A balance obviously works best.
Because of the type of co-op we are, and because of the history of it.... It was formed by a group of fishermen who had a tough time selling their products, had a tough time getting a decent return. They have, over the past number of years, tried to use the co-op for that purpose, to get more money out of their product and back into their pockets. Whenever we can we obviously try to do that.
A co-op is always a balancing act. There are times we would probably have liked to have kept more money within the company, but in order to encourage new members—because we always have people retiring—and because the margins are so low for the fishermen themselves, we try, when we can, to give them some back so that there is an obvious advantage to being a member of the co-op. But again, you don't do the types of projects and stay ahead of the game as far as the marketplace goes without putting a lot of money back into capital investment.
Thankfully, our membership has seen that and have always struck that balance. The more informed your membership and board of directors are and the more they know about the business in general, the better off they are. When you run into trouble is if you have a board of directors who aren't well informed and a membership who aren't well informed. That's when you have a problem with their wanting to take out every cent they can. But once they know the business and where it's going, it's pretty easy for them to make those decisions to reinvest in their company.