Personally I think Mark wants to prove that he is legit and anyone who disagrees. Has ample opportunity to see for themselves by visiting he is what he says he is.camp #2.
Now explain what your CEO did with his sincere honesty, with that Press Release that announced they let the Investor Relations company go, and the CEO had met one of them as he flew across the country to meet him (Mark), and were changing to In-House IR ?