<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>As you may saw lately in the list, we are discussing about 2 days meeting in DC next week Monday and Tuesday for the Non-contracted party house which include NCSG and CSG. this kind of gathering is an opportunity for us , non-commercial, to work with our counterpart in some common ground and also raising where we have disagreement.</div><div><br></div><div>The details about the meeting are in this wiki space</div><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/ncph/Intersessional+-+January+2015" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/ncph/Intersessional+-+January+2015</a><br>
<div><br></div><div>you can find the agenda: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/ncph/NCPH+Intersessional+2015+-+Meeting+Agenda">https://community.icann.org/display/ncph/NCPH+Intersessional+2015+-+Meeting+Agenda</a> </div><div><br></div><div>While the page list details about remote participation for plenaries, for the NCSG sessions only , remote participation information will be shared later by Maryam. our members can follow remotely the meeting through those channels.</div><div><br></div><div>We worked on updating the format of the meeting compared to the first intercessional in 2013 : in that edition , it was more briefings from ICANN staff and we have little time to discuss with CSG. we are aiming this time to get the NCPH discussing directly , while also having session with the ICANN CEO too,</div><div><br></div><div>For the NCSG confcall this friday andsince the GNSO confcall agenda includes mostly update (no motion on table to vote), we will shift our focus to discuss about the NCPH meeting and how we proceed there during the call. so we will explain the context of the meeting, what we want to achieve and what challenges we may have there.</div><div><br></div><div>updates and any relevant info will be shared in due time before the meetings.</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div></div>