Good evening: 1. ALAC exercises its mandate as representing the larger community of ALS and other At Large. ALAC is already a rather small, high level group whose credibility depends entirely on their accountability and responsiveness to At Large, at large. 2. Apparently there are busy ALS and less busy ALS in the ICANN context. (Bearing in mind that most ALS have other businesses to deal with at home.) But beware of imposing performance criteria on ALS and threatening dis-creditation. It would be better to use ICANN support to reactivate or re-prioritise the ALS in question. 3. Regarding the decision-making process and the 'quorum', few decisions need to come to a vote. It would be better to relativise the quorum: strong quorum for a few important issues; weaker quorum for routine decisions. CW On 21 Aug 2012, at 19:33, Carlton Samuels wrote: