An initial draft of this Statement [PDF, 453 KB] was composed by Alan Greenberg, ALAC member from the North American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO) and ALAC Liaison to the GNSO, 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 Proposed 2013 RAA Posted for Comment Workspace.
On 26 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.