The attached document [PDF, 188K] was submitted to the public consultation on New gTLD Program – Draft Expressions of Interest/Pre-Registrations Model on January 27th with a copy going to the ICANN Board of Directors.
The original version of this Statement was composed by Patrick Vande Walle, member of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and published for community feedback on January 6th 2010.
A first revision of this document was published by Patrick on January 17th and further updated on January 26th in accordance with feedback received on the first revision.
Please click here for a comparison of the second revision (the present version) and the original draft.
The ALAC held a vote on the Statement during their monthly teleconference on January 26th, 2010.
The result of said vote was that the ALAC decided to endorse the Statement and submit it to the relevant public consultation process with a 11-0 vote.