If that is the basis for payment, then are you suggesting that we can get raped by all parties we deal with as long as the share price goes up? I have no complaint with the job our PR dept has done but the fact is they have done next to nothing and in no way deserve the payments received. I would have thought $44K / year would be quite generous payment. If they are billing us like attorneys, their hourly fee must be in the tens of thousands of dollars per hour. I believe in the old saying " a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon it starts adding up to real money" in regards to control of expenses and getting a fair value for monies paid. I would like to see their justification for such a high cost.