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 Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Protection of International Organization Names in New gTLDS<https://community.icann.org/x/BgQQAg>" in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. The current draft, as well as additional information on the Public Comment, can be found on the At-Large Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Protection of International Organization Names in New gTLDS Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/BgQQAg>. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 19-July-2012 23:59 UTC. A vote is to commence after comments have been collected. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>