<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><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;"><div><br></div><div>Please find attached the ALAC Statement on the ICANN Strategy Panels: ICANN's Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem. </div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">Please note that Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested that the Statement be transmitted to the Public Comment process, copying the ICANN Staff member responsible for this Public Comment topic, with a note that the Statement was pending ALAC ratification. </p><p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></p><div>On 16 May 2014, online vote results in the ALAC will be published and a Statement incorporating an updated Staff introduction section will be submitted. </div></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;">Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" style="font-size: 11pt; color: purple;"></a><a href="applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" style="font-size: 11pt;">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a></p></div></div></span></div></body></html>