I agree with your post almost completely. I am for the long haul as well, however, I respectfully disagree with the message board meeting venue:
The meeting should be held in Thailand (I live in the USA, so is a long trip for me, but t is the place we all long shareholders deserve: good food, beautiful beaches, lots of places to go and very kind people). I was going to mention that is also inexpensive but, at that point, that will no matter for any of us :-)