Stefan and others,

We were only 5 people who cared to make time available to participate in the teleconference. A substantial part of the ALSes did not attend the Lisbon meeting either.
Is it really still useful to hold meetings of all sorts, if all we hear afterwards are the criticisms of those who did not attend them ?

The recommendation from the teleconference is to have a limited board that works. Not a board that can give everyone a title to add on his/her business card. We are not here to send "political signals". We are just a technical committee, supposed to discuss the way DNS and IP address resources are allocated in the interest of the broader Internet user community.

To make things a bit easier, I hereby announce that I will decline to be an Euralo board member, if I was not elected to one of the two ALAC seats. This is my voluntary contribution to make the board more efficient.

Additionally I would object to the recommendation to let only the signers of the MoU vote. All accredited ALSes should have the right to vote, as it was discussed earlier.

Our feeling during the teleconference is that every right has a corresponding duty: the right to vote implies the duty to be bound by the MoU.

Patrick