<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div apple-content-edited="true">Hi Amr</div><div apple-content-edited="true"><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">Yes, and there’s also a useful webinar before each meeting. I sent the list the announcement of the 7 Nov. Pre-Buenos Aires ICANN Policy Update Webinar on 27 October; the slides, recording and transcript of the presentation are at: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/presentations">http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/presentations</a> and on the GNSO website: http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#nov (previous pre-meeting webinar presentations also available). I also sent out the call for comments on the strategic plan on 30 October. And BTW, there are a bunch of new gTLD webinars & transcripts, including on rights protection issues, at http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/webinars.</div><div apple-content-edited="true"><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">Hopefully we will over the next year be able to turn more attention from getting our house in order to visibly engaging in ICANN policy discussions via public comment periods, policy statements, and the like. We’ve been allocated funding to produce print materials, which would allow us to make such interventions more visible. But to do all this we need to decide on rebooting the Policy Committee or having some other mechanism, similar to what NCUC used to do in years past when statements were much more frequent.</div><div apple-content-edited="true"><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">In the near term, a policy piece I hope people will make time for is the ATRT II report (sent 31 October and included also on the Constituency Day agenda sent 7 November. <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40176025" style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40176025<br></a></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">The ATRT Team will be coming for 45 minutes to ask for NCUC’s views on ICANN’s accountability and transparency. Hopefully CD participants can read the team’s draft report and come ready to engage.</div><div apple-content-edited="true"><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">Best,</div><div apple-content-edited="true"><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">Bill</div><div apple-content-edited="true"><a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40176025" style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"><br></a></div><div><div>On Nov 11, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Amr Elsadr <<a href="mailto:aelsadr@EGYPTIG.ORG">aelsadr@EGYPTIG.ORG</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Thanks for this, Milton. It IS really helpful. Are these briefings something new that policy staff are circulating? If so, I hope they keep it up.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again.</div><div><br></div><div>Amr</div><br><div><div>On Nov 10, 2013, at 8:21 PM, Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: TrebuchetMS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dear colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Please scan the attached document. The issues contained within it are what NCSG is all about : developing and shaping policy on the very specific issues ICANN governs. This document provides a really good and simple summary of what these issues are and what ICANN processes are happening around them.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">De :</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>De la part de</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Marika Konings<br><b>Envoyé :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>dimanche 10 novembre 2013 11:07<br><b>À :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GNSO Council<br><b>Objet :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[council] GNSO Projects Background Briefings<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR"> </span></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Please find attached the background briefings for the GNSO projects discussed over the weekend sessions in Buenos Aires. Feel free to share these with your respective groups.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Safe travels and looking forward to seeing you all in Buenos Aires!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Marika<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><span><GNSO Background Briefings - BA.pdf></span>_______________________________________________<br>Ncuc-discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>Ncuc-discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a><br>http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>