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--></style></head><body bgcolor="white" lang="EN-CA" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1f497d">Dear All,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1f497d">With regards to the Consensus Call, I wonder if it is preferable to have a ‘ranked ballot’ if possible, so that members can rank their choices in order of preference. In this manner the vote will reflect the choice that is the most agreeable to the most people. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1f497d">Ranked voting is considered a more accurate measure of voter sentiment than the typical 'plurality' voting, especially when there are more than two options, and especially when some of the options share similarities while others are quite dissimilar. Ranked voting is in use by Australia, by Canadian political parties, by the Oscars for picking the Best Picture winner, by San Francisco for picking it mayor and now by Maine for picking most of its elected officials (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/us/maine-ranked-choice-voting.html"><span style="color:#1f497d">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/us/maine-ranked-choice-voting.html</span></a>). More information about ranked ballots is available here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting"><span style="color:#1f497d">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting</span></a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Zak</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Gnso-igo-ingo-crp [mailto:<a href="mailto:gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces@icann.org">gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary Wong<br><b>Sent:</b> December-12-17 4:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gnso-igo-ingo-crp@icann.org">gnso-igo-ingo-crp@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] PLEASE READ: Deadline for proposals and agenda for Working Group meeting this week</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">SENT ON BEHALF OF PHIL AND PETTER (WORKING GROUP CO-CHAIRS)</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Working Group members,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">We are moving toward concluding our deliberations on the topic of whether (and if so, what) recommendation to make to deal with the situation where the losing respondent files a claim in a national court but the IGO succeeds in claiming immunity from the jurisdiction of that court. With thanks to Zak for timely submitting proposed text on a new option for this topic, which we will consider on our next call this Thursday, we request that <b>if any Working Group member has any proposed text for consideration, please submit the actual text you are proposing for Working Group consideration no later than one hour before the Thursday call (i.e. <span style="color:red">1600 UTC on 14 December</span>). </b><u>This will be the deadline for submission of any options to be included in any further polling of the WG for support or opposition</u>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The proposed agenda for the call this Thursday is as follows:</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Roll call/updates to Statements of Interest</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Co-Chairs’ recap of discussion with Nominet legal counsel on the Nominet appeal process</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Review of text proposed by Zak for a new option (in the context of a possible Recommendation #3)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Presentation of Co-Chairs’ proposal for concluding deliberations on Recommendation #3 and conducting the Working Group Consensus Call for all Recommendations and options</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Scheduling the next meeting</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">We hope that as many Working Group members as possible can attend the call this week, as we hope to wrap up discussions on this one remaining possible recommendation, and proceed with the formal Consensus Call before the end of this year.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Phil and Petter</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p></div></body></html>