<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"><br><div style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">This is to let you know that the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/34tCAw">ALAC Statement on the Initial Report on Data & Metrics for Policy Making</a> is now final. Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that the 15 ALAC members to ratify this final Statement. Once ratified, the Statement will be submitted to the ICANN Public Comment as a formal ALAC Advice. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">To read the final Statement, please visit: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/34tCAw">https://community.icann.org/x/34tCAw</a>. </div></div></span><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Please note that the ALAC ratification vote will start on </span><b style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>04 September 2015 22:59 UTC</u></b><span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> and end on </span><b style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>09 September 2015 23:59 UTC</u></b><span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><div><br></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;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Regards,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></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/icannatlarge">www.facebook.com/icann</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge">atlarge</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge">@</a><a href="https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge">ICANNAtLarge</a></div></div></font></div></div></div></body></html>