Dear all, Thanks for the update Katrina. I think this is very good news and shows the dedication from both ccNSO and GNSO folks. I would like to congratulate the ccNSO Selection Committee for the achieved result and their availability during midst of summer to pull this off. I'm very happy to see that we met the deadlines and achieved the maximum of result which was possible at this time. I'm very much in favor of a joint statement from ccNSO and GNSO concerning the geographical and other diversity aspects. As far as I'm concerned, I don't see any issue in authorizing the Selection Committee to draft such a statement. I fear that the opportunity to raise this point may long be over by September. If this would put my fellow Councillors at unease we could always have a solution that the Selection Committee drafts the statement and that it is send out if there is no opposition from the Council. But for now, let's just be happy that there is consensus on the full slate. Best regs, Met vriendelijke groet Peter Vergote Op 2 aug. 2016 om 18:11 heeft Katrina Sataki <katrina@nic.lv<mailto:katrina@nic.lv>> het volgende geschreven: Dear Councillors, I am pleased to inform you that during today's joint ccNSO-GNSO coordination call to finalize approval of the initial CSC slate, consensus was reached on the full slate for the CSC. The work of the ccNSO with respect to this matter is now complete, other than joining with the GNSO in informing ICANN, and the larger ICANN community, of the slate (this will occur on 10 August). The GNSO is using a slightly different procedure than we used, so the final approval of the slate by them will have to be done via a simple majority vote of the GNSO Council by 9 August. Whilst there were some concerns expressed by participants from both organizations regarding the diversity of the approved CSC slate (similar to those already raised by the Councillors), it was agreed that time constraints prevented further attempts in this area for this slate. Participants on today's call from both SOs agreed that for future rounds of CSC slate formations, sufficient time must be allowed to pursue greater diversity during the selection process. There's an idea to share these concerns with the larger community in a joint ccNSO-GNSO statement. As the ccNSO Selection Committee is not mandated to issue such a statement on behalf of the Council, I will keep you informed when your support and approval will be needed. Kind regards, ]{atrina