<div><div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Dear all,</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">In follow up to Maryam's email on the specific schedule, <span style="white-space:pre-wrap">I am sending this email on behalf of me and my colleagues on the NCUC EC. </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are approaching #ICANN61 and #</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> has a list of excellent activities that we suggest everyone attends! Please see below highlights which you could also share:</span></font></div><span id="m_3314743450224127262gmail-docs-internal-guid-9dd12972-0714-c49a-ebf9-8f5889774022"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Day </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1 - Sat 10 March 2018</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">08:30 - 10:15</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> work meeting - Executive Committee, Membership affairs and E-team</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">((</span><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Open </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> work meeting)) </span><a href="https://participate.icann.org/sju61-103a" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://participate.icann.org/sju61-103a</span></a></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> work meetings are open to all community members. With a commitment to openness and transparency, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> meetings at ICANN address the Constituency's governance.</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10:30 - 12:00</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Civil Society Organizations Roundtable: a joint outreach by </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> + NPOC + NCSG</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://participate.icann.org/sju61-103a" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://participate.icann.org/sju61-103a</span></a></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Several international digital rights organizations are NCSG, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or NPOC members. Some of</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">these organizations will share with the audience a bit about their work and why they became involved in ICANN. Learn more about doing DNS policy and understand how you and/or your organization could get involved by  applying for institutional membership.</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="m_3314743450224127262gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span></span><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Briefings by IGP, Open Knowledge Finland, Africa 2.0 and others</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="m_3314743450224127262gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span></span><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Keynote w/ Milton Mueller</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">13:30 - 15:00</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Outreach with ICANN Fellows and Nextgen Q & A</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://participate.icann.org/sju61-208bc" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://participate.icann.org/sju61-208bc</span></a></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We'll listen to fellows' interest in ICANN and answer questions they may have. The objective of this section is for us to hear their ideas to how they think they might engage in doing policy in a multistakeholder setting. Let's discuss the priorities for DNS policy in North America and other regions.</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Briefing by Bruna Santos</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">15:15 - 16:45</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Joint outreach </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> + At-Large </span><a href="https://participate.icann.org/sju61-208bc" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://participate.icann.org/sju61-208bc</span></a></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Learn about civil society spaces in ICANN and how to engage in Internet policy. Organized by </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and EURALO, this joint outreach will bring great presentations on working groups in an interactive session to answer all your questions.</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Briefings from: NCUC EC: Louise Mariel - Bruna Santos - Elsa Saade</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tatiana Tropina and Olivier Crépin-Leblond</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Day 2 - Sun 11 March 2018</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">08:30 - 15:00 - NCUC Policy Course (NCUC Members only: </span><a href="https://participate.icann.org/sju61-103a-c" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://participate.icann.org/sju61-103a-c</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you want to know more about getting involved in </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">policy </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">processes at ICANN, this course is for you! The policy course is an NCUC initiative meant to support its members in improving their writing skills and meaningful engagement into PDPs. Even if you already have some experience in drafting public comments, join us anyway, as there is always a room for improvement.</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10:30 - 12:00</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Constituency Day - ICANN Working Groups Learning Sessions</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Learn about governance and policy working groups. Know how you can join and make a difference. </span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Briefings from: Auction proceeds - Stephanie Perrin, RDS - Ayden Ferdeline, RPM - Kathy Kleiman, CCWP Human Rights - Collin Kurre, Transparency - Michael Karanicolas, WS2 Accountability - Rafik Dammak.</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Day 4 - Tuesday 13 March 2018</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">13:30 - 15:00</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Constituency Day - Our Governance </span><a href="https://participate.icann.org/sju61-103b" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://participate.icann.org/sju61-103b</span></a></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Interested in being a community leader? Come to talk to appointed and elected representatives of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> about their roles in the Constituency.</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Briefings with: Finance Committee Representative - Thato Mfikwe, Sam Lanfranco</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Policy Committee representatives - Farell Folly and Nick Shorey,</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Executive Committee,</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Focal Points.</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">15:15 - 16:45</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - NPOC and </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Constituency Day - Work done in events in the I* Ecosystem</span></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://participate.icann.org/sju61-104abc" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://participate.icann.org/sju61-104abc</span></a></p></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span><span><font face="georgia, serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> members report on work being done in various spaces of the Internet policy and governance ecosystem, showcasing advancements in policy discussions and projects. Join and learn how to bring your perspective to our sessions at Internet Freedom Festival, WSIS, Rightscon, LACNIC, IGF and other spaces.</span></p></font></span></blockquote><span><font face="georgia, serif"><div><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></font></span><div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">​​It would be great to see you all engaging in our activities and hopefully get the chance to exchange thoughts on the wider engagement of NCUC at ICANN61. I would particularly be interested in NewGTLD and GDPR related sessions which will set a tone for a lot of the upcoming years of discussions at ICANN, so if you'd like to discuss any of those, feel free to reach out, I'd be more than happy to make myself available.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Best,</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Elsa</font></div></div></div></div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif">-- <br></font><div class="m_3314743450224127262gmail_signature"><div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif">--<br><br>Elsa Saade<br>Human Rights Officer<br>Gulf Center for Human Rights<br>Beirut, Lebanon</font><br></div></div></div></div>
</div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">--<br><br>Elsa Saade<br>Human Rights Officer<br>Gulf Center for Human Rights<br>Beirut, Lebanon<br></div></div></div></div>