I missed the vote due to travel, but if I had managed to vote, I would have abstained. The statement included issues that I felt were not relevant to the questions asked. Alan At 04/09/2009 10:40 AM, Beau Brendler wrote:

I voted against it in something of a bureaucratic protest, in that, when I went in to read the vote language, I couldn't understand it. I made this comment in the vote comment field, and by the time I voted I saw that it was going to pass. -----Original Message----- >From: "Thompson, Darlene" <DThompson@GOV.NU.CA >Sent: Sep 4, 2009 10:25 AM >To: na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org >Subject: [NA-Discuss] FW: [ALAC-Announce] VOTE RESULT: ALAC Vote on the Advisory on ICANN Meeting Dates/Geographic Rotation 2011-2013 > >Hi there, > >I must be the first to admit that I haven't been following the whole Meeting Dates thing. I was just wondering, Beau, why you voted against it? Is this something that our region needs to be concerned about (like being missed again)? > >D > >Darlene A. Thompson >Community Access Program Administrator >Nunavut Dept. of Education / N-CAP >P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 >Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 >Phone: (867) 975-5631 >Fax: (867) 975-5610 >E-mail: dthompson@gov.nu.ca > >-----Original Message----- >From: alac-announce-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-announce-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of At-Large Staff >Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 4:49 AM >To: alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org >Subject: [ALAC-Announce] VOTE RESULT: ALAC Vote on the Advisory on ICANN Meeting Dates/Geographic Rotation 2011-2013 > >Dear all, > >With 11 out of 15 ALAC Members having voted in the recent vote on the >Advisory on ICANN Meeting Dates/Geographic Rotation 2011-2013, we can >confirm that the result is quorate. > >******************** >Motion: Do you support the ratification of the Advisory on ICANN Meeting >Dates/Geographic Rotation 2011-2013 for communication to the Board of ICANN? > >As at Poll close: Wednesday 02 September 2009 23:59 UTC >Number of voters: 11 · Electorate size: 15 · Percentage voted: 73.33 > >Yes: 9 (81.82%) >Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Adam Peake, Patrick Vande Walle, Sébastien Bachollet, >Vanda Scartezini, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, VC Vivekanadan, Gareth Shearman, Thu >Hue Nguyen > >No: 1 (9.09%) >Beau Brendler > >Abstain: 1 (9.09%) >Hawa Diakite > >******************** >You may verify the results independently under: >https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code =CvDk4wwNR9B6c7u7pTC4 > >When announcing the results of voting, we have been requested by the Chair >to provide a listing of those who have not voted. Accordingly, we can >confirm that the following ALAC members did not participate in the >balloting: > >Carlos Aguirre >Mohamed El Bashir >Alan Greenberg >Fatimata Seye Sylla > >As per decision of the ALAC during its August 25th meeting, the Board >Advisory has already been transmitted to the ICANN Board of Directors >accompanied by a note indicating that the ratification was still pending. > >Regards, > >Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White >ICANN At-Large Staff >email: staff at atlarge.icann.org > >____________________________ ___________________ >ALAC-Announce mailing list >ALAC-Announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org >http ://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce_atlarge-lists.icann.org

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