I would also like to thank Ross Rader for all his work. In particular I would like to thank Ross for all his recent work on trying to reach a compromise in the WHOIS debate between those wanting more access and more accuracy, and those wanting more privacy protection for individual registrants. While the registrars did their best to reach middle ground, it seems as though other parties were not willing to compromise. We are left with the status-quo with respect to the registrar obligations, although ICANN is willing to reach agreements with individual registries and registrars when a registry or registrar is required to adhere to the national law of the country where they are located. At times registrars were being blamed by some parties at trying to press for change to protect criminal activities, or trademark infringement activities. It was unfortunate that it was not recognised that registrars have generally been responding to the requirements and needs of their customers, the vast majority of whom are lawful users of the Internet. I thank Ross for trying to work in this challenging environment for the benefit of ICANN, and also putting up with personal attacks from some members of the community. Thanks Ross. Regards, Bruce Tonkin