Excuse. Edward Nixon has been having health issues for sometime. This is not the first event he misses in his "busy" schedule. Anyway, he is the Chairman, why would the trip suffer on account of this? Oh brother! We are in bad shape if the future of this company is tied to the health of an 83 year old man who started going down hill a few years ago. He has even admitted that he is not what he used to be. Get over it. Cancel the trip!? Sounds like an excuse to me. If one has a product, and one has a team, you do not cancel such an important trip because the Chairman is sick. Excuses, excuses, excuses. But this excuse is one I didn't encounter before. ("The dog ate my homework" kinda thing). Oh, brother ....!