Dear All, Please note that a vote on the following Statement will be held on Thursday, 16 October 2014 during the ALAC & Regional Leadership Wrap-Up Meeting, Part 2<https://community.icann.org/x/-hzxAg>, taking place from 12:00-13:30 PDT in the Olympic meeting room: * ALAC Statement on the Public Interest Commitments<https://community.icann.org/x/jibxAg> In addition, the ALAC will be voting on a motion proposed by Alan Greenberg to create an At-Large Ad-hoc Working Group on Accountability and Governance. Kindly see the motion drafted by Alan below: Whereas a CWG to include but not be limited to the ICANN AC/SOs is being chartered to address ICANN accountability and governance issues related to the IANA Stewardship transition and possibly other ICANN accountability and governance issues. Whereas the ALAC believes that its contributions to the CWG should be coordinated. Therefore: Resolved that the ALAC creates an At-Large Ad-Hoc Working Group on Accountability and Governance. Membership in this WG will be managed by At-Large staff. --end of motion-- In accordance with the ALAC Rules of Procedure Section 12.3<https://community.icann.org/x/kIYi>: * 12.3.1 If an ALAC Member is unable to participate in a decision of the ALAC, another ALAC Member (Proxy Holder) may hold a proxy to cast that vote on behalf of the first ALAC Member (Proxy Giver). As such, if you are a current ALAC member that is unable to attend the vote, please inform Staff if you have assigned a Proxy and, if so, if it is a Directed Proxy. Alternatively, if you wish to send your vote on the Statement and the motion directly to Staff, you may do so as well. It is asked that you inform Staff of your proxy or vote before Thursday, 16 October, 2014 12:00 PDT. Please note that incoming ALAC members will not be required to vote on these actions. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>