RESULTS: Vote on Two motions about ICANN Reform May 2002

Thu May 23 18:58:22 UTC 2002

                           DNSO General Assembly
        RESULTS of vote on Two motions about ICANN Reform, May 2002

23 May 2002

RESULTS of vote on Two motions about ICANN Reform, May 2002

     Re: b12
     http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2002.GA-ICANN-Reform-motions.html

Fundamentals - Two Rules for votes by the GA:

  A. Voting Rules adopted by the GA on 6 July 2000:
     http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2000.GA-voting-rules.html

  B. Election Rules (Instant Runoff) adopted by the GA on 23 March 2001:
     http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.GA-chair-election-rules-v0.2.html

Vote Tally:

  1. Electorate: 586 persons in Voting Roster, when the ballot was prepared
     http://www.dnso.org/secretariat/b12.rosterindex.html

  2. Number of ballots received: 218 , Number of casted votes: 433

  3. Participation: 37.2%

  4. Vote results:

     Numbers:

               148 I FOR Motion 1 ("Request to US DoC")
                54 I vote AGAINST Motion 1
                15 I ABSTAIN regarding Motion 1

               164 I vote FOR Motion 2 ("Reform principles")
                33 I vote AGAINST Motion 2
                19 I ABSTAIN regarding Motion 2

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               433   TOTAL casted votes

     Percentages:

            67.9% : I FOR Motion 1 ("Request to US DoC")
            24.8% : I vote AGAINST Motion 1
             6.9% : I ABSTAIN regarding Motion 1

            75.2% : I vote FOR Motion 2 ("Reform principles")
            15.1% : I vote AGAINST Motion 2
             8.7% : I ABSTAIN regarding Motion 2

  5. Vote records:

     The calculations using Voting Rules are published in:
     http://www.dnso.org/secretariat/b12.fullrecord.html.