It is with regret that I must announce that Veronica Cretu has submitted her resignation as an ALAC Member. When she agreed to run for the ALAC position within EURALO, she believed that she would have sufficient time to devote to ICANN. Due to a number of ongoing and new professional assignments, she feels that is no longer the case. Veronica is not the type of person to make a commitment to work with the ALAC and then not deliver on her commitment, so she feels that in good conscience, she must resign. I have notified Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Chair of EURALO and he along with the EURALO Board will decide how to fill the vacancy. Hopefully this will be done with due haste to allow EURALO to be fully represented on the ALAC and in Copenhagen. Veronica holds a number of positions on ALAC sub-groups, and I will be working with EURALO and the two remaining European ALAC members to ensure that EURALO is well represented. Alan