hi all, here’s an invitation to the open house we run once a month for people who are new to the working group process. hope to see some of you there. let Nathalie know that you plan to attend and she’ll send along the details for the teleconference. mikey Begin forwarded message:

From: Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org> Subject: PLEASE RSVP Monthly GNSO WG Newcomer Open House Session Date: April 1, 2014 at 8:24:27 AM CDT To: "tony holmes (tonyarholmes@btinternet.com)" <tonyarholmes@btinternet.com>, 'Mike O'Connor' <mike@haven2.com> Cc: "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org>

Please forward to new members ! Thank you!

Glen Reminder: Monthly GNSO WG Newcomer Open House Session

These ongoing monthly sessions are for new GNSO WG participants to come together and discuss any questions they may have about GNSO Working Groups, procedures and/or processes. We know there is a lot of information to digest when you join a GNSO Working Group and these monthly meetings are an opportunity for newcomers and more experienced participants to meet in an informal setting without the pressure of “real work” that needs be done.

The agenda is flexible. Mikey O’Connor will be ready with a standard set of materials if people would like to discuss them — you can download those materials here if you would like to review them in advance of the meeting. But do not feel constrained to that agenda. Feel free to submit questions, either in advance or at the beginning of the meeting, if there is a topic that you would like to explore in more depth . Providing useful answers to a wide range of questions is part of the reason why these meetings are being held.

To allow for maximum participation in these calls, the proposed schedule is as follows:

Thursday 10 April at 12.00 UTC Thursday 1 May at 20.00 UTC Thursday 5 June at 12.00 UTC Thursday 3 July at 20.00 UTC Thursday 7 August at 12.00 UTC Thursday 4 September at 20.00 UTC Thursday 2 October at 12.00 UTC Thursday 6 November at 20.00 UTC Thursday 4 December at 12.00 UTC

To convert to your local time zone, please see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html.

If you are interested to join the next meeting on 10 April or any of the future meetings, please let the GNSO Secretariat know (gnso-secs@icann.org) and they will send you the call details. If there are any specific questions you already have, or any overviews or introductions you think would be helpful (e.g. GNSO Policy Development Process or GNSO Working Group guidelines), please let us know in advance and we will prepare materials accordingly. Feel free to share this invitation with others that you think may be interested.

We look forward to welcoming you at the next meeting!

Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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