Dear All, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a call for comments be made on the draft "ALAC Statement on the Variant Issues Project Case Studies" in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. The draft ALAC statement can be downloaded here: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/30343407/ALAC+Statement+on+... The document can also be found on the workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/7wDPAQ Information on the public comment announcement is available on the following ICANN Public Comments pages: * Variant Issues Project -- Arabic Case Study Team Issues Report Public Comment Space<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-arabic-07oct11-en.htm> * Arabic Case Study Team Report<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/arabic-vip-issues-report-07oct11-en...> * Variant Issues Project -- Chinese Case Study Team Issues Report Public Comment Space<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-chinese-03oct11-en.htm> * Chinese Case Study Team Report<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/chinese-vip-issues-report-03oct11-e...> * Variant Issues Project -- Cyrillic Case Study Team Issues Report Public Comment Space<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-cyrillic-06oct11-en.htm> * Cyrillic Case Study Team Report<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/cyrillic-vip-issues-report-06oct11-...> * Variant Issues Project -- Devanagari Case Study Team Issues Report Public Comment Space<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-devanagari-03oct11-en.htm> * Devanagari Case Study Team Report<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/devanagari-vip-issues-report-03oct1...> * Variant Issues Project -- Greek Case Study Team Issues Report Public Comment Space<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-greek-07oct11-en.htm> * Greek Case Study Team Report<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/greek-vip-issues-report-07oct11-en....> * Variant Issues Project -- Latin Case Study Team Issues Report Public Comment Space<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-latin-07oct11-en.htm> * Latin Case Study Team Report<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/latin-vip-issues-report-07oct11-en....> Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by Thursday, 17 November 2011, 11:59 UTC. A five day vote is to commence after comments have been collected. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Matt Ashtiani, Nathalie Peregrine ICANN At-Large Staff E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>