Hello, I see on the agenda item 3, "ALAC response to recent activities of the NCUC." Given the general lack of NCUC-ALAC dialogue and information sharing, I'm guessing that not everybody will be equally aware of the background. To that end, the following links might be worth perusing prior to the discussion. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2009/9/22/4329523.html http://www.icann.org/correspondence/ncuc-to-beckstrom-18aug09-en.pdf Thanks, Bill PS: I will probably have to leave the call after an hour *********************************************************** William J. Drake Senior Associate Centre for International Governance Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva, Switzerland william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html ***********************************************************