<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class=""><h1><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Reminder: Monthly GNSO WG Newcomer Open House Session</span><u></u><u></u></h1><p><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The agenda is flexible. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mikey O’Connor will be ready with a standard set of materials if people would like to discuss them — you can download those materials </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/presentation-newcomer-27feb14-en.pdf" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/presentation-newcomer-27feb14-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/presentation-newcomer-27feb14-en.pdf</a>> if you would like to review them in advance of the meeting [insert a link to the slide deck]. </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">But do not feel constrained to that agenda. F</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">eel 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 </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><div class=""><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To allow for maximum participation in these calls, the proposed schedule is as follows:</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thursday 10 April <span style="">at 12.00 UTC</span></span></p><div class=""><br>Thursday 1 May at 20.00 UTC<br>Thursday 5 June at 12.00 UTC<br>Thursday 3 July at 20.00 UTC<br>
Thursday 7 August at 12.00 UTC<br>Thursday 4 September at 20.00 UTC<br>Thursday 2 October at 12.00 UTC<br>Thursday 6 November at 20.00 UTC<br>Thursday 4 December at 12.00 UTC</div><u></u><u></u><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To convert to your local time zone, please see </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you are interested to join the next </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">meeting on 10 April or any <span style="">of the future meetings, please let the GNSO Secretariat know (</span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">gnso-secs@icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">) 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.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<div class=""><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We look forward to welcoming you at the next meeting!</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><br></p></div></div></div></div><br></div>
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