Dear All, Please see below a note sent by Olivier Crepin-Leblond, ALAC Chair, informing Rob Hoggarth, the staff person responsible for supporting the Geographical Regions Working Group, of the ALAC Statement on the ALAC Statement on the Interim Report of the Geographic Regions Working Group. For your convenience, the ALAC Statement is attached. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff -----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 9:18 AM To: rob.hoggarth@icann.org Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff; ALAC Working List Subject: [ALAC] ALAC Statement on the Interim Report of the Geographic Regions WG Dear Rob, This is to inform you that the ALAC vote on the ALAC Statement on the Interim Report of the Geographic Regions Working Group resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 13-0 votes and no abstentions. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=1549IurTvFzFztCDWPZQyGrW The attached Statement was submitted to the public consultation process on the Geographic Regions Review WG Interim Report on 31 January 2011 with a note indicating that it was currently undergoing the internal ratification process. It was initially drafted by Mohamed El Bashir, member of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), on 26 January 2011 and sent to the ALAC Working list for comments that same day. No additional comments were received. The Appendix to the Statement consists of the contributions from the five At-Large Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs). It reflect the views of the RALOs with their diverse historical, linguistic, cultural and geographic differences. Please inform the members of the Geographic Regions Review Working Group of the outcome of the ALAC ratification process. Thank you. Kind Regards, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond ALAC Chair