Alan Greenberg, ALAC Liaison to the GNSO and At-Large member from the North-American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO), composed an initialdraft of this Statement [PDF, 551 KB] after discussion of the topic within At-Large and on the Mailing Lists.
On 18 October 2012, this Statement was discussed in the ALAC & Regional Leaderships Wrap-up Meeting.
During the meeting, a call for comments on the draft Statement was sent to all present At-Large members, as well asthose participating via Remote Participation.
The Chair of the ALAC then requested that ratification be held on the Statement.
Staff then confirmed that the vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 11 votes in favor, 0 votes against, and 1 abstention. You may review the result independently under: https://community.icann.org/x/uoY3Ag
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.