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 Use of a Drawing for Prioritizing New gTLD Applications<https://community.icann.org/x/LIQ3Ag>" in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 2-November-2012 23:59 UTC. A vote is to commence after comments have been collected. 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>