Given that the retail investor webcast is only a week away, I would like to see the board develop a few questions and/or areas of interest for M.Cola and V. Dave. I realize that the NDA's may severely limit what can be disclosed, so it is my idea that general questions which will allow for some "dot connecting" be presented. When I look at the list of companies in the conference write up, I would think that different sorts of questions could shed some light on various areas:
I am interested to know if Sigma can comment upon new hires. How many? What positions? Backgrounds of individuals. More anticipated in the immediate future? I do not know, but suspect that because Sigma has been working with GE and Honeywell in the beta testing, that both GE and Honeywell have individuals who are quite familiar with PrintRite and may not need as much technical support as a "new" customer. Is Sigma going to provide the technical support or is this something that may be delegated to Burke E Porter or Metronic?
Is there any change in the agreements with Burke? specifically, it was a little over a year ago that a MOU was announced. Has there been progress toward a specific contract or other agreement that is more binding in terms of actions by both Sigma and Burke?
As regards Metronic, it was about 9 months ago that a JTDA was announced. Is there any more information about the contractual relationship and obligations that can be announced?
My rationale is that the first question can give an indication of the velocity of the ramp up toward commercial sales and service. The last two questions are because Sigma specifically mentions these in the breath of "critical partnerships".
Maybe we need to get a list together and send it to C Witty a couple days before the conference. Give Cola and company a little time to see what the concerns in the investment community are, and hopefully address those issues as clearly and transparently as possible given the NDAs and SEC restrictions.
GLTA
