Olivier Crépin-Leblond, At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) member from the European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO) and the Chair of the ALAC, composed an initial draft of this Statement [PDF, 404 KB] after discussion of the topic within At-Large and on the Mailing Lists.
On 2 November 2012, this Statement was posted on the At-Large Proposed Bylaws Amendments to Align Board Terms Workspace.
On that same day, the Chair requested that Staff open a five-day ALAC ratification on the Statement.
On 10 November 2012, Staff confirmed that the online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 14 votes in favor, 0 votes against, and 0 abstentions. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=2735F5dmJiy3S7HMRxJprzPp
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.