Dear LAC, NA, and ALAC members: It is difficult to put this delicately; I hope everyone will understand that I am not trying to make judgments, but to notify you of a problem which is causing the community's reputation to suffer. There have been a number of complaints about members of LAC, NA, and the ALAC eating from the meals provided for the staff and at other functions. Apparently one person is routinely visiting the staff breakfast every morning to have breakfast 'on the staff'. This has led to some comments that the number of people eating the food of others has risen dramatically at this ICANN meeting, leading in turn to comments that the per-diem system is the reason why. May I remind everyone to please avoid eating food which is not arranged for members of the community, or which is not clearly made available to all attendees (such as evening events which everyone is invited to). While it may seem that a meal which is sponsored by a commercial entity should be OK to eat at, since this hotel is charging by the plate, and sponsors have paid for only a certain number of plates, it is possible for a knock-on effect to happen whereby sponsorship opportunities could be reduced. The number of times this has happened at this meeting is at the point where it is making all of At-Large look bad. It is not isolated to any one of the three groups present; there have been instances involving all three groups. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: nashton@consensus.pro Win IM: ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: nick.ashton-hart@icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart