Marcelo, Thank you for your comments. While I appreciate your testimonial on behalf of the Chair, I remain concerned that he has not been able to honor his obligations to the office to which he was elected. As should be obvious to all, the term of an NCUC Councillor has already expired, and yet an election process has still not been convened by our Chair. The Chair's election management duties are made clear in the NCUC Charter: 1. The Chairman shall be responsible for ballots, agendas, and meeting schedules. 2. Announcement to the Constituency regarding elections shall take place within 45 days of their commencement. 3. The Chair shall publish on the web site a list of the Official representatives of each Member Organization in good standing 30 days prior to the election. In previous years the NCUC was able to call upon the gracious support offered by the GNSO Secretariat to handle constituency elections. While I appreciate the offer to utilize the services of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, it would be fair to ask whether the Chair has contacted the GNSO Secretariat in an effort to secure election services. Regarding your question, "Who are the candidates?", we will know the answer as soon as the Chair decides to formally convene the election process. best regards, Danny Younger ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com