Dear ccNSO Members, I am following up on Alejandra’s email below, regarding the invitation to vote in a ccNSO election. The vote is to determine whether the ccNSO membership supports the ccNSO Council's recommendation to adopt the proposed policy on the retirement of ccTLDs. The voting starts on Wednesday, 7 July 2021 (00:01 UTC) and shall close on Wednesday, 28 July 2021 (23:59 UTC). = = = ! Your participation in this election is important ! At least 50% of the ccNSO members need to lodge their votes, and at least 66% of the members need to vote in favour. = = = Note: * Ballots (172 in total) have been sent by the e-mail address tally@icann.org<mailto:tally@icann.org>, to the e-mail address of the primary contacts of each ccNSO Member, as listed in the ccNSO Members database. * If you are unable to locate the ballot, please consider checking your spam folder. Contact Joke Braeken (joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org>) if you have questions or concerns regarding the email address of the primary contact for your ccTLD. * Each eligible primary contact receives one unique ballot only. * When the results are displayed, the votes are only identified by the ballot ID, and not by the voter’s email address. * You can vote an unlimited number of times, but only the last vote submitted will be counted. Read more: * Members Report: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-24jun21-en.htm The Members Report includes the proposed policy on the retirement of ccTLDs, as well as ccNSO Council’s Recommendation to adopt the proposed policy. * Heads up, vote alert: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18jun21-en.htm and https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03jun21-en.htm Best regards. Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org From: Ccnso-council <ccnso-council-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of ccnso-council <ccnso-council@icann.org> Reply to: Alejandra Reynoso <alejandra.reynoso@cctld.gt> Date: Friday, 2 July 2021 at 17:01 To: "ccnso-members@icann.org" <ccnso-members@icann.org>, ccnso-council <ccnso-council@icann.org> Subject: [ccnso-council] [VOTE ALERT] Upcoming Members vote - ccPDP Retirement outcome Dear Members The ccNSO Policy Development Process on Retirement of ccTLDs has reached an important and critical point: * We as the ccNSO community have to decide whether we accept the proposed policy. Therefore, I urge you to vote, whether you support the proposals or not, but vote. To understand the issues at stake and the proposed retirement policy I refer you to the ccNSO Members Report, which was published on 24 June (see https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/pdp3-retirement-members-report-24ju... [ccnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/pdp3-ret...>) . * Next week the voting will start on Wednesday 7 July 2021, at 00.01 UTC and it will close on 28 July 2021 at 23.59 UTC. * The primary contact from your ccTLD Manager will receive an email ballot from tally@icann.org<mailto:tally@icann.org> * If you have not received the email ballot on 7 July 2021, please contact Joke (Joke.Braeken@icann.org<mailto:Joke.Braeken@icann.org>). For more information on the voting process please have a look at the June edition of the ccNSO newsletter (https://myemail.constantcontact.com/ccNSO-Newsletter---June-2021.html?soid=1... [myemail.constantcontact.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/myemail.constantcontact.com/ccNSO-Newslet...>) Best Regards, Alejandra Reynoso Chair of the ccNSO -- [Image removed by sender. Photograph] Alejandra Reynoso Investigación & Desarrollo | Dominios .gt P: +502 23688565 E: alejandra.reynoso@cctld.gt<mailto:alejandra.reynoso@cctld.gt> 18 Ave. 11-95 Zona 15, V.H. III. (A-109) Guatemala, Guatemala www.gt [gt]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.gt/__;!!PtGJab4!sC7y1cboyv8j_x7pWjkXjm...>