<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Dear All, </div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><br></div><div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div>Olivier Cr<span style="line-height: 16px;">é</span>pin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a vote be held by the ALAC on the proposed ratification of the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/7bbhAg">ALAC Statement on the Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .DEALS, XN--FJQ720A, .CITY, .XYZ, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND</a>.</div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div>*****</div><div>Question: Do you support the ratification of the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/7bbhAg">ALAC Statement on the Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .DEALS, XN--FJQ720A, .CITY, .XYZ, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND</a> for communication to the relevant parties?</div></span><div>*****</div></div><div><br></div><div>Additional information on this Statement can be found on the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/7bbhAg">At-Large Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .DEALS, XN--FJQ720A, .CITY, .XYZ, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND Workspace</a>. </div></span></span></div></span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><br></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Please note that the poll will be open from <b><u>25</u></b></font><u><b>-August</b><b>-2014 00:00 UTC</b></u><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> to <b><u>29</u></b></font><b style="text-decoration: underline;">-August</b><b style="text-decoration: underline;">-2014 23</b><b><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><u>:59</u></font></b><b style="text-decoration: underline;"> UTC</b><b>.</b></div></span></span></div></span></span><div><br></div><div><div><div><div style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Regards,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">E-mail: <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge" target="_blank">@ICANN_AtLarge</a> </div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></body></html>