Dear All,

In consultation with Cheryl Langdon-Orr, member of the Asian, Australasian and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO), Ariel Liang, Policy Analyst at ICANN, has developed the first draft ALAC Statement on the Proposed Guidelines for the Second String Similarity Review Process.

The draft, as well as pertinent resources that provide background to this Statement, can be found in its wiki workspace here: https://community.icann.org/x/Ag6bAw. All At-Large members are welcome to comment on this draft.

Please take a moment to review this draft and if you have input, please submit it in the wiki workspace using the comment function by 15 August 2016 at 23:59 UTC. You will need to log in to the wiki to use the comment function. If you don’t have a login or have other issue using the wiki, kindly contact staff@atlarge.icann.org.

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar

ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community

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