ALAC Statement on the Draft Process for Recognition of New GNSO Constituencies

The attached document [PDF, 684 KB] was initially drafted by Alan Greenberg, ALAC liaison to the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), and published for comments on 18 February 2011. Comments on the initial draft were received from Marc Rotenberg and Jean-Jacques Subrenat who are both members of the ALAC.

On 28 February 2011, Alan Greenberg published the first revision of the statement (the attached document), which incorporates comments received on the initial draft. On the same day, the Chair of the ALAC, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, asked the Staff to start a five-day online vote on the document.

The vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the resolution with 12-0 votes and one abstention. You may review the result independently under:

https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1598Lkhc2ETjCP6kKhXF5V48

The enclosed statement was submitted to the “public consultation process on the Draft Process for Recognition of New GNSO Constituencies” today with a copy going to the Secretary of the ICANN Board of Directors.