Siva, I am pleased to note that all of the candidates, potential candidates and the rest of the community have refrained from personal attacks. Since you have chosen this very public forum to again make statements about me which are not based in fact, I have no choice but to reply. I will be brief. On Vertical Integration I did support the proposal that was originally crafted by "Affilias, GoDaddy and others". I felt that in the short term, it was the safest way to proceed until we had fully explored the possible harms that could come from integration. I note that it was also supported by Sébastien Bacholet and Cheryl Langdon-Orr. So I guess that makes us all against users and pro-business. On Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) There is an analysis of a work group survey that shows the positions of all workgroup participants who completed a survey on possible outcomes. My position and yours were quite similar and generally EXACTLY opposite to all of the registrars on the group. In the places where you and I differed, you are the one agreeing with the registrars. You can find the analysis at https://st.icann.org/data/workspaces/post-expiration-dn-recovery-wg/attachme.... (short version: http://tinyurl.com/PEDNR-WG-Survey). On my ties to business I have none. I have spent virtually all of my career in the public sector involved in education and research, education and research networking and more recently the Internet Society and ICANN and the support of ICT in developing countries. Alan