Why didn't we get 2008 Wellness targets earlier?

Q Why did the Wellness Committee wait so long to tell us what the target
numbers were going to be? It leaves precious little time for people who
are borderline to make the number.

A The Wellness Committee responded promptly when asked by HR for recommendations for the 2008 targets. I believe HR and the Wellness Committee members felt it had been made clear to everyone that gradual improvement would be expected when the program was kicked-off last year. We all had the whole year to work on improvement. However, we can understand your interest in having specific numbers to shoot for. That's why this year we proposed to the Board specific targets for years 3 and 4 of the program as well as asked for a confirmation of the "ultimate goal" numbers that I believe the Board had approved last year.So now we have targets for the next three years - although the Board was clear about Years 3 and 4 being tentative and not firm goals at this point.

Thanks for asking!

Peter