After reading the recent dialogue about the draft MOU with ICANN, I thought it was worth noting that the final MOU will be the subject of negotation between the NARALO and ICANN. What we're putting together now is simply our "wish list." After we submit our wish list to ICANN, we'll have a sense of what ICANN feels will work and what won't. At that point, and if necessary, we can decide whether to (a) compromise and create the RALO or (b) hold firm on certain principles, either prolonging the negotiation or declining to form a RALO because the terms aren't acceptable. We ought to agree on the internal operating procedures first. http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP If these procedures are agreed by the ALSs, we would then use "rough consensus" processes to determine what the proposed MOU should look like. Bret