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 Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Policy Development Process - Recommendation 9, Part 2 Concerning a New Provision to Lock and Unlock Domain Names<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31167981/InterRegTransPolic...>" in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. The draft ALAC statement can be downloaded here<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31167981/InterRegTransPolic...>. The document can also be found on the At-Large Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Policy Development Process - Recommendation 9, Part 2 Concerning a New Provision to Lock and Unlock Domain Names Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/7ZXbAQ>. Information on the public comment announcement is available on the <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/universal-acceptance-idn-tlds-06jan12...> ICANN Public Comments page<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/irtp-b-rec9-part2-23jan12-en.htm>. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by Friday, 10-Feb- 2012, 23:59 UTC. A five day vote is to commence after comments have been collected. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN At-Large Staff E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>