Stats: Looks like winner needed 50% plus one vote http://www.election.com/us/icann/icannresult.html NORTH AMERICA 10,632 activated 3449 voting Karl Auerbach: 1728 votes (six passes) AFRICA 315 activated 130 voting Winner Nii Quaynor 67 votes (single pass) ASIA/AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC 38246 activated 17745 voting Winner: Masanobu Katoh 13913 votes (single pass) EUROPE 23442 activated 11309 voting Andy Mueller-Maguhn 5948 votes (single pass) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN 3548 activated 1402 voting Ivan Moura Campos: 946 votes (single pass) It would be interesting to see how the total number voting correlates to the total number submitting endorsements. It may be that the member-nomination process does a better job of acquainting people with the candidates than the Nominating Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellen Rony @..@ Co-author The Domain Name Handbook (----) http://www.domainhandbook.com ======================== ( ) ============================= ISBN 0879305150 <.>__<.> +1 415.435.5010 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^^ ^^^ Tiburon, CA Princess, having had sufficient experience with princes, seeks frog.