Thanks for your question, Milton. I listened to input from many non commercial stakeholders when making the very important decision. As a NCSG representative, considered the breadth of our membership when making this decision. I consistently articulated and advocated the importance for increasing the voice of all non commercial perspectives within the NSCG. In the second round I voted for the candidate that I thought would best appreciate the diverse perspectives of all noncommercial users: including individual users, individual registrants, organizational users and organizational registrants. Debbie -----Original Message----- From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 1:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Question 4: role of NCSG representative or chair Debbie: > -----Original Message----- > I will remain accountable to the NCSG by clearly explaining my > perspective, by reaching out to international noncommercial users and > openly participating in policy discussions and conversations about > important issues. A question for you about this. One of the most important things the GNSO Council does is elect someone to the ICANN Board. During the last election, it seemed as if the entire NCSG was backing Avri Doria for the Board. During the first round you did vote for Avri, but on the second round, you switched your vote to the other candidate, who was not supported by NCSG. As a result, Avri lost. You were asked at the time why you made this switch, but you never made any reply. Perhaps now would be a good time to do that?