Dear All, I wanted to share some news. As some of you might know, I am no longer with PIR. I certainly loved being there, but have moved on to other projects (please see statement below). I delayed in sharing the news with you because we were uncertain of my status within the Review Team. It is the one area I was most concerned about because we are a team, and I did not want to leave midway through our very important work. I value working with you everyday, and I know that our work serves a very important purpose for ICANN, for the Community and for the Internet. With ICANN Staff, David Maher (chair of the Registries Stakeholder Group) and others we reviewed the appointment to the Review Team. Is the appointment a personal one or a representative one? In the end, I asked David Maher to return to the Registries Stakeholder Group to ask if I should continue or if a current-Registry-representative should be appointed. I wanted to share that it looks as if the Registries will be appointing a new representative; they have asked for volunteers amidst the fulltime Registry community. Emily and I will let you know of their response. Let me share with you my departure statement below, and while I am not saying good-bye yet, I truly want to share with you my great respect and appreciation for every member of our Team, and for our incredible collective effort. We are creating new ground, and I think we are doing it well. All the best, Kathy ------------------------------------------------- The Public Interest Registry announced today that Kathy <http://pir.org/about/alexaraad> Kleiman, the Director of Policy, resigned from her position with the company effective May 6, 2011. Kathy leaves PIR to finish her documentary on the work of the ENIAC Programmers, the six women who programmed the first all-electronic, programmable computer during WWII. With the passing of Jean Bartik on March 23^rd , Kathy felt it was critical that she finish her long term project in this area and share this powerful story. PIR appreciates Kathy's contributions to .ORG and the public interest and wishes her well. Kathy can be reached at _kathy@kathykleiman.com <mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com>_. Her ENIAC Programmers Project can found at _www.eniacprogrammers.org <http://www.eniacprogrammers.org/>_.