JL:Iadvocated for this one - it is really a very simple question and the Board's difficulty in understanding it may point more to checking that it is not somehow a trick question, which it isn't... It is simply a question as to whether they have given any considertaion to any trends or new issues beyond the new gTLDs that might arise in the next 3-5 years. The obvious answer is that if ICANN is bottom up community policy then it will be the community that takes new issues to the Board. This question is simply asking if the Board itself has been considering any