Dear All, In 1999, we met in Santiago and formed the Noncommercial Domain Holders Constituency -- which became NCUC (remember Milton?). It was a wonderful and diverse crowd then -- and it has become an even more wonderful and diverse crowd. I have learned so much from you -- and enjoyed so much being with you. I am here to submit my resignation from NCUC --with a sigh and a smile. Today is my first day as Director of Policy for .ORG, the Public Interest Registry. PIR is a company filled with wonderful people, and dedicated to its motto of "Do Good" - in .ORG, in ICANN and among the Internet community. I am looking forward to my job of developing policy with Alexa Raad, PIR CEO, and everyone in PIR. When I drafted the NCUC charter years ago, I asked that people not be voting members of two constituencies. It seemed fair, and right, to focus energy on one primary constituency. It is the principle I follow now as I move to join PIR in the Registry Constituency. But I am not gone. I hope you will invite me back to NCUC meetings. I can't wait to share with you what we are working on -- and learn what you are working on. I know our work together will continue now, and in the future! So off to the Contracted Parties Stakeholder Group I go -- with the very best of wishes, hopes and admiration for all of you -- and for NCUC! All the best, Kathy p.s. Now at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> p.p.s. Today's PIR blog posting on my arrival is at http://blog.pir.org/?p=554