Dear ALAC, Rinalia had updated us on November 20, 2013, re: CPE: *"The ALAC sent advice to the ICANN board requesting for preferential treatment of community applications that fulfill certain criteria precisely because we knew that an auction as a process for resolving string contention would disadvantage community applicants with less financial means than big industry players. We also urged the Board to ensure that the Economist Intelligence Unit has sufficient community expertise in its panel that is tasked to conduct the Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) because community strings that pass the CPE would be in the position to knock out competing applications without going to action. Sadly, the Board response on these matters has been most disappointing."* Wonder what the developments and hope that the ALAC will continue pushing the global public interest in this regard. Sala