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Gary Sutton, who has served as director of a number of public and private companies, agrees that getting another point of view is valuable, but adds that after an extended period of service, outside directors in essence become insiders. Mr. Sutton says, outside directors can lose their critical eye, or conversely think they know so much about the company that they begin to interfere in decisions that are best left to the executives who serve full time. Mr. Sutton further added that after six years, he felt like an insider, regardless of legal definitions, and it was healthier if somebody with a fresh set of eyeballs and apprehensions steps up.