Hi Karl, Let me assure you that I will seek to give the ALAC a big voice in ICANN. And I will do so consistently and without pause. And I am going to tell the ALAC this at 4pm today (Thu 29 Mar 2007). ICANN's organisation is not byzantine. ICANNwiki has a full chart - http://icannwiki.org/ICANN_Organizational_Staff_Chart - which as far as I have been able to make out is entirely accurate. ICANN will update its website soon to provide greater clarity over who is where in the organisation. As for reports of comments suddenly vanishing without explanation: well, they suddenly vanish alright, that's the nature of the technology. As for without explanation, I have explained in great depth what comments will be removed and why. And I have warned people publicly on the blog about why I would delete a similar comment like the one they had just posted. At the top right, there is a Comment Policy link to a page which outlines the policy. There is a choice - force everyone to go through a moderator or leave it open, be open, and delete comments that are abusive or pointless. And that is what they have been. I hope this helps. Please do review the ICANN blog more because this is where I post most of the information outlined above. Kieren