Dear CPWG members,

During the CPWG meeting on 28 January 2026, the working group agreed to move forward with drafting an ALAC statement for the Latin Script Diacritics PDP Initial Report public comment: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AYCKLQ. This is the bullet points document presented to the CPWG today: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qkBR3xhdyXQq0qIHb9r0rGZ3_7Gr8TYOCCocC8wohS0/edit?usp=sharing

If you are interested in volunteering to work with the small group of reviewers and be a 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 Friday, 30 January 2026 at 15:00 UTC.

For your reference, this is the suggested timeline for drafting the statement:

· Penholder(s): First Draft Statement shared with the CPWG on 04 February 2026

· Community: Comment on Draft Statement – 04 February 2026 – 11 February 2026

· Penholder(s): Final Draft Statement presentation – CPWG call on 11 February 2026

· ALAC: Vote on Final Statement – 16 February 2026 – 19 February 2026

· Staff: Submission of ALAC Statement – 20 February 2026

Kind regards,

At-Large Staff

ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community