Dear All, In accordance with the At-Large Policy Advise Development Schedule (see http://www.atlarge.icann.org/policycalendar) , an online ALAC vote has recently started on the ALAC Advisory related to the Staff Document Entitled “Improving Institutional Confidence – The Way Forward” The questions to be put will be the following: 1. Do you support the ratification of the ALAC Advisory related to the Staff Document Entitled “Improving Institutional Confidence – The Way Forward” ? With possible answers: Yes No Abstain The ALAC Statement has been linked to the voting page, where you will also be able to track the votes live as they come in: https://www.bigpulse.com/p8023 Please note that at the bottom of this page there is a link entitled “See who voted”, which allows you to see who has voted so far. A separate email with their voting credentials has been sent to the members of the ALAC recently. Please contact staff@atlarge.icann.org if you did not receive your credentials so far. The vote will remain open until Friday, 30 October 2009 at 2359 UTC. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff at atlarge.icann.org