July 2, 2010
Participant Questions and Comments
A brief pre-holiday report: We are sending you this shortened report with our best wishes for an enjoyable holiday weekend.
What arrangements are available for electronic participation in the Forum’s July 13 meeting? Details are still being worked out, but it appears that the webcast access to the open meeting will be similar to what is provided in a typical quarterly conference call for analysts, as described in our recent report, "What We Can Learn from Real Marketplace-Tested Practices." We will provide participants with access information when it becomes available.
Please remember that advance registration is required for either electronic or in-person participation in the meeting.
Numerous news reports appeared in the past week on the passage of the financial reform bill. Parts of the bill, such as proxy access rules and say on pay, relate to our program in that they are expected to generate a need for more effective investor communication.
As promised last week, Broadridge has provided an archived webcast of its "behind-the-scenes" view of the Best Buy shareholder meeting, showing how a company’s manager actually administers the controls for electronic participation. The demonstration covers the meeting from start to finish including the pre-meeting communications and the voting and questions during the meeting. If you get the timing synchronized, you can watch this manager’s view in one window and the public view webcast, available here, in another.
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Avital Louria Hahn E-Meetings Review, a Shareholder Forum project 516-782-2715 avital.hahn@shareholderforum.com
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