One more thing: If you are willing to accept the proposed charter, please take the time to return your ballot and vote "Yes". If you find the propsed charter unacceptable, please take the time to return your ballot and vote "No". And it would be good to post your reasons. But at least vote. Please don't vote "No" by not voting. If you don't vote, the volunteers who have made significant efforts to pull the charter together for all of us can't tell if we have a group of apathetic members, or if members believe that the charter has problems. Apathy in this vote will be highly visible to ICANN and other stakholder groups - I have no doubt that the number of elegible people who didn't vote will be used by other interests to question how representative our group is. Since you made the effort to join the group, you must want it to represent you effectively. So vote. For, or against. Even if your positions aren't always adopted - no group is perfect. But vote. Timothe Litt ACM Distinguished Engineer --------------------------------------------------------- This communication may not represent the ACM or my employer's views, if any, on the matters discussed.