Thanks, lites59,it was wonderful to meet you as well and all the other believers in JBI! EP, Stu, Z, guzaling, beerisgood, and anyone else I missed - I have always respected your thoughtful posts and it was great to meet you in person.
I was so impressed by the intelligence and thoughtfulness of everyone I spoke with, it gave me even more confidence in the company. It felt like a great big family reunion, and I thought it was amazing how many family units were there - and I don't mean spouses. There were brothers and sisters with one or two parents, many joining together for this meeting from different parts of the country and in some cases different parts of the world! The belief in this company is amazing.
I was blown away by John and Lynn when I met them late last summer. I look back on that day when we toured the facility where he was running his tape business and had the small P2O model set up (part of the big P2O machine was under a tarp behind his building at that time) and John's description of where he saw the business going, and I cannot believe it has come so far in such a short time! Everything at tha AGM confirms my initial reaction that this company and John are something very special, and I am grateful to be a small part of it.
I am still trying to assimilate all the information we got from the meeting and the tour. There are always lots of unanswered questions and concerns, but I believe that time will answer them. I do suggest that, if you missed the meeting this year, you start making plans to get there in 2011!