**Update below changed from -The voting threshold required for the motion to pass successfully is a GNSO Supermajority as defined in Article 11.3-(xix) of the ICANN Bylaws, to – Simple Majority

Dear Councilors,

The GNSO Council email ballot on the motion regarding Approval of the GNSO Council’s Clarifying Statement Regarding Select Pending SubPro Recommendations (DEFERRED from the September 2023 meeting), will be launched shortly. The motion is posted here: https://community.icann.org/x/_oNME

The vote opens at 23:59 UTC on Thursday, 12 October 2023 and closes at 23:59 UTC on Monday, 16 October 2023.

Please make sure that you receive your ballot, from tally@icann.org, and if you do not please let me know immediately: gnso-secs@icann.org

Please remember that if you are offline and unable to access your email, you can cast your vote by voice, but please provide me with a telephone number before, Monday, 16 October 2023

Please be sure to mark only one response:

• In favour, 
• Not in favour,
• Abstain

Please also note the following applicable procedures:

• The Operating Procedures do not permit absentee voting for either motion. Under Section 4.5 of the GNSO Operating Procedures, an abstention counts as a vote “not in favour”. The ballot includes a text box for you to state your reason(s) if you wish, should you decide to abstain from voting on either motion.
• The voting threshold required for the motion to pass successfully is simple majority.
• In accordance with the rules for a vote outside a Council meeting, this ballot will be an open vote (i.e. not secret) and we will record and publish the outcomes as required by the GNSO Operating Procedures.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you. 

With kind regards,

Terri

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Terri Agnew

Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

Policy Operations Specialist (GNSO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Skype ID:  terri.agnew.icann

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