I think that at-large should have been a. told that a report was going to be filed on its meeting(s), and b. knowing that - that it should have been given the opportunity to either submit its own statement or review the article before it was published. I see the article as possibly too negative in tone. I would have liked the article not to focus on request for resources and/or funds but instead focus on the very productive and constructive team building exercise that took place on the sunday. Recalling the sunday meeting and the request to focus on the problem and recommend a two part motion to be adopted in one of the next meetings of the alac: 1. That for future meetings at-large and the ALAC be given the opportunity to comment and contribute to ICANN newsletter(s) related to the meeting. 2. Individual members of the alac who are interviewed on at-large and/ or alac matters send an advance notice to alac. regards, Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377