<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi Everyone,</span><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I am sending here some information regarding the NCSG schedule and activities during Singapore ICANN meeting so you can participate effectively either there remotely (remote participation is available). Maryam will keep us updated about those info.</font></p>
<p><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1- Schedule</font></b></p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">NCSG Schedule :</font></p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">* with the new NCSG calendar where you can find any NCSG related sessions </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar</a> </span></p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">* for details/agenda you can check here <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/116fyWLev47N0iICZJ5oxzBvYaB_Nx5pKHFN3bshOxJc/edit#gid=0" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/116fyWLev47N0iICZJ5oxzBvYaB_Nx5pKHFN3bshOxJc/edit#gid=0</a> </font></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">* the full ICANN meeting schedule here : </span><font color="#1155cc" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><u><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule-full" target="_blank">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule-full</a></u></font></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">* GNSO sessions schedule, those links are yet to be populated. Please check the attached document in meantime</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Saturday 7th February</span></p></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/sat-gnso-working" target="_blank">http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/sat-gnso-working</a> </font><br></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sunday 8th February</font></p></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="http://la51.icann.org/en/schedule/sun-gnso-working" target="_blank">http://</a></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://singapore52.icann.org" target="_blank">singapore52.icann.org</a></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://la51.icann.org/en/schedule/sun-gnso-working" target="_blank">/en/schedule/sun-gnso-working</a> </font></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p>
<b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2- How to prepare for the meeting</font></b></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">you can prepare by reading some material</font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">:</span></p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">* Reading the attached "GNSO background" briefing which will give summary of the different active GNSO working group and policy processes that will be discussed in Singapore .</font></p><p></p><ol><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">list of ongoing processes in GNSO and their status is here: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/projects-list.pdf" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/projects-list.pdf</a> </span><br></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">GNSO policy activities: </span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/policy" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/policy</a> </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></li></ol><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">there are other process beyond GNSO like ICANN accountability and IANA Stewardship transition, and there will be several sessions in Singapore about them (<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-26-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-26-en</a></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">)</span></div><p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">* listening to the ICANN policy update webinar to get the latest information about all policies within ICANN (not just for GNSO): </span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-14-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-14-en</a> </font></p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">recordings will be available later.</font></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">* And checking the latest relevant announcement here: </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcements" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcements</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><br></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">you will find there the latest announcement, reports and any relevant information</span></p>
<p><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3- Meeting with the board</font></b></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">we have meeting in Tuesday 10th February with the ICANN board and as topics we have this list (tentative, discussion still ongoing) :</font></p><ol style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><li style="margin-left:15px">Privacy</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Content Policing/Control</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Public Interest</li></ol><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"></font><p><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">4- Additional Info</b><br></p><p><span style="line-height:18px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">please fill the doodle poll if you are going to attend ICANN meeting, it will be a good opportunity to meet there; </font></span><font color="#1155cc" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px"><u><a href="http://doodle.com/scaeguf4wtqm64ea" target="_blank">http://doodle.com/scaeguf4wtqm64ea</a></u></span></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:19px"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1155cc" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px"><u><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/2015+ICANN+Singapore+52+MEETING" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/2015+ICANN+Singapore+52+MEETING</a></u></span></font><br></p><p><span style="line-height:18px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Finally if you have any question, please send a message offlist</font></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height:18px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Thanks!</font></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(57,57,57);line-height:18px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best Regards,</font></span></p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rafik Dammak</font></p><p>NCSG chair</p><p><br></p><p>Follow updates at <a href="http://ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg.is</a> & @ICANN_NCSG</p><p><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>