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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">As everyone knows, the first round of voting</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">for Council chair will end on Monday, 29 December. The results will be communicated as soon as possible</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">thereafter.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">If neither Olga or St</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">é</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">phane receive at least 60% of the votes from each house and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">if</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the sum of the percent of votes received in each house</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">for one of them is higher than the other, then the GNSO Operating Procedures</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (GOP)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> call for a second ballot between the l</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">eading candidate and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">‘</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">none of the above</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, but do not specify exactly when that second ballot should happen. Here are two options that I would like feed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">back on:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">1) send out the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">second</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> ballot on Wednesday,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">December 1 and close that ballot at the end of Constituency Day on December 7; 2) hold the second ballot in the public Council meetin</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">g on 8 December in Cartagena.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Please communicate any</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">preferences you have not later than close of business on Monday, 29 December so that I have some basis for making a decision</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> on this. To the extent possible in the short time available, please obtain input from your respe</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ctive groups.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thanks in advance for your cooperation.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Chuck</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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