Wednesday, April 07, 2010 7:44:07 AM
Z, sorry I could not respond yesterday, but had already used up my 2 posts for the day.
As for your inquiry, I have no clue about the existence, content or status of the Islechem report. What I posted was based on public information and my own work experience.
Specifically, I posted what I posted because:
1) JB himself said on FB that when he engaged Islechem back in December, he did not task them to produce the type of report that would answer some of the questions people were posting. So, if he is going to produce an Islechem report, someone would have had or would be working on now constructing a report that meets the shareholder commuications need.
Note that any assumption about technical or environmental reports all containing the same level or type of information is simply, factually wrong...they can be vastly different and the type of deliverables agreed to in the scope of wrok is one of the major factors that decides what the actual "report" looks like.
2) In my past work, part of my main job was to plan communications strategies for engineering projects. Because of this work, I know techies, engineers, etc rarely plan for the nuts and bolts of communications months in advance, particularly if they are busy. Thus, I can make a decent guess about what was probably asked of Islechem as far as reporting and what was probably not asked of them.
3) I also regularly was responsible for translating scientific and technical issues into documents and presentations that could A) be understood by the layperson and B) still provide the key technical information to maintain value, transparency and trust. So, I know exactly how much work such a process takes and the more tricky nuances involved.
Combining these three factors is how and why I posted my multi-point list explaining why patience may be needed in getting an Islechem report.
Of course, I personally hope the time where patience is needed is almost over and that we get a report VERY soon, but I really have no clue what we will see and when we will see it.
As for your inquiry, I have no clue about the existence, content or status of the Islechem report. What I posted was based on public information and my own work experience.
Specifically, I posted what I posted because:
1) JB himself said on FB that when he engaged Islechem back in December, he did not task them to produce the type of report that would answer some of the questions people were posting. So, if he is going to produce an Islechem report, someone would have had or would be working on now constructing a report that meets the shareholder commuications need.
Note that any assumption about technical or environmental reports all containing the same level or type of information is simply, factually wrong...they can be vastly different and the type of deliverables agreed to in the scope of wrok is one of the major factors that decides what the actual "report" looks like.
2) In my past work, part of my main job was to plan communications strategies for engineering projects. Because of this work, I know techies, engineers, etc rarely plan for the nuts and bolts of communications months in advance, particularly if they are busy. Thus, I can make a decent guess about what was probably asked of Islechem as far as reporting and what was probably not asked of them.
3) I also regularly was responsible for translating scientific and technical issues into documents and presentations that could A) be understood by the layperson and B) still provide the key technical information to maintain value, transparency and trust. So, I know exactly how much work such a process takes and the more tricky nuances involved.
Combining these three factors is how and why I posted my multi-point list explaining why patience may be needed in getting an Islechem report.
Of course, I personally hope the time where patience is needed is almost over and that we get a report VERY soon, but I really have no clue what we will see and when we will see it.
