Sebastian and Patrick: you both represent ISOC chapters, seem very active and "senior" within ISOC's European chapter organization generally. ISOC's policy for chapters <http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/policy/> requires them to show some general level of support for the goals and mission of ISOC. Policy states "Specific officials of Chapters, acting on behalf of their Chapter, may make public statements and establish public positions as long as they meet the following requirement" and "b. They must not be contrary to any position of the Internet Society." Do you foresee any situation where your chapter's (i.e. ALS's) obligations to ISOC would require you to put ISOC's interests ahead of the EU RALO and or ALAC? For example, one could imagine situations where an ISOC position was contrary to that of the EU RALO and/or ALAC, or more extreme, perhaps some discussion regarding ISOC's contractual relationships with ICANN as the steward and beneficiary of .ORG? Where would your obligations lie? Apologies if this question is re-hashing an old discussion about ISOC chapters and ALAC, I haven't seen it if it is. Seems important particularly if two people from the same type of ALS are selected for ALAC. Thanks, Adam