Thanks for taking the lead and all the drafting on this (and so many other things), Avri - and thank you for taking my comments on board too :) There are a couple of typos (some of which may have been my fault during my energetic red-lining earlier), but I also had a question - we say that we couldn't reach 2 members and so asked Olga to step in as a trusted third party intermediary, but then she receives 6 votes - is there something we need to add to explain those numbers? Thanks, Mary Mary W S Wong Professor of Law & Chair, Graduate IP Programs Franklin Pierce Law Center Two White Street Concord, NH 03301 USA Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 1-603-513-5143 Webpage: http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584 >>> From: Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> To:<[log in to unmask]> Date: 6/14/2010 10:13 PM Subject: Vote, Cover Letter and Charter Hi, As as been announced the Charter was accepted. Details on the vote can be found at: https://st.icann.org/ncsg-ec/index.cgi?non_commercial_stakeholder_group Of 199 possible voters, 142 members voted that 71.3%. Of 314 possible votes, 231 votes were cast that is 73.6% of which 221 votes were in favor of the charter and 10 were against the charter. These means that 70.38% of the members vote were in favor of the charter, which is greater then the 60% threshold defined for success. My thanks to ALL who voted. And my special thanks to all who made the vote successful. I have appended a draft of the cover letter I plan to send to the Board tomorrow. This letter has been reviewed in the NCSG Executive and the NCSG Policy committee. I know this is a quick rush for review, but I really do need to get the material submitted before Brussels and this has been a very long haul. If anyone does have time and does comment, I would appreciate it. I am sure there are some typos or worse. Thanks again. a. Pierce Law | University of New Hampshire - An Innovative Partnership