Dear members of the ALAC, a few hours ago, I sent an email out to the At-Large and the ALAC lists, to ask for feedback about a possible official statement to be made by ALAC. The statement is as follows: --- cut here --- Statement of the ALAC regarding current situation in Egypt The ALAC is concerned by the impact of developments in Egypt on the ordinary Internet user. In the light of ICANN's responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address and Autonomous System (AS) number policy, and its core value of 'preserving and enhancing the operational stability, reliability, security, and global interoperability of the Internet', we endorse the ISOC statement and Q&A as expressed at http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3100 Signed: The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) --- cut here --- Much support was received from ALSes, RALOs and ALAC members. Some comments were received about making this a stronger statement, but I have also received comments in private, asking for the statement *not* to be stronger. Whilst there appears to be consensus on this statement, there is no consensus on making it stronger. With consensus on this statement, I should now call for a 5 day ALAC vote, using normal procedures. However, time is of the essence and with the amount of support which has already been expressed on the discussion lists and by email, an expedited procedure would be to ask for any objections from ALAC members. I therefore ask if there are any objections from voting members of the ALAC, for them to be sent to staff@atlarge.icann.org *before* Wednesday 2nd February 2011, 22:00 UTC. If no objections are received, I have asked At-Large Staff to email the Board through official correspondence channels shortly after the deadline. Kind regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair