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 Trademark Clearinghouse and IDN Variants<https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Trademark+Clearin...>" in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. Additional information on this Statement is available on the At-Large Trademark Clearinghouse and IDN Variants Workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Trademark+Clearin...>. Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by 26-April-2013 23:59 UTC. A 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>