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<div>Thanks for flagging this issue, Renata, and for raising awareness of how difficult it can be to take one's first steps into a review or a working group. It can be hard to stay abreast of all the topics that the community is dealing with, but I find the Policy Update webinars from the Policy Development Support Team to be great aid in trying to do just that. As luck would have it, the next webinar is scheduled for this Thursday at 10:00 UTC and repeated at 19:00 UTC. To those who might be looking to dip their toes into something a little more substantive, my suggestion would be to listen in to the webinar, ask questions, and know you're welcome to get involved. Good luck!</div><div><font><br></font></div><div>Ayden</div><div>
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 7:05 AM, Olévié Kouami <span dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:olivierkouami@gmail.com" target="_blank">olivierkouami@gmail.com</a></span>
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<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hello !<br></div>Thank you Amr. <br></div>I didn't know about this link before.<br></div>Many thanks you for sharing it with us.<br><br></div>-Olévié-<br><br></div><div><br><div>2016-06-12 12:57 GMT+00:00 Amr Elsadr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aelsadr@egyptig.org" target="_blank">aelsadr@egyptig.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
Another generally useful page to be aware of is the “Quick Info” (<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm</a>) page on the GNSO website. This is a relatively new page, and is basically a collection of links to other pages that cover most of the GNSO’s activities…, such as the GNSO Calendar, GNSO council and working group wiki pages, email archives, policy documents, etc…<br>
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Thanks.<br>
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> On Jun 11, 2016, at 3:30 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com">raquino@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi<br>
><br>
> Really really thanks, Rafik and Stephanie for the pointers.<br>
> I will share with the group who asked me this and get back if there`s<br>
> any more questions or hopefully get them engaged soon<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
><br>
> Renata<br>
><br>
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 12:56 AM, Stephanie Perrin<br>
> <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Absolutely agree, hard to figure out what to do from the ICANN site. We<br>
>> really need to have a blog where people can just casually update. I am on<br>
>> the RDS group, and I can tell you that the workload is pretty intense right<br>
>> now. You can find it on the GNSO site, here<br>
>> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/rds" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/rds</a>. Go to the wiki for<br>
>> more info....<br>
>><br>
>> cheers Stephanie Perrin<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 2016-06-10 23:20, Rafik Dammak wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Renata,<br>
>><br>
>> working groups have a lifecycle and so it can be hard to keep track of them<br>
>> from our side if we have no member involved there . however, it is better to<br>
>> search for info about GNSO policies in GNSO website <a href="http://gnso.icann.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gnso.icann.org</a> and not<br>
>> the main ICANN site.<br>
>><br>
>> GNSO council as manager and doing oversight of policy development process<br>
>> maintain a list of so-called projects which are all ongoing processes:<br>
>> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project</a> . you can find there the status of<br>
>> the working group and at which stage (which can be useful if it is good to<br>
>> join or not at that time)<br>
>><br>
>> you can find info about policy activities by area here<br>
>> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/policy" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/policy</a><br>
>> there is useful landing page when you can find previous working groups,<br>
>> calendar, teams too <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities</a><br>
>><br>
>> also an interesting link to “other activities” such review and so on which<br>
>> are not necessarily policy development process.<br>
>><br>
>> to get info there is <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/background-briefings" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/background-briefings</a><br>
>> and <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/pdp-updates" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/pdp-updates</a> which should be updated<br>
>> prior to ICANN meeting.<br>
>> Some working group like RDS (Registration Directory Services) is<br>
>> experimenting a monthly update shared regularly.<br>
>><br>
>> for reference, some of those links are shared in the announcement for<br>
>> newcomers , also listed here<br>
>> <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved</a><br>
>><br>
>> Currently, there are 3 heavy and critical policy development process:<br>
>> - Registration Data services<br>
>> - Subsequent rounds for new gTLD.<br>
>> - Right Protections Mechanisms<br>
>><br>
>> Helsinki meeting as policy meeting will be a good opportunity to catch up<br>
>> with what is going on.<br>
>><br>
>> Best,<br>
>><br>
>> Rafik<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2016-06-11 11:42 GMT+09:00 Renata Aquino Ribeiro <<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com">raquino@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi<br>
>>><br>
>>> For a newcomer to NCs, I wonder if there is something like a guide to<br>
>>> choosing working groups or a list of GNSO Working Groups which are<br>
>>> open.<br>
>>> I`m digging on ICANN`s site but it is always a bulk of information and<br>
>>> I wonder what people use most or which area.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks<br>
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