Both Tijani Ben Jemaa, ALAC member from the African Regional At-Large Organization (AFRALO) and Ganesh Kumar, ALAC member from the North American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO) composed initial drafts of this Statement [PDF, 441 KB] after discussion of the topic within At-Large.
On 14 November, this Statement was posted on its corresponding wiki workspace.
On that same day, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested At-Large Staff to send a three-day call for comments on the draft Statement to all At-Large members via the ALAC-Announce Mailing List.
On November 17, the Chair of the ALAC requested that Staff open a five-day ALAC ratification on the Statement. The Chair also requested that the Statement be transmitted to the public comment process, copying the ICANN Staff member responsible for this public comment topic, along with a note saying that the document was currently undergoing ALAC ratification with a vote to start shortly.
On November 25, 2011 Staff confirmed that the vote was quorate with 13 votes in favor, 0 against, and 1 abstention. You may independently review the result independently under:
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