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 ICANN Consolidated Meetings Strategy Proposal<https://community.icann.org/x/_5MoAg>" in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. The current draft can be found on the At-Large ICANN Consolidated Meetings Strategy Proposal Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/_5MoAg>. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 9-November-2012 00:01 UTC. A five day vote is to commence after comments have been collected. 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>