Hello everyone, Today is the deadline for each RALO to determine if they will support any petitions for candidates for the At-Large Board Director position. Based on the feedback received I am conveying to you that *NARALO is not advancing any candidate petition*. In response to an initial solicitation of feedback from members, I have determined that majority of NARALO is against petition. At very least we have certainly not achieved anything near consensus. IN FAVOUR OF PETITION: 4 ALS Representatives, 2 individual members AGAINST PETITION: 5 ALS Representatives, 2 individual members I will not be posting the list of everyone who expressed an opinion on this issue, since some of them sent me private messages. Given that this decision was about individuals and not policies, I am prepared to protect that privacy to an extent. However, I have sent a verifiable list of member choices to Darlene and Heidi, lest there be any accusations that the count of opinions received has been fabricated. As Chair, I am not registered either way in the above count. One NARALO ALS representative indicated that the ALS was reserving judgement pending further review, and I have not heard from them since. However, even should this ALS be in favour of petition, that would still be a 50/50 split within NARALO which I would still consider to be insufficient support. Opinion was very strong on both sides. There really hasn't been anything like this -- upon which consensus could not be reached -- since NARALO was formed. Still.. I am proud of the work done by the BCEC and its NARALO contingent, I hope that NARALO members are satisfied with the process used to determine this result given the compressed timeframe, even if you disagree with the result itself. And I am confident that we will be able to select a Director who will well represent our interests on the ICANN Board. - Evan