Dear At-large Community, At San Juan Meeting, the ICANN Board requests that that the ICANN community including the ALAC provide the Board with responses to the published list of issues and questions that need to be addressed in order to move forward with IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes in a manner that ensures the continued security and stability of the Internet. The Board requests status reports regarding progress by the conclusion of the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles in October 2007. The ALAC IDN Working Group, which was set up in May 2007 and charied by Hong Xue, commenced drafting the status report from July 2007 and sent out the first draft to the regional lists for public comments from August 2007. For the Working Group working plan, please refer to https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?alac_idn_working_group. Now, the Working Group has completed the second draft and is expecting your comments or revisions. You're very welcome to post the comments on the Working Group page at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?alac_idn_working_group. The Working Group is particularly looking forward to hearing from each RALO. The Public Consultation is from September 9 to September 28, 2007. For the background informaiton and relevant knowledge on IDNs, please refer to ALAC IDN Policy Formation page at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation. Best wishes Hong ALAC IDN Liaison ALAC IDN WG has drafted a set of answers