Thank you Alan for taking this up. Speaking as a former member of the ALAC, I am making a request for information and guidance, not a "complaint". My questions were in my previous email, copied below. Jean-Jacques. ----- Mail original ----- De: "Alan Greenberg" <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> À: "Jean-Jacques Subrenat" <jjs@dyalog.net> Cc: "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Envoyé: Mardi 20 Janvier 2015 00:54:29 Objet: Re: [At-Large] Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org Jean-Jacques, I do not have the time for a detailed reply, but the stats have been generated for many years with the agreement of the ALAC, and no one has ever complained before. If an ALAC member would like to raise the question, we will consider if it should be maintained. Alan At 19/01/2015 06:21 AM, Subrenat, Jean-Jacques wrote: Thanks Jefsey for your technical observations. I read all the messages on this thread (and chuckled on the sarcastic ones) but none answered my initial questions: - Was there a decision to task any particular individual/firm with carrying out this statistical/nominative tracking? Was this decision taken in ALAC or elsewhere (date, reference)? - Was this submitted to regular review and approval, or is there a separate decision to grant this as a permanent authorization (date, reference)? - If this is being used as a metrics tool, what is its qualitative relevance? Has it been effectively used to "measure" the value of this or that member, say in ALAC? How were the criteria determined, and by whom (date, reference)? Remaining silent on these questions would not, in my mind, serve the "polycratic rights" of the "cyberagora system". You are no doubt familiar with the novel by Dave Eggers, "The Circle" (Penguin Books, 2013). Jean-Jacques.