Dear CPWG Members,

On behalf of the CPWG co-chairs, we are seeking At-Large Community volunteers to consider the Draft Guidelines for Advancing UA Adoption public comment.

Your insights and/or expertise on the subject matter for public comment would be helpful for:

• Firstly, reviewing and identifying any need for the ALAC to submit a comment, and secondly, where such need arises, presenting issues - in the form of bullet points - for discussion at one or more Working Group calls. 
• If the Working Group subsequently reaches consensus on the need for an ALAC comment, volunteering as a penholder to craft a concise thoughtful response (i.e. an ALAC statement) to this public comment proceeding.

As this public comment proceeding will close on 13 April 2026, the proposed schedule for the above-mentioned tasks is as follows:

• Reviewer(s): Establish if an ALAC comment is needed. 
• Reviewer(s): Initial Bullet Point(s) presentation and rationale for discussion in order to establish working group consensus 

And if needed,

• Penholder(s): First Draft Statement shared with the CPWG on 25 March 2026
• Community: Comment on Draft Statement – 25 March 2026  –  30 March 2026
• Penholder(s): Final Draft Statement presentation – CPWG call on 1 April 2026
• ALAC: Vote on Final Statement – 6 April 2026  –  10 April 2026 
• Staff: Submission of ALAC Statement – 13 April 2026

If you are interested in volunteering to be a reviewer and/or penholder, please reach out to the CPWG co-chairs Avri Doria (avri@doria.org) and Olivier Crepin-Leblond (ocl@gih.com), copying At-Large Staff (staff@atlarge.icann.org), by Tuesday, 3 March 2026 at 15:00 UTC. 

Your participation is greatly appreciated, and we look forward to your contributions!

Thank you.

Kind regards,

At-Large Staff