Dear Councilors,

The GNSO Council email ballot on the Motion to Support the Approval Action pertaining to the Fundamental Bylaws Amendment regarding the IANA Naming Function Review Team Composition

will be launched shortly. The corresponding motion will be circulated to the Council mailing list shortly and will be posted here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/GNSO+Council+electronic+vote+2019-11-25+to+2019-11-27

The vote opens at 00:01 UTC on Monday 25 November 2019 and closes at 23:59 UTC on Wednesday 27 November 2019.

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 off email, you can cast your vote by voice, but please provide me with a telephone number before Friday 22 November 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 supermajority of the Council. 
• 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.

Kind regards,

Nathalie

Nathalie Peregrine

Manager, Operations Support (GNSO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 

Email: nathalie.peregrine@icann.org 

Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann

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