<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div>What happened in Brussels </div><div><br></div><div>All , </div><div><br></div><div>I am writing this note to let you know what we did in Brussels in terms of outreach. You can also follow this model later for outreach considering the lessons learnt etc. </div><div><br></div><div>Monika requested for CROPP - we thought a side event as a complementary to Monika's session would be good too. Hence we asked ICANN for providing us with the means to hold the side event at ICANN offices. ICANN paid partially for my travel expenses to go to Brussels for two nights. </div><div><br></div><div>we asked all of our NCUC members to invite whoever they knew attending the CPDP. We also asked Maryam to post the invitation on the website. we invited some civil society orgs based in Brussels such as Accessnow and EDRi. </div><div><br></div><div>The lessons learnt were: we need to publicize and invite more people to attend. The attendance was OK considering the pouring rain and one of the organizations ( Renewable freedom) already became a member.</div><div><br></div><div> Accessnow had requested to join beforehand and as they said it was a good introduction for them so such events could be also good for the new members. </div><div><br></div><div>We need to follow up on the attendees after such events and provide them with some guidance as to how to become a member if they wish to do so. </div><div><br></div><div>AND , it is very important to say there is no membership fee. And important to provide basic info on NCSG and the difference between NPOC and NCUC. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>As Rafik also suggested we need to have a pitch to grab people's attention and show them that we are in fact very effective at ICANN. so we need to compile suggestions as to what to say, what to include etc. </div><div><br></div><div>Our members were fantastic in presenting NCUC as a great group for advancing non-commercial user rights within ICANN. So whenever there are some NCUC members in some event it is not a bad idea to have such events.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Farzaneh </div>
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