1. I will be on the road between 30 Nov and 9 Dec. During at least some of that period there will likely be delays in the processing of messages addressed to ICOM-L. 2. Without in any way wishing to brake the current discussion of ICOM's structure, the value of your contributions might be enhanced if the organizational insiders among you were to keep in mind that the majority of this list's readers are not members of ICOM. If your intention is to provide public information about any aspect of ICOM (whether good, bad, or ugly) it should not be assumed that the folks here know very much (or perhaps even care very much) about the intricacies of ICOM's corporate detail. If your intent is to thrash out change without any frills in the way your arguments are framed, if you are a member of ICOM's Executive Council or Advisory Committee, it might be more purposeful to address your remarks to the distribution lists operated for them (noting the first point above here, as well.) Lest anyone feel disenfranchised by this remark, the members of these internal lists are also on ICOM-L and receive all communications distributed to it. Cary Karp Listowner ICOM-L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html