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To: Sweet Ol who wrote (6228)	12/7/1997 10:13:00 PM
From: patroller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9124

John I'll bet the company's would welcome it might keep those guy from black mailing them in to saying something they don't want to say.Anyway it would sure take some power away from them .That way the company would have their voice heard every time.hell it's in their best interest.my opinion

To: Sweet Ol who wrote (6228)	12/7/1997 10:15:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9124

John and all, re the level playing field: WSJ today has an article on this very subject. Unfortunately the SEC seems to condone the slanted playing field. Please see URL and excerpt below... interactive.wsj.com Little Guys Can Get Big Picture By Clicking 'Virtual Roadshows' By ROBERT E. CALEM Special to THE WALL STREET JOURNAL INTERACTIVE EDITION Excerpt: Last March, the SEC issued a "no-action letter" to MSNBC Desktop Video, a subsidiary of MSNBC, allowing that company to transmit corporate roadshows, with video and audio presentations, on its private network to professional investors who are issued passwords by the lead underwriter. <snip> Right now, Mr. Stasior notes, the SEC has approved only the Webcasting of certain roadshow presentations to a limited audience of qualified investors who have been issued passwords. URLs from the article are below. These sites are involved in making company information more broadly available: Direct Stock Market www.dsm.com NetRoadshow www.netroadshow.com DirectIPO www.directipo.com Wit Capital www.witcapital.com National Association of Investors Corp. www.better-investing.org/ Douglas Gerlach's Web Site www.investorama.com

To: Sweet Ol who wrote (6228)	12/7/1997 10:17:00 PM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9124

John and all I think we need to start a seperate thread to discus this - I think the time is right because enough investors have gained practical experience and have learned about the potential of the internet, etc. I agree that you can see similar discussions on many other threads - particularly when the market is down. Individual action with the SEC might get them to do something. The chances of success are multiplied if we get some conerted efforts going, even if just simple e-mail campaigns. I think the beureaucratic system tends to be trained to react more to volumes of requests and organized efforts while it can more easily have inertia in dealing with an individual request.

To: Sweet Ol who wrote (6228)	12/7/1997 10:25:00 PM
From: Rational	Respond to of 9124

I have a friend who is a Director at SEC and will call him tomorrow. This lopsided information dissemination is unfair. The company can easily have an audio tape of the roadshow presentation available on its web-site. See, for example, YHOO web-site has all conference call available in audio format. Sankar