<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;">this is a good initiative<br>
<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[liaison6c] PLEASE RSVP Monthly GNSO WG Newcomer Open House Session</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">March 3, 2014 at 10:23:45 AM GMT+1<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">liaison6c <<a href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org">liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div lang="FR-BE" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; 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;"><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></h1><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Reminder: Monthly GNSO WG Newcomer Open House Session</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">These ongoing monthly sessions are for new GNSO WG participants to come together and discuss any questions they may have about GNSO Working Groups, procedures and/or processes. We know there is a lot of information to digest when you join a GNSO Working Group and these monthly meetings are an opportunity for newcomers and more experienced participants to meet in an informal setting without the pressure of “real work” that needs be done.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The agenda is flexible. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Mikey O’Connor will be ready with a standard set of materials if people would like to discuss them — you can download those materials<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/presentation-newcomer-27feb14-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">here</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>if you would like to review them in advance of the meeting<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>But do not feel constrained to that agenda. </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">F</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">eel free to submit questions, either in advance or at the beginning of the meeting, if there is a topic that you would like to explore in more depth . Providing useful answers to a wide range of questions is part of the reason why these meetings are</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To allow for maximum participation in these calls, the proposed schedule is as follows:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br>Thursday 6 March at 20.00 UTC<br>Thursday 3 April at 12.00 UTC<br>Thursday 1 May at 20.00 UTC<br>Thursday 5 June at 12.00 UTC<br>Thursday 3 July at 20.00 UTC<br>Thursday 7 August at 12.00 UTC<br>Thursday 4 September at 20.00 UTC<br>Thursday 2 October at 12.00 UTC<br>Thursday 6 November at 20.00 UTC<br>Thursday 4 December at 12.00 UTC</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To convert to your local time zone, please see<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">If you are interested to join the next meeting on 6 February or any of the future meetings, please let the GNSO Secretariat know (</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">gnso-secs@icann.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">) and they will send you the call details. If there are any specific questions you already have, or any overviews or introductions you think would be helpful (e.g. GNSO Policy Development Process or GNSO Working Group guidelines), please let us know in advance and we will prepare materials accordingly. Feel free to share this invitation with others that you think may be interested.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We look forward to welcoming you at the next meeting!</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Glen de Saint Géry</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">GNSO Secretariat</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://gnso.icann.org</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>