Good info´s for NPOC as well. Please take note. Best regards and hope to see some of your in Helsinki Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez +506 8837 7176 Skype: carlos.raulg Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica) Forwarded message:

From: Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@gmail.com> To: ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org <ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org> Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] [Info] NCUC schedule for Helsinki meeting (27th - 30th June) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:36:19 +0900

Hi Everyone,

I am sending here the information regarding the ICANN meeting in Helsinki so you can participate effectively either there or remotely (remote participation is available). We are less than 2 weeks away from the meeting and it is time to prepare.

This meeting is following a new format, it is called Policy meeting. As the name indicates, it will be mostly about policy discussion with several sessions for PDP and cross-community working groups. There won't be a public forum, constituency day or meeting with the board. Thanks of that format, it is good opportunity for those interested to catch up with the policy discussion and joining working groups at that time. There should be also several background material available.

Info will be shared via our twitter account @ncuc and our website ncuc.org . We will also use our new chat space ncuc.chat to discuss during the meeting and share info and tips.

*1- Schedule*

* the full ICANN meeting schedule with all sessions, it uses "sched" service, several folks are familiar with, and so it is possible to register and manage your calendar more easily : *https://meetings.icann.org/en/icann56-sched <https://meetings.icann.org/en/icann56-sched>* We also planned a wrap-up session for NCUC and still waiting info.

*2- Highlights*

The topics of interests are:

- ICANN accountability discussion to initiate workstream 2 with a full-day meeting

- new gTLD program review and preparation for subsequent rounds

- Rights Protection Mechanisms.

- Registeration Directory Services

the list of cross-community topics is here https://community.icann.org/display/ccmeetschedplan/Meeting+Schedule+Plannin...

*3- How to prepare for the meeting*

you can prepare by reading some material:

* Reading the "GNSO background" briefing which will give summary of the different active GNSO working group and policy processes that will be discussed in Helsinki. You can find it here http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/background-briefings .

1. list of ongoing processes in GNSO and their status is here: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/projects-list.pdf 2. GNSO policy activities: http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/policy 3. Latest PDP updates http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/pdp-updates 4. Special page for ICANN meeting (to be updated soon) http://gnso.icann.org/en/icannmeeting

you can find all relevant info to navigate in GNSO website in this single page http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-e...

* listening to the ICANN policy update webinar for Helsinki meeting *https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-06-02-en <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-06-02-en> *scheduled for the 16th June to get the latest information about all policies within ICANN.

* And checking the latest relevant announcement here: https://www.icann.org/news/announcements also ICANN blog, blog.icann.org, andthe hashtag #ICANN56 in twitter

*3- Additional Info*

please fill the doodle poll if you are going to attend ICANN meeting, it will be a good opportunity to meet there: *http://doodle.com/poll/5mck3md9ics8e3up <http://doodle.com/poll/5mck3md9ics8e3up>*

Finally if you have any question, please send a message offlist, I will be happy to respond.

Invites will be sent soon, also reminders and highlights during the Helsinki meeting to keep you updated.

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Rafik Dammak

NCUC chair

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