Dear all, The ccNSO Study Group on Capacity Building is now searching for further volunteers to participate in its work. The group produced a first report on how to increase participation, which was submitted to the Council at the Prague meeting. It is now going to examine the increasing workload and how to distribute it. The Study Group has met on a bi-weekly basis (at 12.00 UTC) and additionally had some online discussions. The group will continue its work in the same manner – the first call is scheduled to take place on 24 August 2012, 12.00 UTC. Any volunteer is expected to actively participate in the work of the Study Group and invest about 1 hour/week on its work. This call is primarily aimed at all Councillors. If you are willing to contribute to the work of this Study Group, please, send me an email by 10 August 2012. The Current Study Group members are: Fernando Espana, .us (Chair) Ondrej Filip, .cz (Observer on behalf of the Programme Working Group) Sokol Haxhiu, NomCom appointee Dotty Sparks de Blanc, .vi Hong Xue, NomCom appointee Kind regards, Gabi