I am pleased to report that, according to my tally, detailed below, the Operating Principles have been approved in accord with Paragraph 15 ("These Operating Principles will take effect when adopted by not less than 70% of the active North American At-Large Structures"). With 16 Accredited At Large Structures, each with 2 eligible voting members, we had a potential for 32 votes. 26 votes were cast, and, according to our prior agreement, the 6 eligibles voters who did not vote were deemed "not active" for purposes of the vote. Of the 26 votes cast by At Large Structures, 20 were affirmative "yes" votes in favor of the Operating Principles (76%). Of the remaining 6 votes, 3 were express abstentions and 3 were negative. If we do not take account of the abstentions, the voting percentage (20 of 23 votes) rises to 87%. The approval paragraph of the OP provided that the vote was to take place among At Large Structures, which does not include the unaffiliated individuals who participate in the General Assembly voting. Both of these individuals voted "no." Even if we counted them, the OP would have passed (either by a 71% or 80% margin, depending on how we dealt with abstentions). By a copy of this message, I am alerting ICANN Staff to the fact that the Operating Principles for North America have been adopted and asking that they post these as final to the relevant ALAC web pages and update the footer on our mailing lists. The actual voting tally is below. If anything is incorrect, please let me know. Congratulations everyone! Bret Fausett (Interim Chair, NA General Assembly) -- ** YES ** Michael Miranda Stephen Soucy Randy Glass Evan Leibovitch Beau Brendler Ted Ernst Seth Reiss Eduardo Diaz Luc Faubert Darlene Thompson Robert Guerra Gareth Shearman Bret Fausett Glenn McCleary Michael Parker Gerry Singleton Archer Lebron Louis Houle Malcolm Campbell Katitza Rodriguez Pereda Garth Graham Dennis Wilen ** NO ** John Levine Neil Schwartzman Scott Hazen Mueller ** ABSTAIN ** Brandon Davidson Sylvia Caras Paul Cumming