Dear ccNSO Members, This is a status update regarding the current vote, as well as a kind reminder to please vote. Voting closes on Tuesday, 9 May 2023 (23:59 UTC). With 12 days to go, 69 out of 173 Emissaries have cast their ballots. At least 50% of the Emissaries (87) need to lodge their votes, and at least 66% of the votes cast need to be in favour. Only if the ccNSO Membership votes in favour of the Council recommendation, the policy recommendations will be submitted to the ICANN Board of Directors for their consideration. Vote: status update Total Ballots Cast (including duplicates): 70 Ballots Counted (excluding duplicates): 69 Voters Who Haven't Voted: 104 The ongoing ccNSO vote is to determine whether the ccNSO membership supports the ccNSO Council's recommendation to adopt the proposed policy, which will introduce a review mechanism with respect to decisions pertaining to the delegation, transfer, revocation and retirement of the delegated ccTLDs. It offers ccTLD managers, and applicants for new ccTLDs - as direct customers of the IANA Naming Function - an independent review mechanism for specifically identified IANA Function Operator (IFO) decisions, and it increases the predictability and legitimacy of those decisions. In developing the proposed policy, the ccPDP3 Review Mechanism working group ensured that the following objectives were met: low cost, fast and fundamentally fair. Read more * Read the vote notice<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-17apr23-en.htm> * informative webinars on 18 April<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-06apr23-en.htm>: consult the recordings<https://community.icann.org/x/HBwFBQ> * Consult the Frequently Asked Questions and Answers<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/ccpdp3-review-mechanism-frequently-...> * Consult the proposed policy (Members Report) here<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/members-report-proposed-policy-revi...>. * Keep an eye out for the announcements on the ccNSO members mailing list and website * Check out the ccPDP3-RM materials on the ccNSO website<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/pdp-review-mechanism.htm> * Annex B of the ICANN Bylaws<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexB> describes the process that governs the ccNSO policy development process. Best regards, Joke Braeken joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> = = = ICANN77 links to bookmark now * ccNSO Schedule https://community.icann.org/x/IQM5Dg * ccNSO Session Highlights https://community.icann.org/x/RgI5Dg * Tech Day https://community.icann.org/x/MAM5Dg