Dear ALAC members, A briefing was recently held on the RAA Package by Tim Cole and Kurt Pritz from ICANN staff. You can find the audio recording and summary minutes of this briefing under: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?discussion_on_the_raa Following this briefing, it was decided to start a second online vote on the ALAC recommendation to the GNSO on the RAA Package. The new vote will be open until 08 January 2009 at 1200 UTC, which will allow the ALAC GNSO Liaison to announce the result at the GSNO Council meeting scheduled later that day. You will be asked to choose among the following options: 1. Recommend the GNSO to accept the current RAA package, with the possibility of further policy development in the future. 2. Recommend that the GNSO do not approve the current RAA package. 3. Abstain You will receive a separate email with you voting credentials shortly. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms, Heidi Ullrich ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff@atlarge.icann.org