ALAC Ratifies Statement on Third Revision of the Draft Implementation Plan for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process

The ALAC ratified the attached Statement [PDF, 148K] on the Third revision of the Draft Implementation Plan for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process

It was originally drafted by the ALAC Liaison for IDN Issues, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy, and was then published for review by the wider community on June 30th, 2009. The original version of the statement may be viewed under: https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?action=revision_view;page_name=comment_on_draft_implementation_plan_for_idn_cctld_fast_track_process_revision_3;revision_id=20090710101436

Members of the At-Large community proposed some amendments to the original text, which the author incorporated into the final draft (a comparison between the original statement and the final version may be viewed under: https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?action=revision_view;page_name=comment_on_draft_implementation_plan_for_idn_cctld_fast_track_process_revision_3;revision_id=20090710101436 )

The Chair of the ALAC requested the Staff to begin a vote on the draft for a seven day period, starting on 19th July, 2009 and ending on 26th July. The results were announced on 27th July by the Staff, said result being that the Statement was endorsed by a vote of nine votes in favor, no votes against and two abstentions. The result may be verified under the following URL: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=nQ3H6mYY67sTeq6JArKf

The statement missed the official July 15th deadline for the public consultation on the Third revision of the Draft Implementation Plan for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. At-Large Staff advised Tina Dam, the Staff person responsible for this public consultation of the late arrival of the document, which was caused by delays in the adoption process.

The document has been transmitted to Tina Dam, with a copy going to the Secretary of the ICANN Board of Directors, on August 4th, 2009.