[NCUC-DISCUSS] REMINDER: ncuc.chat for Helsinki

[James Gannon]

Hi Julf, yes happy to have you on the chat of course!, for everyones reference the admin team is myself, Rafik and Brenden.

-James





On 21/06/2016, 10:31, "Ncuc-discuss on behalf of Johan Helsingius" <ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org on behalf of julf at julf.com> wrote:

>James,
>
>Thank you for the useful information. On registering,
>I am told "This chat is intended for NCUC members only,
>if you are not an NCUC member please contact the
>administrators for permission to post".
>
>Could you let me know who the administrators are, and
>how to contact them? As NomCom appointee to the Non-
>Contracted Party House of the GNSO Council, I feel
>I should officially stay non-aligned, but I definitely
>like to think of myself as a "friend of NCUC".
>
>	Julf
>
> On 21-06-16 10:16, James Gannon wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>> 
>> Reminding everyone about our new tools available for this critical
>> policy meeting in Helsinki.
>> 
>> *https://ncuc.chat* <https://ncuc.chat/> 
>> 
>> We will use this chat platform as an open alternative to Skype and other
>> disparate channels during the Helsinki meeting to share information,
>> coordinate and talk amongst ourselves.
>> 
>> Please sign up and get chatting to all your fellow NCUC members! We are
>> launching this now in advance of the ICANN meeting in Helsinki to get
>> everyone onto the platform and familiar before we have our first meeting
>> where we can use its features to bring some real-time collaboration to
>> this new meeting format at ICANN focused on policy discussion and with
>> need of lot of coordination.
>> 
>> ———
>> 
>> *How to register:*
>> 
>> Go to https://ncuc.chat <https://ncuc.chat/> , click on register a new
>> account. Enter your chosen username, password and email address.
>> The system will send you a registration confirmation email, click on the
>> registration link and login to the platform.
>> 
>> *How to use:*
>> You can access the chat from any browser by going to https://ncuc.chat
>> <https://ncuc.chat/> or you can download apps for Window, Linux, Apple
>> iOS and OSX and Android at https://rocket.chat/.
>> 
>> Once in the system you will see a number of channels on the left have
>> been setup on the left hand side of the window. Some channels as
>> examples are #ICANN-56-Helsinki to collaborate during the ICANN meeting,
>> or #ccwg-accountability and #accountability-ws2 to connect and share
>> information about the critical work of the IANA transition. Don’t see a
>> channel for your topic feel free to start one!
>> 
>> 
>> Click the more channels at the bottom to see the full list of available
>> channels.
>> On the right hand side of each channel there is an options pane that you
>> can use to customise things like notifications and other settings
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Feel free to join in the conversation and contribute, or start your own
>> public and private chats to chat to other NCUC members. 
>> Direct messages can be sent between members also using the direct
>> messaging function.
>> The archives of the chat are available to all who sign up and will be
>> available on a public archive soon.
>> 
>> *Security and Accessibility:*
>> Given the diverse membership of NCUC it was critical to ensure that this
>> platform is secure and accessible to all of our members. All chats are
>> encrypted over SSL/TLS and the ncuc.chat server receives an A+ rating on
>> SSL-Labs https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=ncuc.chat&latest .
>> Direct messages between online users can be encrypted using OTR secure
>> messaging by clicking the Off The Record button while chatting in direct
>> messages.
>> The site presents all of its information over HTTP and should be
>> accessible from any country on earth, please feel free to message me if
>> you have any troubles connecting in your country.
>> 
>> ———
>> 
>> *Disclaimer:*
>> This platform is not intended to replace the NCUC-Discuss mailing list
>> as the official location of all formal NCUC communications and is merely
>> intended to provide an additional channel for more real time and
>> accessible communications to our members. 
>> 
>> 
>> Please feel free to reach out to me with any further questions.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> James Gannon
>> 
>> 
>> 
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