The attached ALAC Statement was drafted by ALAC Member Patrick Vande Walle at the request of the ALAC, and follows on from the ALAC Statement on the Draft IRT Report (AL.ALAC/ST.0509/2.Rev1) of 12th May 2009.
The original draft of this document was posted for At-Large community consultation on 13th June, closing on 26th June; several members of the community made comments. The draft statement, and the comments made by members of the community, may be reviewed at https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?statement_of_the_alac_on_the_irt_s_final_report_al_alac_st_0609_1. This final text synthesized those comments made and a vote of the ALAC began on 2nd July, ending on 6th July.
The results were announced on 7th July by the Staff, said result being that the Statement was endorsed by a vote of 11-0-0. The result may be verified under the following URL: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=rTMLwJFB8EWRmdUuR8ir
The following statement has been transmitted to the public consultation on the IRT Final Report on July 7th, 2009.