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beyond what I've already written is that Skip made it clear in the log that a "good" reason would be required to stop him. Skip once took my AVCIC report as a personal attack and used his tools as a VSTEX CEO to respond to my "inaccurate report." When Samantha Goldflake sent him an email(also on the AVCIC BLog) clarifying the meaning of my report, Skip left the announcement and did unmute me to further discuss the issue, which I would have liked, honestly.

My point is that this is just one indication that no argument will prevent Skip from doing what Skip wants to do.

However, the announcement by VSTEX clearly invites individuals to review Skip's proposal and the meeting logs for breaches to their company rules. If there was some breach on the road to this merger, it could be, at least, halted. At a glance, I found three.

My greatest concern is that halting this merger on any grounds would only find Skip trying to move exchanges. Honestly, he may try that following the merger. I've no idea.

Ask yourselves why merging these two companies would benefit Skip beyond those things he has said and take it from there. You might wish for VSTEX to provide a public record (google docs or so on) for information that cannot be obtained due to the trading halt.

Whatever you do, I again wish you luck. Should the merger take place, I hope very much that when I return my focus to journalism, Skip's actions between now and then will have proven my concerns to be unnecessary.

km