Dear all, The Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee recently requested a vote on four At-Large Structure Applications that were ready for decision. According to II(1)5(b) of the adopted Certification Process for ALSes, "Where regional advice has been given, if any member of the ALAC requests a vote on a given applicant to be held, the question to be put shall be: "Shall the advice of the region in respect of accreditation of [name of applicant] be overturned?" ( http://www.atlarge.icann.org/en/framework.htm#CertificationProcess) The subsequent vote produced the following results: Should the regional advice from LACRALO for Applicant (105) Asociación de Derecho Informático de Argentina (ADIAR) be rejected? Number of voters: 11 , Not voting: Carlos Aguirre, Hawa Diakité, Nguyen Thu Hue Yes, reject the regional advice : 0 No, accept the regional advice : 11 ( Izumi Aizu, Annette Muehlberg, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Mohamed El Bashir, Sébastien Bachollet, Beau Brendler, Robert Guerra, Fatimata Seye Sylla, Vanda Scartezini) Abstain: 0 Should the regional advice from NARALO for (107) Pacific Community Networks Association (PCNA) be rejected? Group size: 14, Number of voters: 11, Not voting: Carlos Aguirre, Hawa Dakité, Nguyen Thue hue Yes, reject the regional advice: 0 No, accept the regional advice: 11 ( Izumi Aizu, Annette Muehlberg, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Mohamed El Bashir, Sébastien Bachollet, Beau Brendler, Robert Guerra, Fatimata Seye Sylla, Vanda Scartezini) Abstain: 0 Should the regional advice from EURALO for application (108) Association for Technology and Internet (APTI) be rejected? Group size: 14, Number of voters: 11, Not voting: Carlos Aguirre, Hawa Diakité, Nguyen Thue Hue) Yes, reject the regional advice : 1 (Vanda Scartezini) No, accept the regional advice: 9 (Izumi Aizu, Annette Muehlberg, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Sébastien Bachollet, Beau Brendler, Robert Guerra, Fatimata Seye Sylla) Abstain: 1 (Mohamed El Bashir) Should the regional advice for (109) france@large be rejected? Group size: 14, Number of voters: 10, Not voting: Carlos Aguirre, Hawa Diakité, Nguyen Thue Hue, Sébastien Bachollet Yes, the regional advice should be rejected: 1 (Izumi Aizu) No, accept the regional advice: 8 (Annette Muehlberg, Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Alan Greenberg, Cheryl Langdon-orr, Beau Brendler, Robert Guerra, Fatimata Seye Sylla, Vanda Scartezini) Abstain: 1 (Mohamed El Bashir) Voting results can be independently verified at https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=75wmcbnajr6fvDums2yZ. A vote is considered valid anytime Paragraph II(1)6 of the of the adopted Certification Process for ALSes applies: "Where a vote is held in respect of Step 5, the vote shall require a majority of a quorum (as defined by the ALAC in its Rules of Procedure) ...." ( http://www.atlarge.icann.org/en/framework.htm#CertificationProcess) Where quorum is defined according to Rule 14 of the ALAC Internal Rules of Procedure, "A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of the ALAC members referred to in Rule 1.3 present and represented at the Meeting." ( https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi/ALAC%20ROP's%20Adopted%20October%202007.doc?action=attachments_download;page_name=rules_of_procedure;id=20071023183147-0-6223) -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA DD: +1 (310) 301-8637 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart@icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart