I call this meeting to order.
I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome our guests here this afternoon. Thank you very much, gentlemen, for agreeing to come and appear before our committee.
There are a couple of housekeeping items I'd like to go over before we begin.
We try to adhere to some fairly close timeframes throughout the meeting. We generally allow about 10 minutes for presentations from our guests; you'll hear a beeper go off up here to signal that the 10-minute period has expired. I'd ask you to begin to wrap up your comments or try to bring them to a conclusion when you hear the beeping noise. I generally don't cut our guests off in their remarks, but our members have certain timeframes that they need to adhere to for questions and answers, and they're well aware of that. If you hear a beeping noise up here, you'll be aware of what it is.
Once again, thank you very much for taking the time to appear.
Anytime you're ready to go, gentlemen, the floor is yours.