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.