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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Having seen no objection to the plan outlined below, the newly-seated Council will conduct a roll-call vote on 21 October for the GNSO Chair election.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks and regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Keith<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Drazek, Keith via council<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 30, 2020 1:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-secs@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [council] Voting Options for GNSO Chair<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As we discussed briefly at the end of our 24 September Council meeting, we need to finalize the process by which the next GNSO Council will vote for its new Chair.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So we’re all on the same page:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Philippe Fouquart is the sole candidate for GNSO Chair.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The new Council will conduct the vote after the Annual Global Meeting transition.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Appointment of the GNSO Chair requires 60% support of each house.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Historically, votes for Chair have been conducted in-person with paper ballots and votes are anonymous.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">We are currently in a unique situation that the Chair position is not contested and we’re not able to meet in person to conduct a paper vote.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Council leadership team and staff have discussed a range of options from acclamation to a secret email vote, and are recommending that we conduct a simple roll-call vote. This
will clearly establish that the minimum threshold had been met to avoid a run-off between the Candidate and “none-of-the-above,” while avoiding the unnecessary complexity of holding an email vote for an uncontested seat.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If anyone has concerns about this suggested approach, please let us know before the end of this week.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks and regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Keith<o:p></o:p></p>
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