The attached document [PDF, 398 KB] was endorsed by the At-Large Advisory Committee today.
On August 24th, the Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, asked the Staff of At-Large to start a five-day online ALAC vote on the draft statement on Draft Applicant Guidebook v4 and Explanatory Memorandum.
The online vote ended on August 28th and resulted in the ALAC endorsing the statement with 12-0 votes. Sebastien Bachollet informed the ALAC that he would be on leave during the voting period and will be recorded as an abstention.
You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1277B7TXgqRJq4MzbLkXi96z
On August 13th, the At-Large Staff transmitted the Draft Statement to Karen Lentz, the ICANN staff person responsible for the public consultation process on Draft Applicant Guidebook, Version 4 with a note saying that the document was currently undergoing ALAC ratification. The public comment period had already closed on July 21st.