Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), originally composed this statement after being alerted by concerned members of the At-Large community.
A wiki workspace dedicated to the ALAC Statement on the RAA Negotiations was posted on 21 April 2011. On 22 April 2011, a call for comments was sent to the ALAC-Announce and regional At-Large mailing lists.
After incorporating comments received and discussing the issue during the April ALAC monthly call, a second version (the present document) was created by Alan Greenberg, ALAC Liaison to the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), and Evan Leibovitch, ALAC Vice-Chair, on 2 May 2011. This version was announced on the ALAC working list for further comments to be collected.
On 9 May 2011, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested that the At-Large Staff begin a five-day ALAC vote on this statement, starting 10 May 2011.
On 9 May 2011, the statement was transmitted to the Chairman of the ICANN Board, Peter Dengate Thrush, and a copy sent to the ICANN Board Secretary, with a note saying that the document was currently undergoing ALAC ratification.