Not that actual facts seem to be getting in the way of the rhetoric here, but, for the record: 1. I was twice elected to the ALAC, and am serving out the last year in a two-year term. The voting records are public record. 2. I was laid off May 29 from Consumers Union for economic reasons and no other, as you will see clearly stated at http://blog.consumerwebwatch.org. Any speculation on my departure from Consumers Union is inappropriate, as it would be if I publicly speculated on anyone else losing their job and why. Expect consequences if it continues. 3. Milton's claim that there's no support for the consumer constituency because no one wrote in to support it is ridiculous. It presupposes a process that's unnecessary. The support for it came from other consumer organizations and people working together within the ALAC -- back before the NCUC got some new blood in, and was primarily concerned with defending free speech and little else. 4. Though I may no longer be at Consumer's Union (everyone involved with telecommunications issues there, including Milton's old friend, have left), I am still continuing the work of WebWatch, writing a weekly column, for which I am paid, on consumer Internet fraud issues for AOL: http://www.walletpop.com/blog/bloggers/beau-brendler/ In fact, I even wrote a column on DNS abuse as it relates to consumers: http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/09/04/phentermine-phentarmine-phentirimine-trust-no-one/ Though it can be said I am no longer employed by a consumer organization, plenty of consumers have been responding to my column, which is more one-to-one dialog and more insight into what they might think than most people who claim to speak for them in ICANN fora. For the record, I will be in Seoul and I'm happy to talk about the consumer constituency petition. Though you can also talk to Holly Raiche, Gareth Shearman, Rudi VanSnick, Breda Kutin and others. Believe it or not, we're not taking money from ICANN, and we're on the same side of just about all the same issues as the NCUC.