Dear All, On behalf of Olivier Crépin-Leblond, ALAC Chair, please find the draft ALAC Statement on the Draft Proposal for the Study of Issues Related to the Delegation of IDN Variant TLDs prepared by Edmon Chung: URL: https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/ALAC+Statement+on+the+Draf t+Proposal+for+the+Study+of+Issues+Related+to+the+Delegation+of+IDN+Variant+ TLDs+-+March+2011 Tiny URL: https://community.icann.org/x/aAK3 The public comment announcement for this issue is available at: http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#idn-variant-tld. The public comment closes on 6 April. Please add your suggestions or revisions using the comments function on the wiki page above or send At-Large staff an e-mail at staff@atlarge.icann.org by 23:59 UTC on Friday, 1 April. An ALAC vote will begin shortly thereafter. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff