Alan Greenberg, ALAC Liaison to the GNSO and At-Large member from the North American Regional At- Large Organization (NARALO) originally composed this Statement [PDF, 123 KB] after discussion of the topic on the mailing lists.

On 02 April 2012, a draft of the Statement was posted on the ALAC Statement on the Fake Renewal Notices Report Workspace.

On that same day, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested At-Large Staff to send a Call for Comments on the draft Statement to all At-Large members via the ALAC-Announce Mailing List.

On 15 April 2012, the Chair of the ALAC requested that Staff open a five-day ALAC ratification vote on the Statement.

On 20 April 2012, At-Large Staff confirmed that the online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 13 votes in favor, 0 votes against, and 0 abstentions. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=2898Su3stYQSMrKeYsBqaMM7