An initial draft of this Statement [PDF, 424 KB] was composed by Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro, ALAC member from the Asian, Australasian and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO) after discussion of the topic within At-Large and on the Mailing Lists.
On 7 March 2013, this Statement was posted on the At-Large Whois Registrant Identification Study, Draft Report Workspace.
On that same day, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, the Chair of the ALAC, asked that a call for comments on the draft Statement be sent to At-Large members via the ALAC Announce Mailing List.
On 8 March 2013, a version incorporating the comments received was posted on the Workspace.
On that same day, the Chair requested that Staff transmit the Statement to the Public Comment process, copying the ICANN Staff member responsible for this Public Comment topic, with a note stating that it was currently undergoing ALAC ratification.
On 16 March 2013, At-Large Staff confirmed that the online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 11 votes in favor, 0 votes against, and 1 abstention. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=2973LsXQ74qHb9rSBe3yMwjv.