Dear Colleagues, Thank you for expressing your preferences regarding the way forward with respect to Special Council elections in the European region. All Councillors submitted their votes. Ironically, it turned out that 8 Councillors supported Option 1 and 8 Councillors supported Option 2. One Councillor abstained. With this quite unusual diversity of views, I had to decide how to proceed. Taking into account that three Councillors submitted their votes AFTER the deadline of 9 May 23.59 UTC, I removed their votes from the final score. With that, we have 7 Councillors in favour of Option 1 and 6 in favour of Option 2. It means that we go forward with Option 1, i.e.: 1) Nomination Manager (Joke): please, issue the call for nominations on 22 May. 2) Meeting Programme Working Group (Alejandra): please, schedule time for Q&As in Panama. 3) Councillors (especially those who supported Option 1): please, be around to review and approve the final report. Kind regards, ]{atrina From: Ccnso-council [mailto:ccnso-council-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Katrina Sataki Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 5:13 PM To: ccnso-council@icann.org Subject: [ccnso-council] Special Council election in EU region Dear Councillors, As discussed last week during our call, we need to decide on the nomination and election schedule for the special European region election. As discussed, we have two options: Option 1: start the Special Council election this month with the goal to interview candidates in Panama. Option 2: run the Special Council election in parallel with the regular Council election (start in September 2018) and interview all candidates in Barcelona. Resolutions for both options are given below. If you prefer Option 1, please let the list know as soon as possible, but no later than 9 May 2018, 23.59 UTC by responding 'In favor of Option 1'. If you prefer Option 2, please inform the list accordingly with 'In favor of Option 2'. I would appreciate all your votes, i.e. at least explicitly state that you abstain. Nigel already indicated his abstention during the call. Thank you! Kind regards, ]{atrina Draft Resolution Background Nigel Roberts will step down from the ccNSO Council at the end of its Panama meeting session and informed the ICANN General Counsel and Chair of the ccNSO accordingly. In accordance with section 10.4 (g) of the ICANN Bylaws the ccNSO Council needs to establish a nomination and election schedule, which shall be sent to all ccNSO members within ICANN's European Geographic Region and posted on the ccNSO website. Option 1 Decision (Panama) The ccNSO Council appoints Joke Braeken, ccNSO Secretariat, as Election Manager for the Special European Council Election. The call for nomination should be sent out on Tuesday, 22 May 2018 and, hence, follow the schedule as proposed for a Q & A session at the Panama ccNSO meeting. The Election Manger is requested to inform the ccNSO members in ICANN's European Region accordingly and publish the timeline on the ccNSO website. Option 2 Decision (Barcelona) The ccNSO Council appoints Joke Braeken, ccNSO Secretariat, as Election Manager for the Special European Council Election. The call for nomination should be sent out on Tuesday, 18 September 2018 and, hence, follow the schedule as proposed for a Q & A session at the Barcelona ccNSO meeting. The Election Manger is requested to inform the ccNSO members in ICANN's European Region accordingly and publish the timeline on the ccNSO website.