Why does the EB president feel compelled to report to shareholders and NOT the community?

It’s a tragedy the Feds are in the way of reinstating a modest dividend, but what I don’t understand is why the President thinks that his responsibility is to report this information at the annual shareholders meeting, and *not* to the public? http://goo.gl/EbUx9

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