Hello, all, The ALAC Statement on the Preliminary Issue Report on the Current State of the UDRP, attached here, was submitted via the below e-mail on 21 July 2011. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, and Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org ________________________________ From: ICANN At-Large Staff Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 8:35 PM To: prelim-report-udrp@icann.org Cc: Margie Milam; ocl@gih.com; ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: ALAC Statement on the Preliminary Issue Report on the Current State of the UDRP Dear Margie: The At-Large staff has the honor of transmitting to you, on behalf of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), the Statement of the ALAC on the Preliminary Issue Report on the Current State of the UDRP (attached). José Arce, a member of the Latin American and Caribbean Islands Regional At-Large Organization (LACRALO), composed an initial draft of this statement in Spanish, after discussion of the topic within LACRALO. This draft, along with an English translation, was posted on a wiki workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/ALAC+Statement+on+the+Prel...> on 12 July 2011. Eric Brunner-Williams, an individual member of the North American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO), composed an alternative, independent draft in English, after discussion of the topic among members of the ALAC and all five Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs) in Singapore. This alternative draft was posted on the same wiki workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/ALAC+Statement+on+the+Prel...> on 14 July 2011. On 15 July, At-Large Staff sent a four-day call for comments on both drafts to all At-Large members (using the ALAC-Announce mailing list). On 16 July, the ALAC requested a 14-day extension of the public comment period<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/prelim-report-udrp-27may11-en.htm> on this subject and was granted an extension through 22 July 2011. On 20 July, ALAC Chair Olivier Crépin-Leblond created the final version of this Statement by combining the two original drafts and the comments received by At-Large members. On 21 July, the ALAC Chair requested that Staff open a five-day ALAC ratification vote on this statement, and the statement was submitted to Margie Milam (Staff person responsible for the public comment period). Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, and Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org>