action to competition and women work best in horizontal rather than hierarchical organizations. To sum it up simply, women complement men.  We invite you to capitalize on female strengths within your organization. Like Craig Ng, I come from the dark side -- layer 1 and layer 2, from the broadcast, radio content development industries in the Philippines.  It is for these very reasons that the Nom Com believed I would complement the other members of the board. We are facing a lot of interest from governments and regulators, and I come from a highly regulated and territorial-minded world.  Moving forward in ICANN, what ICANN aims to do is not only promote the names and the numbers or the ecosystem which makes the global Internet possible but to ensure that we work harmoniously and with an understanding across the different interests of governments and nations, the business sector across the world. With that, I say thank you very much.  I'm honored to represent Asia. APPLAUSE Paul Wilson: I would like to repeat that personal thanks to Judith for her involvement and her support of the APNIC meetings for quite some years now.  Thanks very much for cooperating by giving that very interesting speech at very short notice as well, and sincere congratulations on your recent appointment to the ICANN board.  Thanks. APPLAUSE Maemura Akinori: Any questions or comments before moving forward? Let's move on to the next part, which is the report from the Executive Council. Again, my name is Akinori