As requested at the last ALAC and ExCom meetings, I have drafted the document of ALAC requirements for the upcoming Affirmation of Commitments Reviews. It consists of three parts: - Number of seats - Time it will take us to do the endorsements - Additional requirements for applicants seeking our endorsement The first part was largely drafted by Cheryl, and the last part by me. The time estimate is sufficiently liberal that we should not have a problem making it. Due to severe time constraints, Cheryl asked me to forward them to Janis Karklins and the executives of the other SOs and ACs. I will do that at about 05:00 UTC on Friday (about 5 hours from now). However, the cover note will say that it is still under ALAC review. The reason for the tight deadline is that all parties have agreed that we need to get the announcement out very quickly if we are to allow sufficient time to receive applications. For the additional applicant requirements, I have followed the pattern that we agreed upon for the first review selection, adapting the two questions to the new reviews. For both reviews, we are asking that the applicant explain why they are in a position to participate in the specific review, and why they feel they can properly represent At-Large. The latter issue is particularly important for the Whois review, where At-Large is not at all unified with respect to privacy issues. Since we do not yet know how many people we will have on the reviews, it will be very important to understand the perspectives of those who we endorse. In addition, based on a review of what the GNSO is thinking about asking their applicants, I (with Cheryl's approval) have added two additional requirements. - An attestation that they will be able and willing to commit substantial time to the review - A question asking if the applicant will be representing anyone else if selected, and if so, who. I am not sure whether a positive answer is good or bad - perhaps either, depending on who the other party is. But it certainly is important to know. If there is some error or omission that Cheryl and I failed to catch, please let us know by replying by 20:00 UTC on Friday. Alan