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They have said and its been said many times on this board...they had to redo packaging and I am sure there is a limit to how many an employee can have
It was about reminding employees that holidays are approaching and they need to kick their behinds into high gear. The rest was to lighten the tone. Plain and simple.
I am going to copy a few of these posts and send it over to the company so we can keep this board focused. They need to stop putting so much out on social media and focus on sales and revenue.
Email wasnt to shareholders. It was to employees. Has nothing to do with shareholder updates or letting us know about squat. I think everyone missed the point. Looking for updates in inside emails is kind of ridiculous considering that would be inside trading information and would be illegal. You cant say you want the man to start doing things "correctly" and then complain that they dont provide inside information to only shareholders that are on facebook.
This was put out by their social media person because he or she thought it was funny and thought we might like a little look into what goes on behind the scenes.
I would also say that I doubt the email took very long to type. It was all non-sense which was the entire point. I am sure the whole office is still talking about it and making jokes
Worried? About what? A CEO finding a funny way to remind folks that work for him how close Black Friday and Christmas are? The man has a sense of humor and its good that he shows that side of him especially since he is always so serious. Too serious in my opinion.
Managing folks aint easy and sometimes you got to be creative to get through to folks.
You beat me to it Ski! lol
Facebook Post
Ok, so the boss said I can post one of the holiday countdown e-mails (its what I call them anyway). Some are funnier than others but this weeks email was pretty darn funny so here you go:
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
Team,
Good morning everyone. I hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to another successful day of exceeding expectations and moving us a few steps closer to our objectives. As many of you are aware the holiday countdown continues and with our first sales event beginning in just 60 short days we must ensure a steady cadence of productivity.
To highlight the point, I just got off a call with the big man himself and he emphasized that he is counting on us to fulfill our contract to assist his elves in delivering the cleanest and freshest possible Christmas yet (Seems like everything is outsourced these days). Now I don’t want to put any more pressure on you but please remember that Mr. C is always watching (as if the security in this building wasn’t enough-am I right?) and the last thing we need is anyone putting the rest of us on the “other” list (I have had my eyes on a sweet set of bed sheets for quite some time).
Please see below current state of Polar Operations.
Holiday Mission SITREP
UAT Arms:
The North Poles cloaking and force field SNOW DOME has been expanded to include the protection of reindeer from bad actors such as grumpy polar bears. The Anti-Scrooge Candy Cane Sleigh Defense System (ASCCSD) now has enhanced rifling of the stripes on each projectile for improved accuracy and extended range. Initial field tests against UAS’s (Unmanned Arial Scrooge vehicles) have been successful. #MAKENORTHPOLESAFEAGAIN
UAT Intelligence:
SANTAINT has confirmed that PROJECT SNOW DOME has not been compromised and currently there are no actionable threats against The North Pole or any other holiday asset. In cooperation with NORAD, UAT’s ASD (Applied Sciences Division) will continue its commitment to the vigilant oversight of MAP (Magical Asset Protection) protocols of Santa during his INFIL and EXFIL of North America before we hand off to MI5 over the Mid-Atlantic. #HOLIDAYBREXITPAUSE
UAT GreenTech:
UAT’s proprietary zero carbon sleigh propulsion system, SleigHGEN (snow-flake hydrogen generator) has passed all flight tests and is no longer designated under the X nomenclature. The new Sleigh apparatus now emits stable ice crystals that once they come in contact with the polar caps, improves the structural integrity of polar glaciers thus retarding the effects of global warming. #WHOSAYSWEHAVNTCHANGEDTHEWORLD
UAT Aerospace:
The Reign-D platform has successfully concluded its UAT designed targeting and force protection systems. The DOD has been notified and SECDEF has green lit operations globally to include optimized flight paths. So, expect your gifts up to a minute and forty-seven seconds earlier this year. When multiplied by 7.442 Billion people world-wide, this represents a significant savings to the Clausian Budget which can be re-appropriated to spread additional joy, hiring of new elves and expanded candy cane flavoring technologies. This includes but is not limited to, viable sugar alternatives designed to reduce negative health impacts in children under the age of 12 thus, mitigating National healthcare costs to the American taxpayer in support of the President’s commitment of reducing taxes for the American people. #WINNING
UAT BioTech:
The new Santa suit, FATS (Flexible Artic Technology-Suit), now features Hygieia™ technology throughout and will decrease ingress and egress of chimney delivery times, enhance the VIP's comfort and will convert body heat to love. Additionally, all elves have been issued Thomas Kinkade Hygieia boxers with a special gingerbread man motif this year, derived from the core ingredient of sugar plums. #REENGINEERINGJOY
Action Items:
• UAT HR in cooperation with the Elves Union is spearheading the implementation of a new Height Equality and Anti-Candy Cane Shaming Initiative. It’s a real problem and we at UAT remain resolute in our commitment to improving workplace equality above the 45th parallel. #ELVESAREPEOPLETOO
• A member of our team returned from lunch to find their Hygieia pillow missing and a ransom note in its place. To the individual detaining this pillow against its will; No, I will not allow the victim of this crime to meet you at high noon beneath the fork-lift, with a five-pound bag of Twizzlers, an autographed photo of Leonard Nimoy and a three pack of Hygieia boxers; because:
a) Sugar is bad for you and five pounds of Twizzlers is ridiculous, what are you 12?
b) We do not negotiate with terrorists (or Star Trek nerds)
c) If you want Hygieia boxers they are free to employees. Stop being lazy and walk your diabetic nerdy rear-end to fulfillment and grab a pair!
and finally but most importantly...
d) We here at UAT possess a very particular set of skills. Skills we have acquired over very long careers. Skills that make us a nightmare for people like you. If you let the pillow go now that'll be the end of it. We will not look for you, we will not pursue you, but if you don't, we will look for you, we WILL find you and we will use your requested new pair of Hygieia boxers to tie you to the fork-lift upside down and leave you there overnight watching Star Trek V on loop.
• Also, please stop leaving the portal to the north pole open as its magnetic field attracts a lot of attention and the last thing we need is Elon Musk snooping around!
That is all for now. I hope everyone has an amazing day!
Respectfully,
Alex Umbra
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Umbra Applied Technologies Group, Inc.
New facebook post. I just came in to check on things and read the new facebook post. Damn near made me split a gut. Them boys over there sure are funny. CEO is a hoot
Wife just sent me this morning facebook post:
I got to see the special holiday packaging this morning. Pretty exciting stuff and a little nerve racking! Can you believe its only 64 days until Black Friday, 67 days until Cyber Monday, 73 days until Hanukkah aaaaaaand.... 96 days until Christmas!? And YES, there are countdown calendars around the office. Boss also sends out reminders every week reminding everyone that holidays are approaching and we need to keep up the pace. If I get permission I will post one. They are actually really funny.
Oh I do see your point I just don’t think it will do much but then again every bit helps I guess.
I also think that now that the A/S is maxed, the revenues are increasing and new products coming out that the supply and demand rule will come into play and we will see more people wanting the stock with less folks willing to sell their shares making the stock more difficult to come by at low levels. It will take time of course but I do think that will help. Hopefully a merger will take place long before we are to depend strictly on that
I see your point but I don’t think that matters more than revenue. I do understand you are trying to catch the company in a lie but I’m not so sure it matters. JMO
Ok, You really lost me here. How does employee count result in a higher price per share? Near as I can tell there is no company that set the precedent for higher employee count equaling a higher pps. This is a new metric to by for me.
Well I am pretty old so maybe I should complain more then. lol. I just want to see results and to be honest just tired of the complaining and accusations. I care about one thing and that is that this company finally stays focused and continues to build on what that are doing. No more distractions and worrying about what folks think. Just deliver and everyone will be fine. Including me!
I agree! Time for them to go to work and put 120% into Hygieia. Time to make money and get this company on the big board with a higher PPS. Times up!
I dont see why they couldnt do that but why does that really matter? What does it prove? When you say group photo with Hygieia shirts on it all I hear is everyone stop working, someone go figure out where to get shirts made, spend money on shirts and then have someone take a picture.
Does it really matter if they have 30 employees or 27 or 15? Thats not going to build my confidence. What will build my confidence is really one thing.....REVENUES!!!!!!!!!!!! I could care less about funny pictures of employees with matching shirts. Why are they having fun and celebrating? I have been waiting 6 years, go have fun on your own dime not mine and after I made my money back! JMO
Maybe they are thinking about getting one product out at a time instead of the 10 or so you mentioned. You complain about them talking about all these other products and then complain that they are not talking about these products with updates to us. How many products should they launch at once? I mentioned AAPL doesn't put out news every week and you came back with "they arent Apple". Well if Apple doesn't put out 10 or more products at a time why would you expect UATG to or even to discuss the other products when they are focused on one? Again, id Apple with over $200 billion in the bank doesn't put out many products at once how can a small startup with much less resources be expected to do and if they tried how miserably would they fail? that was the problem years ago with this company. They tried to do too much and it almost sank the company financially.
Not looking to offend you but what you are complaining about doesnt make sense to me. They are actually delivering a product and revenue FINALLY and for the first time in their history why not just let them build on that. Again not trying to offend you but this is what I just mentioned last week. This board is suppose to be for helping each other not complaining. Especially when its something about products that dont matter or push the company forward TODAY. This company needs to stay focused not try to impress folks with too many products that they can not afford to deliver to market and before you ask "then why did they tell everyone about those products?" my answer is WHO CARES! That was years ago and this is obviously a different company with a different set of goals.
THANK GOD because this company was almost done for until they took their heads out of their rear ends and focused. Im glad they are only doing one thing at a time now. Its about time!
Just trying to offer a little perspective. JMO
Sorry if I offended anyone. Wasnt trying to
looks like all the socks and the different pack counts are now available on Amazon
You and me both! He did say they were looking into that in one of his interviews or press releases so if they can pull that off we will be among very few companies that still offer that. At least on the OTC or micro companies
I agree but something tell me he knows how to play the game with those folks. Only time will tell
Why? He still hasnt done it. Seems to me he kept his word on that as well
Arent they? Looks like the company has more eyes on it than ever before and they are selling more and more socks every quarter. Now they are releasing new products. If we know about it then Im sure others do as well
I met with Mr Umbra on more than one occasion the first time being 6 years by now I believe. I met him with my partner and our attorney. I had never spoken with him over the phone before that. I did speak with him about two years later on a call scheduled call with our attorney. After that I did not have a scheduled call with him so when I called him last year for the first time unscheduled I was very surprised that he would take a call from an unscheduled random shareholder. I only gave my first name and he still took the call. My partner did the same although they speak more often than him and me. That’s why I decided to call anonymously.
It still surprises me when people on the board say they spoke with him because most CEOs don’t take calls from random shareholders. Can you imagine Elon Musk or Tim Cook taking my calls. I own quite a bit of both AAPL and TSLA and I can assure you that they couldn’t be bothered none to take my calls. And I have been around since their early days with both them companies.
Hopefully that cleared up what I said
We don’t. We have the full hp line of socks coming out, the diabetic sock, the underwear, the pillow and the sheets. I’m guessing that like any other company they can only do so much at any given time. It’s also my opinion that 15-30 product model numbers or skus as they refer to them is probably too many. It’s always a concern for me when a company tries to do too much at once. Even AAPL doesn’t do that. They just announced a handful of products (5-6) and they are much bigger with a heck of a lot more money and employees.
Give it time. At least we know that they have Hygieia and that there is a lot of products that can be made from it. In time we will hopefully see a sweeping line of Hygieia products. My opinion, they should spin it off into its own company, build it and sell it off. They could make $100’s of millions and fund the rest of the company.
Have you called the company and asked if they plan on doing knees? I dont see why the couldnt
me to. Been waiting a long time. My partner will be in Austin the same time as Mr. Umbra this week and has a meeting scheduled with him. Hopefully he will come back with some good news
Video of Clearview surgery:
http://umbraappliedtechnologies.com/clearview/
Video of Apex surgery:
http://umbraappliedtechnologies.com/apex/
I think they are reporting bare minimum and there is a reason they want the company look like they have no cash on hand. Maybe lower evaluation for merger? Who knows.
As I have said many times, he is well respected in Washington DC and through out the Government. We did extensive DD on him and everyone thinks highly of him. This is why i never believed he was the crook some on this board said he is. Anyone who actually knows him likes and respects him. He knows many CEO's, politicians, and law enforcement type folks. I think many here would be surprised at who he is associated with. Its one more reason I have hung in and given the man the benefit of the doubt. When it comes time to bring government contracts I have little doubt that he will get them.
good point
I agree. I think the person working facebook Hygieia page is shooting from the hip a little. I wonder if someone else does the other pages? I havnt seen a UAT page has anyone else? I saw UATG page but thats not the same
I understand but my point was that this board is not for that. Its far too negative and has distracted us from what is actually happening to the point we might miss being able to capitalize on a merger
Dont know. Maybe CEO wasnt sure and estimated (pretty far off) or Psycho misunderstood. Are you sure he said that? I dont recall that post.
I will check back with everyone later on. Need to go deal with am ornery heifer having trouble birthing
Wife just told me that there is a new facebook message. I am going to go take a look
Floats change daily sometimes by the hour. I seriously doubt any CEO knows what the float is at any given time. They might have an idea but with everything we need this fella to do, I hope hes letting other folks watch that stuff. We need more revenues and products being sold and we need it soon!
52 week lows were not last year when they did the 3a10. We all know when it was done and they did to pay off debts that they had to pay. We all know this. We have known it for almost a year. Why we keep pretending that this is all new I will never understand.
What I don’t understand is that we complain about transparency even after we have it or before we have it and then after it comes.
We complain that the company wasn’t trading and when it does we still complain.
We complain that the company is in debt and has no revenue but when debt is paid and revenue comes after 5 years we complain.
We complain that the Company has no “real” products because supposedly they are all just pictures but when they show us they are real we still complain.
We complain that they mismanaged funds but when they buckle down, lean out the payroll/employee count and do one product at a time instead of 50 we still complain.
We complain that the CEO is a crook, liar and doesn’t know what he’s doing but he has actually been more transparent in the past year than the previous 5, took no salary for what the first 4 or more years and literally saved the company from bankruptcy which saved everyone’s investments. Yet we still complain?
I could go on but i get the feeling this is less about the company’s performance and more about folks just wanting to complain about stuff that ain’t happening fast enough for them. That’s fine but don’t say that the company hasn’t made progress and is heading in the right direction FINALLY!
This is suppose to be a group board that helps each other through sharing of DD not a complaint board where everyone carries on like a bunch of scorned women
Just my nickels worth of thought this morning. Hope yall enjoy your weekend. Time for pop pop to get to work
O/S is what 940M? How are 100's of millions in dilution coming?
It does seem like the ride is just beginning. Better hold to my boot straps I guess. lol
What makes you think they dont know what they are doing? To me it seems obviously very much intentional. I think they do know what they are doing but we just havnt figured it out yet. Something tells me that when they want us to know, they are going to hit us over the head with it. I also think that the pps is EXACTLY where they want it. I think they counted on negative sentiment and flippers during a quiet period (intentional) and they played right into his hands. The CEO is not old and stupid, I am old he is not. I think we all dont give him enough credit and have seriously underestimated him and his team. A merger is the only way they are uplisting. When they went public they did a reverse merger. They are doing something similar again and they are going to convert and uplist in a way that will be fast so the market and the flippers dont have time to react or capitalize on it. Thats not stupid, thats patient and calculating. The man spent the last 2 half years turning the company around and setting it up for an uplist. Hes military, hes patient and calculating. We have been playing checkers while the man played chess. All this news, with all these leaks on top of an international expansion all in 2 weeks!? They have been planning this for months or years and are just now telling us about it. They are getting ready to make their move. We probably already missed the boat. JMO
Anyone notice that the 6 packs and black socks are on amazon right now. They must be adding everything to inventory one by one.