Christopher Wilkinson, a member of an At-Large Structure (ALS) in the European Regional At- Large Organization (EURALO), composed a first draft of this statement, which he shared with the EURALO community and later with the wider At-Large community.
With the support from several At-Large members, a wiki workspace containing this statement was created. The At-Large staff sent out a call for comments from the At-Large community, to be submitted via this workspace, on 20 May 2011.
Comments were received not only on the workspace but also during the ALAC and ALAC Executive Committee monthly calls held on 24 May 2011.
On 27 May 2011, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, wrote a second draft of this statement, attached here, incorporating the received comments.
On 28 May 2011, Olivier Crépin-Leblond requested that, on the next business day, the At-Large staff begin a five-day ALAC ratification vote on this statement. In addition, the statement was transmitted to the ICANN Board Secretary, as well as to the ICANN staff member responsible for this public comment topic, with a note saying that the statement would imminently undergo the ALAC ratification process.