To me the ICANN Strategic Plan is a massive waste of time and energy, not just on the part of At-Large but of all of ICANN. In fact, at this critical time (i.e., US Government contracts up for renewal, changes at both CEO and Board Chair, and increasing pressure from governments to scrap the whole experiment), such an energy consuming exercise in "navel-gazing" simply calls public attention to the extent of which ICANN is out of touch with the community it is supposed to serve. I truly believe that the abandonment of this charade of creating laminated motherhood statements and diversion of energies to matters more pressing is urgently called upon. It doesn't help that, in all the time I have been involved with ICANN (which is longer than some but MUCH shorter than many) ICANN has never lived up to the aspirational plan, allowing staff rather than the community to really determine priorities regardlss of what the nice words say. We have witnessed this first hand, as most of last year's work within NARALO and led by Gareth on the last Strategic Plan input was merely shunted aside -- and now we're being asked to start all over again with no greater likelihood of success. Compounding the farce is the charging of this same staff with evaluating its own success. So, while I intend to participate in the call, I will probably sit out the part on the strategic plan, and read a book or do something else that is actually useful. - Evan