Dear Bart, The At-Large staff has the honour to transmit to you the ALAC Statement on Draft Topic Paper for Policy on the Introduction of IDN ccTLD on behalf of the At-Large Advisory Committee. The Statement was originally drafted by James Seng, Chair of the At-Large working group on IDN Policy. The original text was made available for At-Large community feedback on November 25th, 2009 and further discussed during a teleconference of the At-Large Working Group on IDN Policy that took place on December 3rd 2009. The first revision of this document (the present version) was prepared by James Seng and incorporates comments received from the At-Large community on the original version. Please note that this document is currently undergoing the ALAC ratification process. It has been submitted to the public consultation process before the end of the formal online ALAC vote on the document to meet the deadline for this consultation. The online vote ends on December 9th at which point a confirmation of the ratification of this Statement will be sent to you. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff at atlarge.icann.org