Dear Councilors, In keeping with the proxy vote procedures, all councilors who were absent from the meeting today, Thursday 8 January 2009 are invited to send the GNSO secretariat <gnso.secretariat@icann.org> a request for a ballot. Councilors noted as absent: Adrian Kinderis, Cyril Chua, Mary Wong. You will then be sent a ballot with an option to vote, YES, NO or ABSTAIN. The current bylaws require a reason for abstaining on a policy recommendation so, if you abstain, please indicate your reason. This process should be completed within 72 hours of the meeting which ended at 21:11 UTC on Thursday 8 January 2009. Completed ballots are due NLT 21:11 UTC, Sunday, 11 January 2009. (22:11 CET, 05:11 HongKong/Singapore, 08:11 Melbourne Monday 12 January 2009) Motion on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) Made by: Tim Ruiz Seconded: Chuck Gomes Whereas: ICANN has undertaken a lengthy consultative process related to amending the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA); The parties have arrived at a set of amendments that are generally thought to be worthy of inclusion in the RAA; Resolve: The GNSO Council supports the attached RAA amendments (documented in http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/current-list-proposed-raa-amendments-16dec08.pd...) and recommends to the Board that they be adopted. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org