Dear colleagues, Those of you who were at the IAB technical plenary this morning will recall that we were running short on time, and that I asked whether anybody had something to ask the IAB before deciding whether to proceed with the CARIS report. All of us on the IAB take very seriously our responsibility to be accountable to the community, and it made me quite uncomfortable to have to make this choice; but since nobody indicated they had any question or remark, it didn't seem that there was a desire for an open mic. Nevertheless, if you have a concern, question, or issue and want to raise it, I hereby invite you to do so. Some IAB members will be certain to respond, and if we cannot address the concerns on the list we'll find some way to do it in some face to face way this week. If we can't manage to do that in public also, we'll report back on these lists when we're done. Best regards, Andrew -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx