Cheryl, Re: "But you can look backward and just identify our faults (and there are no doubt many) OR you can learn from them and improve..." There is another option. One can realisticly assess the ALAC and come to the self-evident conclusion that ALAC experiment in participation-instead-of-representation is an abject failure that should be terminated. The ALAC has been given ample time to get their act together (five years). The ALAC has failed. Miserably. Let this experiment end, and use your postive energies to launch a different experiment -- perhaps one that focuses on the representation to which we are entitled. All ALSs can be encouraged to join their fellow non-commercial organizations in the NCUC, so no real harm will be occasioned by the demise of the ALAC. I'd suggest going back to the recommendations of the At-Large Study Committee (ALSC), creating an At-Large Supporting Organization (ALSO) and seating directors on the ICANN Board -- if you recall, that was their consensus-based recommendation (that the ALAC didn't have the guts to pursue). Perhaps you will have the courage to do the right thing. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433