Avri Doria, At-Large member from the North-American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO), composed an initial draft of this Statement [PDF, 548 KB] after discussion of the topic within At-Large and on the Mailing Lists.
On 19 October 2012 an initial draft of this Statement was posted on the At-Large Trademark Clearinghouse Documents Workspace.
On that same day, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC to send a call for comments on the draft Statement to all At-Large members via the At-Large New gTLD Work Group mailing list.
On 2 November 2012, the Chair of the ALAC requested that Staff begin a ratification on the Statement.
On 7 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=2731Bsc5MwrnSSZI3bgwuVgd.
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.