Dear Councilors,

A discussion and vote on the Approval Action is scheduled for the next GNSO Council meeting on 19 December. If more time is needed a placeholder for an email vote will be scheduled to end on Monday, 23 December.

The GNSO Council email ballot on the motion regarding Empowered Community Approval Action on Fundamental Bylaws Amendments to Article 4 Accountability and Review, 4.2 Reconsideration, will be launched, but only if needed, on 20 December. The motion is posted here: https://community.icann.org/x/BoCeFw

If needed, the vote will open at 00:00 UTC on Friday, 20 December 2024 and close at 23:59 UTC on Monday, 23 December 2024.

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, 23 December 2024.

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 GNSO Supermajority as defined in Article 11.3-(xix) of the ICANN Bylaws.
• 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 Senior Specialist (GNSO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Skype ID:  terri.agnew.icann

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