The attached Statement [PDF, 324 KB] constitutes the official response of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) on the recent public consultations on IDN Variants, IDN 3 Character , Chairs Draft Interim Paper for Policy on Introduction of IDN ccTLDs and the Proposed Implementation Plan for Synchronized IDN ccTLDs The document was initially drafted by James Seng , member of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and published on April 25th 2010.
The first revision of the statement (the attached document) incorporates comments received on the initial draft from Hong Xue, member of the Asia-Australasia-Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO). Please click here for a comparison of the two documents.
On April 29 th, the Chair of the ALAC asked the Staff to start a five-day online vote on the combined ALAC Statement on IDN Issues.
The online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the statement with 13-0 with one abstention. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=2AzcTXhB8MGuGtJCA9Ru
The Statement was submitted to the ICANN Board on May 10th 2010.