You have my deepest appreciation for your planned efforts. I really hope he agrees to see you and that we can learn that we still have some hope here. Thanks, good luck, and Happy New Year to you!
I am sure that it is Bickel's greatest wish to just have everyone forget that he ever came into their lives. That would be the easy way out. Just hide in a corner until everyone goes away.
The company has be paying his salary and giving him stock for more years that most shareholders can remember. How many more years can he go on without someone like Sloth stepping up and saying "Wait a minute. That's my money you are living on. Show me what I am getting for supporting you all these years."
More power to you Sloth. I hope you get your appointment.