I understand what Avri says that "this blog post is not an NCUC Statement" but unfortunately the current NCUC Chairwoman started to share this post on Facebook and Twitter. So is not just as simple. I´m aware that NCUC is bigger than Milton and Robin also. Personally I respect Robin and was really glad when ALAC and NCUC worked toghether in the past on Robin´s and CLO´s leaderships (remember Sydney´s public forum) but this time is hard not to be sad or dissapointed with this confrontative way of communicating. I strongly believe that ALAC and NCUC should keep liason (Bill or whoever) specially to begin stablishing some "non written rules" about how "potential conflicts" should be faced between Non Commercials in ICANN (first in an Internal Way and keeping a broad communication). In Argentina, a popular advice says that "If you have to take a side", one of the first elements to analyze is "who is raising his voice". Not everytime but quite often, you can recognize the person who is wrong looking who is shouting or taking this personal. In Latin America and Caribbean RALO we are starting to discuss our position regarding NCUC´s petition to the Board. And this post is really helpfull to understand things. Andrés Piazza LACRALO Chair