On Thursday, the ALAC approved the proposal to have a 10-person team review the applications from volunteers seeking endorsement from the ALAC for the upcoming Affirmation reviews (see http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-01jun10-en.htm for the Call for Applicants). The 10-person team will include the 5 ExCom members plus one other person from each region, to be named by the each RALO. For the purposes of this message, I will call this group the Affirmation of Commitments Applicant Review Team - ACART. I would suggest that the additional person for each RALO should be: - a member of the RALO leadership; - a former ALAC member from the region; - a former RALO leader from the region; or - a current ALAC member from the region. The candidates to be endorsed by the ACART will then be ratified by the ALAC. The deadline for submitting applications is July 15, and our endorsements are due (approximately) August 31. On behalf of the Chair of the ALAC, I request that all RALOs identify their second member of the ACART, factoring in the requirements for ICANN knowledge, knowledge of the reviews subject matter, and the timeframe (including vacations in some regions). To the extent possible, the person should be named prior to July 15, or as soon after as possible. I further suggest that the start of discussions of the exact process to be following within the group not be delayed until all members are named. Alan