Dear Councillors, In preparation of the ccNSO Council meeting #202 held on Thursday, 15 February 2024, I am sending you the proposed draft of the ccNSO Council election guideline. The draft was revised by GRC. Major changes are marked in yellow. https://docs.google.com/document/d/189xaLOeK_GWaLmt7g1KcGD8WDGAXIzYluC-ZxDhD... Highlights * Section 3.2: addition regarding nominations or secondments from non-Representatives * Section 6.1: addition regarding quorum * Section 6.2: anonymous voting – for discussion and decision * Section 7.1: plurality of the votes versus majority of the votes * Section 7.2: Removal of a Councillor, reasons as per section 10.3(f) of the Bylaws Background Following Council’s adoption of the latest ccNSO Council Election Report<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/elections/election-report-18dec23-en.pdf> in December 2023, GRC was tasked to review the applicable guideline<https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/guideline-ccnso-c...>, to address the observations by the Election Process Manager. Best regards, Joke Braeken joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> ICANN79 links to bookmark now * ccNSO Schedule https://community.icann.org/x/MIEJEQ * ccNSO Session Highlights https://community.icann.org/x/jIEvEQ * Tech Day https://community.icann.org/x/T4EJEQ