<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 style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Dear All,</div><div style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">This is to let you know that the<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/T4xYAw">ALAC Statement on the New gTLD Auction Proceeds Discussion Paper</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="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">To read the final Statement, please visit: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/T4xYAw">https://community.icann.org/x/T4xYAw</a>. </div><div style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Please note that the ALAC ratification vote will start on <b><u>10 October 2015 16:59 UTC</u></b> and end on <b><u>15 October 2015 23:59 UTC</u></b>. </div><div style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div><div style="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>