Dear all, At the last Council call of 21 August 2014) it was decided to take a Council vote on the recommendation of the Quorum Study Group, included in its Final report of. This Report was submitted some time and is now included her as well. In the preparatory note for the Council meeting the following background and draft resolution was presented: Quorum Interpretation Study Group Final Report and Recommendation Background The Quorum Group was created to suggest implementation of the recommendation to develop a mechanism whereby ccNSO members could indicate how their "non-vote" should be interpreted during a voting - Abstain/Will not subscribe to policy?Do not count me as quorum (the latter meaning that the member does not want to hinder the issue to pass a voting). The Study group conducted a survey among the members of the ccNSO. Based on that survey the Study Group recommends not to implement any change to the current rule. Resolution The ccNSO Council adopts the Final Report of the Study Group and the group is closed. The ccNSO Council thanks the chair Katrina Sataki and it members for their work. The ccNSO adopts the recommendation of this Group not to implement a change of the quroum rule as suggested before. As always, is considered adopted, unless councillors indicate need for further discussion or objections to the resolution by 10 September 2014. Kind regards, Bart