An initial draft of this Statement [PDF, 451 KB] was composed by the following individuals after discussion of the topic within At-Large and on the Mailing Lists:
- Edmon Chung, At-Large member from the Asian, Australasian and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO) and the ALAC IDN Policy Liaison; and
- Rinalia Abdul Rahim, ALAC member from the APRALO and ALAC Executive Committee member.
On 08 January 2013, this Statement was posted on the At-Large IDN Variant TLD Program – Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels – Second Public Comment Draft Workspace.
On that same day, a call for comments on the draft Statement was sent to At-Large members via the ALAC Announce mailing list.
On 16 January 2013, a version incorporating the comments received was posted on the Workspace.
On that same day, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, the Chair of the ALAC, requested that Staff open a five-day ALAC ratification on the Statement.
On 15 January 2013, Staff confirmed that the online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 13 votes in favor, 0 votes against, and 0 abstentions. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=2892wTQTb6BAMQQRHbYqqHq8
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.