hi Gabi, that's one of the things that's clear to me from this pilot -- way too much Mikey, not nearly enough newcomer-voices. we committed the "too many topics for the time allotted" error in structuring the agenda. it's pretty clear that there is plenty of room for repeat sessions that are revised a bit to fix that problem. there was also pretty strong demand for some followup sessions that covered some of the topics in more depth (and again, leave more room for other voices on the call). these are good problems to have. ;-) i wanted to clarify one thing -- the recordings are video recordings of the Adobe chat, not just audio. so you'll get the complete experience of the session (including the chat, which was pretty lively). mikey On Dec 18, 2013, at 4:26 AM, gabrielaszlak@gmail.com wrote:

Thanks Mikey,

I really wanted to participate but finally could not make it, so all of this is very useful and I will be reading and listening to the recordings and offering feedback to help improve the pilot.

Not so long ago I was a newcomer at a gnso working group so I hope to be able to offer insights from a personal experience viewpoint.

Also, I know other people that intended to participate and will ask for their feedback and share if it is valuable.

Congratulatios to all who organized this!

Gabi Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar (http://www.movistar.com.ar) From: "Mike O'Connor" <mike@haven2.com> Sender: owner-council@gnso.icann.org Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 21:05:27 -0600 To: ispcp@icann.org<ispcp@icann.org>; council@gnso.icann.org GNSO<council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Newcomer Open House -- transcripts of the pilot session that took place yesterday

hi all,

i built a little web page on our site to introduce links to small, bite-sized pieces of the newcomer open house pilot that took place yesterday. it met with good reaction from the people who participated, but it was a pilot and we're looking for ideas on how to improve it. the whole thing is about an hour, but it's broken into small pieces so that people can select what they'd like to look at.

thanks to Nathalie Perigrine for coming up with and driving the idea. and Marika, Lars and Glen for making it happen. i was/am honored to have been asked to be the presenter.

mikey

here's a link to the page (good for sharing with friends and colleagues)

http://www.ispcp.info/policy-resources/gnso-working-groups-newcomer-open-hou...

and here's the content on that page (as long as i have your attention)

GNSO Working Groups — Newcomer Open House

ISPCP member Mikey O’Connor moderated a pilot session of a webinar intended to provide orientation, information and resources to members of the GNSO community who are joining a GNSO PDP Working Group for the first time.

Here’s a link to the slide deck that was presented — this PDF contains a wealth of links to written resources for working-group participants.

Newcomers Open House.pdf

Here are links to recordings of the session.

Introduction, Tips and Tricks, Session Goals and Overview, Resources

In which you will; experience how we start up every working-group call, get an introduction to some tips and tricks of the Adobe room that we use, be introduced to the ICANN policy staff, get an overview of goals and topics of the session and get your first set of helpful links.

https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p29xh8ldqb4/ (20 minutes)

Consensus Policy and the “Picket Fence”

This is a discussion of the relationship between the GNSO consensus policy-making process and the contracts that bind Registries, Registrars and ICANN together.

https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p6f5tyvjmma/ (7 minutes)

The GNSO Policy Development Process

An overview of the whole Policy Development Process (PDP). This section quickly introduces you to all of the steps of the PDP; requesting an Issue Report, launching a Working Group, moving that work through the approval process, implementation into policy.

https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p64j05q58kx/ (11 minutes) – Presentation

https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p9fzftl3rar/ (12 minutes) – Questions and Answers

PDP Working Group Guidelines

A brief introduction to the documentation that describes the PDP work processes, rules and responsibilities. Special attention is paid to a discussion of the Standard Methodology for Making Decisions (also known as the level of consensus).

https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p8qtevealwa/ (7 minutes)

Question and Answer Session

A brief Q&A session that focused on the social media aspects of working groups.

https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p2lml89ip4g/ (3 minutes)

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