Dear Community: As you may be aware, a public consultation has been opened on a draft Implementation Plan for Fast Track IDN deployment. The consultation may be found here: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-23oct08-en.htm In order to facilitate drafting, ALAC IDN Liaison Hong Xue has compiled a draft statement. It may be found here: https://st.icann.org/idn-policy/index.cgi?fast_track_idn_implementation_draf t_statement Comments from the wider At-Large community are welcomed and encouraged. The At-Large IDN Policy homepage is at https://st.icann.org/idn-policy/index.cgi?at_large_idn_policy. Anyone who is interested in getting involved in the At-Large IDN policy work may join the IDN Working Group list at http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/idn-wg_atlarge-lists.icann.o rg. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Marie-Helene Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff@atlarge.icann.org