First -thank you JJ for starting what has been a very interesting discussion about ALAC - its role and organisation in challenging times. I agree with Alan - I'm not terribly fussed about labels. Where we got to in the Rules of Procedure (RoP) discussion was to have an Executive Committee officially recognised and for it to have 5 members - each representing a different region. It will have a chair - and 4 other members. I'm not sure that we should spend a lot of time debating what they are called. It's more process debate and I agree with Evan - let's spend less time on process and more on outcomes. I also welcome the idea of having some specific tasks - sharing the load around. And I would go further - to bring the RALOS in - maybe a RALO can take up or initiate discussion on an issue of particular concern, and the relevant ALAC person can work with the RALO(S). My hope is that any changes do not impact on the RoP discussions. We should keep those rule at a higher level so that we don't have to keep changing them if we organise along the lines suggested by JJS. (And a reminder - so far there are only 4 meeting reports - 2 from Dev, one from Yaovi and one from me - this is one of the metrics on performance of both ALAC and RALO membership!) Holly