Reply #10: "so-called" greenhouse gases??? [View All]

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"Also in the securities filing on Friday, shareholders have submitted five proposals to be considered at the GM annual meeting to be held in June. Among the proposals was one urging the auto maker to cut the amount of so-called greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, from vehicle emissions. The GM board of directors urged shareholders to vote against the proposal, arguing that GM is investing in fuel cell technologies which promise to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions."


Board of Directors w/all their connections
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Percy N. Barnevik Age 64 Joined GM Board 1996

Retired Chairman, AstraZeneca PLC, United Kingdom, since 2005; held office of Chairman (1999-2004); Honorary Chairman, Sandvik AB, Sweden, since 2002; held office of Chairman (1983-2002); Chairman, Investor AB, Sweden (1997-2002); Chairman, ABB Ltd., Switzerland (1997-2001)

COMMITTEES — Public Policy (Chair), Directors and Corporate Governance

AFFILIATIONS — Member of The Business Council, the International Investment Council advising the South African government, the International Advisory Council of the Federation of Korean Industries, the Advisory Council of Centre for European Reform-UK, Advisory Councils at the Wharton School of Business Administration and at Humboldt University in Berlin, and the Academies of Engineering Sciences in Sweden and Finland; Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK

***FAMILIAR NAME***
Erskine B. Bowles Age 59

Chairman, Erskine Bowles & Co., LLC since 2003; Senior Advisor, Carousel Capital, a private investment firm, since 2002; Managing Director, Carousel Capital, and Partner, Forstmann Little & Co. (1999-2001)

DIRECTORSHIPS — Cousins Properties Incorporated

AFFILIATIONS — Member of the Board of Chancellors, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International; Deputy Special Envoy for the Tsunami Recovery, United Nations

John H. Bryan Age 68 Joined GM Board 1993

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, since 2001; held offices of Chairman (1976-2001) and Chief Executive Officer (1975-2000)

COMMITTEES — Executive Compensation (Chair), Directors and Corporate Governance

DIRECTORSHIPS — BP p.l.c., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

AFFILIATIONS — Member of The Business Council and the National Trust Council of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Trustee of the University of Chicago and Life Trustee of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Art Institute of Chicago and Chairman of the Board of Millennium Park, Inc.


Armando M. Codina Age 58 Joined GM Board 2002

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Codina Group, Inc., a full-service commercial real estate firm based in Coral Gables, Florida, since 1979

COMMITTEES — Investment Funds, Public Policy

DIRECTORSHIPS — AMR Corporation, BellSouth Corporation

AFFILIATIONS — Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of Florida International University


George M.C. Fisher Age 64 Joined GM Board 1996

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, since 2001; held offices of Chairman (2000) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2000)

COMMITTEES — Directors and Corporate Governance (Chair), Executive Compensation

DIRECTORSHIPS — Chairman, PanAmSat Corporation; Eli Lilly and Company

AFFILIATIONS — Member of The Business Council, the International Academy of Astronautics and the National Academy of Engineering; Senior Advisor for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences


Karen Katen Age 55 Joined GM Board 1997

Vice Chairman, Pfizer Inc, New York, New York, and President, Pfizer Human Health, since March 2005; held offices of President, Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals and Executive Vice President, Pfizer Inc (2001-March 2005), Corporate Senior Vice President (1999-2001), Executive Vice President, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group (1995-2001), and President, Pfizer U.S. Pharmaceuticals Group (1995-2002)

COMMITTEES — Directors and Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation

DIRECTORSHIPS — Harris Corporation

AFFILIATIONS — Member of the Boards of Directors of Catalyst, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the RAND Corporation’s Health Board of Advisors, the National Board of Trustees for the American Cancer Society Research Foundation, the Healthcare Leadership Council, and the Economic Club of New York’s Board of Trustees; Trustee for the University of Chicago and Council Member of the Graduate School of Business; Appointee to the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee


Kent Kresa Age 67 Joined GM Board 2003

Chairman Emeritus, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, California, since 2003; held offices of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1990-2003) and President (1987-2001)

COMMITTEES — Audit, Investment Funds

DIRECTORSHIPS — Avery Dennison Corporation, Fluor Corporation, MannKind Corporation

AFFILIATIONS — Chairman of the Board of Trustees of California Institute of Technology; Member of the Boards of Directors of the W.M. Keck Foundation, The Broad Foundation, and Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, the Board of Overseers of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, the Board of Visitors of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, the Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, and the Board of Trustees of the Haynes Foundation


Ellen J. Kullman Age 49 Joined GM Board 2004

Group Vice President, Safety and Protection, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware, since 2002; held offices of Group Vice President and General Manager (2000-2002), and Vice President and General Manager (1995-2000)

COMMITTEES — Investment Funds, Public Policy

AFFILIATIONS — Member of the Board of Overseers at Tufts University School of Engineering, the Board of Directors of the National Safety Council, and The Committee of 200


Philip A. Laskawy Age 64 Joined GM Board 2003

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernst & Young, New York, New York, since 2001; held offices of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1994-2001)

COMMITTEES — Audit (Chair), Investment Funds

DIRECTORSHIPS — Henry Schein, Inc., Loews Corporation, The Progressive Corporation

AFFILIATIONS — Trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation


E. Stanley O’Neal Age 53 Joined GM Board 2001

Chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., New York, New York, since 2003, and Chief Executive Officer since 2002; held offices of President and Chief Operating Officer (2001-2002), President, U.S. Private Client Group (2000-2001), Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (1998-2000)

COMMITTEES — Investment Funds (Chair), Public Policy

DIRECTORSHIPS — Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

AFFILIATIONS — Member of The Business Roundtable, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Boards of Directors of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and The Lincoln Center Theater


Eckhard Pfeiffer Age 63 Joined GM Board 1996

Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, Texas, since 1999

COMMITTEES — Audit, Investment Funds

DIRECTORSHIPS — Chairman, Intershop Communications AG; IFCO Systems, N.V.; Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

AFFILIATIONS — Member of the Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank


G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. Age 52 Joined GM Board 1998

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Corporation, since May 1, 2003; held offices of President and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2003), President and Chief Operating Officer (1998-2000); joined General Motors Corporation in 1977

DIRECTORSHIPS — General Motors Acceptance Corporation, subsidiary of GM

AFFILIATIONS — Member of The Business Council and The Business Roundtable, the Board of Directors of Catalyst, and the Boards of Trustees of Duke University and Detroit Country Day School; Chairman, the Detroit Renaissance Executive Committee

just filed Proxy
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40730/000089016305000221/s11-5279_def14a.htm