- As Prepared for Delivery -
Last year Dale Hatfield and I agreed that I would come here without a prepared text. Instead, I would sit and listen to the conference and then I would stay up all night to prepare remarks to give at the end of the conference. I found it a challenging but stimulating exercise – at least enough so to agree to reprise it again this year.
But before I turn to this year’s discussion, I’d like to update everyone on our progress since last year’s conference.