Perhaps not useful but there are 20 ICANN board members. Not one of them agrees there is a problem as you describe and is willing to work on an agenda item? What's the actual jurisdiction here? I believe this can only be fixed by a board resolution. So is the goal to get ALAC to petition the board, or one or more of the board members, to put this on an upcoming agenda and perhaps take it to a vote? Is there a draft of a resolution which the board might pass? I suppose the answer will be those avenues have been fruitless. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*