I think that if someone would copy the instructions/agreement that we all click "I Agree" to when we prepare temple names we would have the answer as to what the policy is. I am at work so I can't do it right now. But since the letter is a reiteration of the current policy it should have the answer. My understanding is that we can do the work for our ancestors/in-laws and extended trees as long as we follow the rules (birth year, closer living relatives, etc). I have noticed that if someone selects a name which may fall within those, i.e. born within the last 110(?) years, another window pops up asking you if you have contacted the closest living relative or are you the closest living relative. You have to chose one of the options before you can move forward. By this time, if you are doing a restricted name, you would have had to "lie" twice about your intentions in order to do the work for non-relatives. As far as I am concerned, there is nothing new here. The rule was put in place to attempt to stop people from harvesting names of non-relatives against their families wishes. Too many people are doing work for people like Daniel Pearl, the Pope, and even living people. I even had a member say that Michael Landon came to them in a dream and asked for his work to be done. So they did it - for the 17th time! Miles Meyer