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color=#0000ff size=2>One of the fascinating things about the Internet world is
the new meanings given to words. Whether we should do that in this case or
not is open for discussion.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=084424212-24092009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Philip
Sheppard<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:48 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Council GNSO'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [council] Abstentions<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=953124207-24092009>Let me assist with
some thinking from elsewhere:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=953124207-24092009>Oxford English
dictionary</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=953124207-24092009><STRONG>Abstention</STRONG> "not using ones'
vote"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=953124207-24092009><SPAN
class=hw><STRONG><FONT size=3>abstention</FONT></STRONG></SPAN>
<DIV class=runseg><B>1</B>. the formal act of not voting </DIV>
<DIV class=ds-list><A
href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/misc/HarperCollinsProducts.aspx?English"><FONT
color=#000000>Collins Essential English Dictionary</FONT></A> 2nd Edition 2006
© HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006</DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=953124207-24092009>Wikipedia (take it
or leave it)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=953124207-24092009>"<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Abstentions do not count in tallying the vote
negatively or positively; when members abstain, they are in effect only
attending the meeting to aid in constituting a quorum, which in turn means
that those who abstain still effect the general number of people in quorum".
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