I'd like to follow up on Jonny Martin's posting about supporting David Hughes. I've know David for 14 years and would like to recommend him highly to you for this role. It's important that there's strong representation on the Executive Council for the views of the smaller APNIC members so that fees and services are structured in a way that's fair and equitable. At present the EC is weighted in favour of the larger players and small and medium members (which almost certainly make up the majority of readers) are not getting a fair go. Last years struggle to set the budgets for APNIC reflects this and it's important that APNIC is in a strong position to manage the allocation of the remaining IPv4 space and the subsequent allocation of IPv6 space in a fair manner. So don't rely on others to vote in this election and do the right thing. Get your proxy form completed and passed to Jonny. Or if you have access to MyAPNIC log on and vote now so that it's done. Remember that you can allocate all your votes to one candidate. Regards andy