I wish to thank you for coming to Chicago to meet with our group. There are some who know about board relations, and especially how the responsibilities differ when serving on the line versus when serving as a board member. The fact that you were an emergency room physician, the department head, chief of staff and now a consultant/facilitator brought a terrific sense of reality and experience so rarely seen. Your common sense and experience, as well as the reality you expressed when differentiating the two roles helped all to understand what they too must do in the future.