Dear all, The Chair of the ALAC asked the At-Large staff to start an ALAC vote on WHOIS studies and the ALS applications ready for adoption. There will be a total of seven questions in this online vote. The first question is about the WHOIS tally that was recently sent to the At-Large mailing list by Alan Greenberg. The remaining six questions are on the open ALS applications. A second email with resource material will be sent to the ALAC internal list. Also, members of the ALAC will shortly receive a private email with their voting credentials. The vote remains open until Tuesday, 2 March at 23:59 UTC. The questions to be put are the following: 1. Would you like to endorse the WHOIS Vote Tally, ranked in order of importance as proposed by the ALAC WHOIS working group, as the official ALAC view on WHOIS studies? With possible answers: Yes No Abstain 2. Should the regional advise from AFRALO for applicant (117) Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations be rejected? The regional advise was to accept the application. With possible answers: Yes, reject regional advise (do not accept application) No, do not reject regional advice (accept application) Abstain 3. Should the regional advise from LACRALO for applicant (118) Internauta Venezuela be rejected? The regional advise was to accept the application. With possible answers: Yes, reject regional advise (do not accept application) No, do not reject regional advice (accept application) Abstain 4. Should the regional advise from LACRALO for applicant (119) CETIC AJB be rejected? The regional advise was to accept the application. With possible answers: Yes, reject regional advise (do not accept application) No, do not reject regional advice (accept application) Abstain 5. Should the regional advise from LACRALO for applicant (120) AUI Peru be rejected? The regional advise was to accept the application. With possible answers: Yes, reject regional advise (do not accept application) No, do not reject regional advice (accept application) Abstain 6. Should the regional advise from AFRALO for applicant (121) Bokk Jang Bokk Jef be rejected? The regional advise was to accept the application. With possible answers: Yes, reject regional advise (do not accept application) No, do not reject regional advice (accept application) Abstain 7. Should the regional advise from AFRALO for applicant (123) CAPDA be rejected? The regional advise was to accept the application. With possible answers: Yes, reject regional advise (do not accept application) No, do not reject regional advice (accept application) Abstain Regional Advice: The AFRALO members decided during their teleconference held on 4 February to advise the ALAC to accept all three ALS Applications (117), (121) and (123) ready for adoption . It was also decided that the members of the ALAC were to be informed that different views were held on applicant (117) Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations. An detailed overview of these views will shortly be sent to the ALAC internal list. The LACRALO Secretariat informed us on 13 February that the regional advise to the ALAC was to accept applications (118), (119), and (120). You will shortly receive a separate email with: 1. Links to Alan Greenbergs email and a PDF version of the text. 2. Links to the ALS application. 3. The DD form in PDF. 4. The Regional Advice email received (for applications 118, 119, and 120 in PDF format 5. Links to the AFRALO Summary minutes where the applications 117, 121 and 123 were discussed. 6. The different views held within AFRALO on application 117 in PDF Format Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marie-Helene Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff@atlarge.icann.org