<p>Thank you glen for sharing these information. Speaking as co-chair of the JAS working group, I encourage everybody from net community in Africa. The WG had a good participation of many African members of icann community. The webinar is aimed to give overview and explanation of the recommendation present in the report.</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Rafik</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 16, 2011 6:21 AM, "Glen de Saint Géry" <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> WEBINAR Conducted in English with Spanish and French interpretation<br>
> Final Report Overview and Discussion - Joint Applicant Support Working Group (JAS WG)<br>> In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (<a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a>>) to receive the call details and specify which language channel (English, Spanish or French) as well as the time you wish to join.<br>
> In this webinar, members from the Joint Applicant Support Working Group (JAS WG) will provide ICANN stakeholder groups with an overview of the Final Report.. This report presents a proposal for ICANN to support new gTLD applicants coming from developing nations and is under consideration by ALAC and the GNSO. The report will also be available for public comment in the near future. Amongst other topics, updates will be provided on:<br>
> <br>> a) When should support be provided?<br>> b) Who should be approved to receive support?<br>> c) How should Support Candidates be evaluated?<br>> d) What support specifically should be offered?<br>
> e) How should the overall support process work?<br>> f) How would the support process relate to the gTLD Applicant Guidebook (AG) process?<br>> <br>> The webinar will take place on September 19th at 12.00 UTC and 22.00 UTC The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. The recording will be made available shortly after Sept 19 for the community members that are not able to attend any of the scheduled times. Each session, scheduled to run for 90 minutes, will be conducted in English with interpretation in Spanish and French. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio.<br>
> At this time, the Final Report is available in English only. Translations into Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic and Russian will be made available prior to the ICANN Dakar meeting (October 23-28).<br>> Participants will have opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to <a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org">policy-staff@icann.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org">policy-staff@icann.org</a>>.<br>
> <br>> In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (<a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a>>) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, September 19th at 12.00 UTC and 22.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see: <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html</a>) and which language channel (English, Spanish or French). We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail address.<br>
> <br>> <br></div>