 2) We have to be VERY careful how we present this meeting with CYMI mgmt to the rest of the world. As a practicing PR guy, I agree 100 percent with former PR guy Chaz. Any adversarial stance at this point would play right into the shorts' rumor machine. Picture this nightmare -- "Cymer shareholders threaten company unless..." Talk about a road to hell being paved with good intentions! Remember, media feeds on conflict -- good guys vs. bad guys. And they love an underdog. Cymer is our underdog, standing with dignity against a crew of unscrupulous shorters/pseudo-investors. I suggest that instead of going there for a Q&A session with mgmt (which sounds like we don't really trust them), we appoach this as a reassuring visit from a group of supportive shareholders -- who, by the way, gathered through this nifty IR chat site (which is the news angle). Maybe we can even take them a cheer-me-up gift. Imagine what that'll do to employee morale -- knowing that a lot of investors are in their court cheering them on. We can't afford to have anyone at Cymer lose faith, much as some of us have been tempted to in the last few weeks. What we're doing here is revolutionary. It's strong "column one" material. But we have to keep our emotions in check and think strategically and for the long term. We want institutions, analysts and the media to think of Cymer as a company with a rock solid shareholder base, not a bunch of winers who go into knee-jerk hysterics whenever somebody pokes them in the eye (or wallet). It's in all of our long-term interest. You've got my vote and my very long 4,500 shares backing you on this project. You've done a great job organizing something that would not have been possible a few years ago. Now let's make sure that we don't put out our eye just to swat a fly off our cheek.