An initial draft of this Statement [PDF, 422 KB] was composed by Carlton Samuels, ALAC Executive Committee (ExCom) Vice-Chair and ALAC member from the Latin American and Caribbean Islands Regional At-Large Organization (LACRALO), after discussion of the topic within At-Large and on the mailing lists.
On 7 March 2013, this Statement was posted on the At-Large Preliminary Issue Report on gTLD Registration Data Services Workspace.
On 1 April 2013, a call for comments on the draft Statement was sent to At-Large members via the ALAC Announce mailing list.
On 11 April 2013, this Statement was discussed in the ALAC & Regional Leadership Wrap-up Meeting.
During that meeting, the draft Statement was discussed by all present At-Large members, as well as those participating via Remote Participation.
The Chair of the ALAC then requested that a ratification vote be held on the Statement.
Staff then confirmed that the 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://community.icann.org/x/GQV-Ag.
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.