Paul-welcome back.  I have taken the following positions that may (or may 
not) come up at the RRG meeting. Even if the issues don't come up, I wanted 
to give you an update:
   The security coordinator (SC) should be part of the RTO.  In the NW, the  
SC contracts with the utilities.  The proposal is to have the RTO contract 
with the SC . In the East, Tabors studied SCs and found they allowed the 
transmission owners (TO) to discriminate. However, there, the SC is employed 
by the TO. I need to know more about how the NW SC contract is structured and 
talk to Tabors before I would feel comfortable giving up on this issue.  Do 
others have opinions on this?
 I support moving the load integration agreement (LIA) and generation 
integration agreement (GIA) into the tariff.  I am developing momentum for 
this.
 Concerning governance, I drafted a paper opposing state agencies voting for 
board members. I also oppose  a member class for a catchall member class.  I 
would also oppose a class for the state commissions if they are given the 
right tovote for directors.