Judging from the past 100 emails, I would say the most effective thing that ALAC could do is set up a publicly visible mailing list that only Committee members could post to. And then shut down all the others. I don't find too many people in the other ACs and SOs dedicating most of their time to: a) Attacking one another, and b) Throwing out haphazard plans for complete reorganization of ICANN on a whim Surely ALAC can agree on some standards for acceptable posting? If the complaint is that ALAC doesn't produce enough in terms of serious policy input into ICANN's processes then the explanation has been the past few days on this mailing list. Kieren ---------------------- Kieren McCarthy ---------------------- General manager of public participation, ICANN http://www.icann.org