Personal point-of-view: Before discussing structural reform, ICANN needs to clearly define its activities and the services it provides. Any further steps such as changing ICANN's structure have to follow from a clear understanding of services and activities. Since ICANN needs to (re)-establish the confidence of the communities it is serving, ICANN would be well advised to restrict its activities to the absolute minimum. In my view Harald Alvestrand's thoughts are a good starting-point for defining the necessary activities of ICANN. Once ICANN has established the confidence of the communities, it may consider starting less essential activities. A detailed discussion of Stuart's proposal does not make sense to me before ICANN's activities are clearly delimited. Constantly trying to take the second step before the first will result in constant stumbling with a fall at the end. Daniel