if he reads this board you did! but given your discussion I doubt he'd bother - I do own a number of small public companies that have a low to no level of investor communication and they blame reg FD or cost savings but it seems the ability to operate with as little public scrutiny/interference as possible is the biggest factor - there may be a good result on a long-term basis but it makes monitoring the company very difficult for public investors...
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