hello everyone thanks annette for nominating me for the EURALO board - i'm very happy to accept the nomination and look forward to getting more familiar with the ALAC community in europe, and doing my bit to broaden and divsersify european user involvement in ICANN for those of you who don't know me, i've spent most of my time associated with ICANN in the non-commercial constituency structures where i represent my organisation (APC) i'm also the NCUC appointee to the nomcom this year (so let me know if you've got ideas for good candidates for leadership positions, now that we have a couple of weeks grace..) karen