Cheryl, The info below appeared on a slide entitled "Why Become an ALS?" presented by Bilal Beiram at the Dubai Regional session -- http://public.icann.org/files/Bilal_Dubai08_Presentation.pdf Representation in ICANN at the regional and international level, plus your group's members will be eligible to serve on important regional and international decision-making bodies in ICANN; A free web page and other Internet-based mechanisms to support your group's work; Opportunities for grant funding to support some of your group's activities (ALAC is applying for grant funding). Is the ALAC really trying to recruit ALSs by pitching the possibility of grant funding for ALS projects? This strikes me as a rather deceptive and unethical recruiting practice... To whom has the ALAC applied for grant monies? Has a grant application or disbursement policy been created? Is there something here that I'm misunderstanding? regards, Danny ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com