IMO the Milk Man (if you have been here long enough you know who I'm talking about) has told us (indirectly) through the Friday agenda (link below), that he published, that the DS is pure craapp and he never has a chance to get it approved. Here's the logic:
1) in late spring 2010 the Milk Man was in a great HURRY to get the DS approved and move on to Plan approval. I don't have links here but if you dig into the court docs/recordings you will find it easy enough. He even argued against the Examiner saying the examiner would slow down the plan approval. They even sent plan approval mailings out.
2) in this Friday's agenda (page number 62) we see that the DS discussion is "continued to Oct. 8th" to permit ongoing negotiations. What's up Milk Man. Why the HURRY a few months ago, and now the delay???
3) many of the legal minds on the board here tell us that the DS is lacking in key aspects (valuation?) - we are already onto the Milk Man's game. I think THJMW is onto it too.
4) keeping the DS from being approved/rejected is key to the Milk Man because it retains exclusivity/control of the process.
5) if the Milk Man was so SURE that it would be approved, he would JUMP at the chance to get it approved and thus lock exclusivity once and for all.
6) but, due to all it lacks, if the discussion went forward this Friday, it would surly be Denied and thus exclusivity would be over.
7) if the Milk Man wants to retain exclusivity, his only option is to delay and, he better have a good reason. Think about it - What are his options?:
a) change the DS (new version): NOPE. THJMW shut him down on this in the early Aug. hearing.
b) tell the court that the DS is incomplete and he needs time to work on it. Too obvious - no way!
c) do nothing/don't put it on the agenda. No way. THJMW wants this thing over with! She's expecting it.
d) the "ongoing negotiations" excuse is the only excuse that is good enough.
8) so, delay he (Milk Man) did, so we can only assume that he knows what we already knew from DS V1, it is pure craapp.
BTW, I don't think there are any meaningful negotiations going on (at least not the kind that jinsong33 touts). This is just a delay to retain exclusivity. The Milk Man's clock is ticking and his delay options will soon run out and he will loose ALL control - unless of course there is the true "Seattle Mint" that we all are expecting.