An initial draft of this Statement [PDF, 457 KB] was composed by the following individuals after discussion of the topic within At-Large and on the Mailing Lists:
- Evan Leibovitch, ALAC member from the North-American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO) and ALAC Executive Committee (ExCom) member; and
- Alan Greenberg, ALAC member from the NARALO and the ALAC Liaison to the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO).
On 21 December 2012, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, the Chair of the ALAC, requested that ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC send a call for comments on the Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in all gTLDs (IGO-INGO) via the ALAC-Announce mailing list.
On 05 January 2013, using the input received, the initial draft was posted on the At-Large Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in all gTLDs (IGO-INGO) Workspace.
On 10 January 2013, a version incorporating the comments received on the initial draft was posted on the Workspace.
On that same day, the Chair of the ALAC requested that Staff open a five-day ALAC ratification on the Statement.
On 15 January 2013, Staff confirmed that the online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 14 votes in favor, 1 vote against, and 0 abstentions. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=28862qU4jF7xQW7CGZShkknj
The Chair then requested that the Statement be transmitted to the Public Comment process, copying the ICANN Staff member responsible for this Public Comment topic.