To the editor, Recently Northern Pulp hired Dale Paterson, a past VP of Paper Excellence, to meet with selected stakeholders in Pictou County. Mr. Paterson told Friends of the Northumberland Strait (FONS) and others that Northern Pulp wanted to understand what went wrong and how the company could move forward. Rather than meet with Mr. Paterson behind closed doors, FONS decided to share our response publicly, by way of this open letter. FONS felt there was no benefit in meeti