<div dir="ltr"><div>hi everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>We had a good start and fruitful day 1 with NCSG sessions. For Sunday, we start with the GNSO working sessions and few NCSG meetings.</div><div><br></div><div>Some highlights:</div><div>- our outreach to and discussion with the GAC for 30min, as effort from our side to reach GAC members and explain to them about NCSG and our positions.</div><div>- a joint meeting with ALAC covering several topics and effort to find alignment on some of them : HRIA on DNS abuse, applicant support program, continuous improvement program.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">all times local PST </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">(UTC -8)</span></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">0900-1000 <a href="https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpYS/gnso-npoc-membership-work-session" target="_blank">NPOC Membership </a></font></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">0930-1000 <a href="https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpVm/gac-open-mic-and-meeting-with-the-ncsg-sessions" target="_blank">NCSG/GAC in GAC room</a></font></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">1500-1600<a href="https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpVA/joint-alac-and-ncsg-meeting" target="_blank"> NCSG/At-Large in At-Large room</a></font></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">1630-1730 <a href="https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpWT/get-to-know-icann-community-noncommercial-stakeholder-group" target="_blank">NCSG with Newcomers</a></font></span></li></ul><div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">For GNSO council</span></font></div></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">09:00 – 10:00: </span><a href="https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpW5/gnso-council-working-session-1-of-3" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">GNSO Council Working Session (1 of 3)</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">10:30 – 12:00: </span><a href="https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpW8/gnso-council-working-session-2-of-3" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">GNSO Council Working Session (2 of 3)</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">13:15 – 14:30: </span><a href="https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpWA/gnso-council-working-session-3-of-3" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">GNSO Council Working Session (3 of 3)</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">15:00 – 16:00: </span><a href="https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpVh/joint-meeting-gac-and-gnso" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Joint GAC and GNSO Council</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">as usual, you can find the information on how to join remotely through zoom in each link.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">See you there.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Best regards,</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Rafik</font></div></div>