Dear Councilors, The GNSO Council email vote on the motion regarding the Approval of the 2019 slate of Members and Liaisons on the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) will begin on the 09 October at 23:59 UTC. Ballots will be sent out closer to the time. The motion will be circulated to the Council mailing list shortly and will be posted here: https://community.icann.org/x/X5UCBw The vote opens at 23:59 UTC on Wednesday 9 October 2019 and closes at 23:59 UTC on Monday 14 October 2019 Please make sure that you receive your ballot, from tally@icann.org<mailto:tally@icann.org>, and if you do not please let me know immediately: gnso-secs@icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org> Please remember that if you are off email, you can cast your vote by voice, but please provide me with a telephone number before 8 October 2019. 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 a simple GNSO 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, Nathalie Nathalie Peregrine Manager, Operations Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine@icann.org <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org%20> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by visiting: https://learn.icann.org/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__learn.icann.org_&d=DwMG...> Follow @GNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICANN_GNSO <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ICANN-5FGNS...> Transcripts and recordings of GNSO Working Group and Council events are located on the GNSO Master Calendar <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_group...> See All SO and AC events on the ICANN Global calendar<https://features.icann.org/calendar>