FYI. Thanks ever so much to Rinalia and Edmon for their very hard work in holding the pen on this. Thanks to all who provided input to refine this Statement. Kind regards, Olivier -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ALAC Statement on the Implementation of IDN Variant Top Level Domains Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 02:45:29 +0200 From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> To: Steve Crocker <Steve@*.com>, Cherine Chalaby <cherine@*.co.uk> CC: Secretary <secretary@*.org>, ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff@atlarge.*.org>, Naela Sarras <naela.sarras@*.org>, cyrus.namazi@*.org, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>, Francisco Arias <francisco.arias@*.org> Dear Steve, Dear Cherine, please be so kind to find attached, the "ALAC Statement on the Implementation of IDN Variant Top Level Domains" in response to Board Resolution 2013.04.11.14 asking for input and guidance to be provided to Staff for implementation of the Recommendations from the "Report on User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs". This Statement was ratified by the ALAC with 11 votes in favour, 0 against and 0 abstentions. I trust that this Advice will be forwarded to the relevant Staff members in charge of implementation. Best regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair