If the Board regard some issues as too sensitive for open discussions, they should say so and provide all stakeholders with a private sphere in which to have such discussions; If the Board regard some issues as too sensitive for discussions with anyone outside the Board, or with anyone except a specific set of groups outside the Board, they should at least provide lists of those items and lists of those with whom the discussions are taking place. ICANN is not a national security agency thriving on secrecy, it is supposed to be an open multi-stakeholder social enterprise. If we feel strongly about an issue that's not getting discussion then we should pursue the reasons for the lack of discussion during the time we have allocated to discussion. Stonewalling becomes obvious when you have that backup goal in mind. -- Professor Andrew A Adams [log in to unmask] Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan http://www.a-cubed.info/