Evan Leibovitch; At-Large member from the North American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO), ALAC Executive Committee Vice-Chair, and ALAC Liaison to the NCSG; originally composed this Correspondence [PDF, 437 KB] after discussion of the topic on the mailing lists.
On 21 December 2012, a draft of the Statement was posted on the At-Large Report of the GNSO WG on Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice, and Competition Workspace. On that same day, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested At-Large Staff to send a Call for Comments on the draft Statement to all At-Large members via the ALAC-Announce Mailing List.
On 8 February 2013, a second version of this Correspondence incorporating the comments received was posted on the At-Large Report of the GNSO WG on Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice, and Competition Workspace. The Chair then requested a second Call for Comments be made to all At-Large members via the ALAC-Announce Mailing List.
On 21 February 2013, the Chair of the ALAC requested that Staff open a five-day ALAC ratification vote on the Correspondence.
On 26 February 2013, At-Large Staff confirmed that the online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 14 votes in favor, 0 votes against, and 1 abstention. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=2928cNib7qmAE8kZIHLzdSVw