HDG...The point is that Ekman and PWO have known each other and it is no coincidence that Ekman hired PWO as a member of the BOD and retired shortly afterwards...clearing the way for PWO to be elevated to the position of COB....This makes it awkward for PWO to dismiss Ekman as a member of the BOD...only a few months after assuming his new position....It would be preferable for Ekman to leave...after a vote at a special meeting