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 "IDN Variant Issues Project Draft Integrated Issues Report: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31165244/ALAC-response-to-V IP-Integrated-Report.pdf?version=1 <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31165244/ALAC-response-to- VIP-Integrated-Report.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1326387657767> &modificationDate=1326387657767 in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process. A copy of the proposed Statement can also be found on the At-Large IDN Variant Issues Project Draft Integrated Issues Report Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/PIvbAQ. The Public Comment Announcement for this issue is available at: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-integrated-issues-23dec11-en. htm . Please submit any comments on the workspace using the comments function by Friday, 20th January at 23:59 UTC. A five day vote is to commence after comments have been collected. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine ICANN At-Large Staff E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org