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<div>Thank you, Glen, for arranging this email vote.</div>
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<div>And for Councilors – by the looks of updates on all the various social media outlets, it seems everyone is enjoying a well-deserved summer break!  This email ballot is open for another (approx.) 24 hours, so please be sure to get your vote recorded, and
 I promise not to interrupt your vacations with Council business again until later this month.</div>
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<div>Cheers--</div>
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<div>J.</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>> on behalf of Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday, August 5, 2016 at 3:46 <br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>GNSO Council List <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[council] GNSO Council Email ballot
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Councillors,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The GNSO Council email ballot on two motions (see:
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/DQObAw">https://community.icann.org/x/DQObAw</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">before the Council will be launched shortly.
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</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The vote opens at<span style="color:red"></span>00:00 UTC on Saturday, 6 August and closes at 23:59 UTC on Tuesday 9 August 2016.<br>
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</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please make sure that you receive your ballot, from
<a href="mailto:tally@icann.org">tally@icann.org</a>, and if you do not please let me know immediately
<a href="mailto:glen@icann.org">glen@icann.org</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please remember that if you are off email, you can cast your vote by voice, but please provide me with a telephone number<b><span style="color:red"></span>before
 6 August</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There are two motions that require your vote.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please be sure to mark only one response for each motion<s>,</s><b><span style="color:red">:</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">       
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">in favour,
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">not in favour,
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">abstain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please also note the following applicable procedures:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">      
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Operating Procedures do not permit absentee voting for either motion. Under Section 4.5 of the GNSO Operating Procedures, an abstention counts
 as a vote “not in favour”. The ballot includes a text box for you to state your reason(s) if you wish, should you decide to abstain from voting on either motion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">      
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The voting threshold required for both motions to pass successfully is a simple majority of the Council.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">      
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In accordance with the rules for a vote outside a Council meeting, this ballot will be an open vote (i.e. not secret) and we will record and publish
 the outcomes as required by the GNSO Operating Procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please let me know if you have any questions.<br>
Thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Glen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Glen de Saint Géry</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:MingLiU;color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">GNSO Secretariat</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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