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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As a follow-up to Heather’s invitation below, please be so kind as to confirm your presence at the <b>GNSO Working Session on Sunday 11 March 2018 from 09:00 – 12:00 local time in room 104</b>, by responding to this email, or emailing <a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a> directly, and we will send you a calendar invitation. If you cannot make it, kindly let us know who might be able to stand in for you, and we will of course make sure they receive all the relevant information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nathalie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nathalie Peregrine<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Manager, Operations Support (GNSO)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR>Email: </span><a href="nathalie.peregrine@icann.org%20"><span lang=PT-BR style='color:#0563C1'>nathalie.peregrine@icann.org </span></a><span lang=PT-BR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR>Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Find out more about the GNSO by taking our i<a href="applewebdata://EB3A6F47-9760-400D-A39B-A7EFFC56B467/learn.icann.org/courses/gnso"><span style='color:#0563C1'>nteractive courses</span></a> and visiting the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gnso.icann.org_files_gnso_presentations_policy-2Defforts.htm-23newcomers&d=DgMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=-d9m4sr16OXloyLjz4TF6npbe51hgE0EHtoX1U6WUOA&s=Bw2Uzbh2Pu1X0lObLtbwtN5ZNEP3ECdPAfcqzVvIOYE&e="><span style='color:#0563C1'>GNSO Newcomer pages</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Gnso-secs <<a href="mailto:gnso-secs-bounces@icann.org">gnso-secs-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Heather Forrest <<a href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com">haforrestesq@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 12:40 AM<br><b>To: </b>Paul Diaz <<a href="mailto:pdiaz@pir.org">pdiaz@pir.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gbunton@tucows.com">gbunton@tucows.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:gbunton@tucows.com">gbunton@tucows.com</a>>, Brian Winterfeldt <<a href="mailto:Brian@winterfeldt.law">Brian@winterfeldt.law</a>>, "Selli, Claudia" <<a href="mailto:cs574w@intl.att.com">cs574w@intl.att.com</a>>, Wolf-Ulrich Knoben <<a href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de">wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de</a>>, farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>>, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com">raquino@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:joankerr@fbsc.org">joankerr@fbsc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:joankerr@fbsc.org">joankerr@fbsc.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-rds-lead@icann.org">gnso-rds-lead@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rds-lead@icann.org">gnso-rds-lead@icann.org</a>>, "Corwin, Philip" <<a href="mailto:pcorwin@verisign.com">pcorwin@verisign.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com">kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com">kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>>, "J. Scott Evans" <<a href="mailto:jsevans@adobe.com">jsevans@adobe.com</a>>, Jeff Neuman <<a href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</a>>, Cheryl Langdon-Orr <<a href="mailto:langdonorr@gmail.com">langdonorr@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:christa@dottba.com">christa@dottba.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:christa@dottba.com">christa@dottba.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:sbockey@godaddy.com">sbockey@godaddy.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:sbockey@godaddy.com">sbockey@godaddy.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:flemming@brightsconsulting.com">flemming@brightsconsulting.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:flemming@brightsconsulting.com">flemming@brightsconsulting.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:fengshuo@zdns.cn">fengshuo@zdns.cn</a>" <<a href="mailto:fengshuo@zdns.cn">fengshuo@zdns.cn</a>>, "<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:Robin@ipjustice.org">Robin@ipjustice.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:Karen.Day@sas.com">Karen.Day@sas.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:Karen.Day@sas.com">Karen.Day@sas.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:rubensk@nic.br">rubensk@nic.br</a>" <<a href="mailto:rubensk@nic.br">rubensk@nic.br</a>>, "<a href="mailto:petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu">petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu</a>" <<a href="mailto:petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu">petter.rindforth@fenixlegal.eu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:annebeth.lange@norid.no">annebeth.lange@norid.no</a>" <<a href="mailto:annebeth.lange@norid.no">annebeth.lange@norid.no</a>>, "<a href="mailto:martin@brandregistrygroup.org">martin@brandregistrygroup.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:martin@brandregistrygroup.org">martin@brandregistrygroup.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:olgacavalli@gmail.com">olgacavalli@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:olgacavalli@gmail.com">olgacavalli@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:javrua@gmail.com">javrua@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:javrua@gmail.com">javrua@gmail.com</a>>, Jeff Neuman <<a href="mailto:jeff.neuman@valideus.com">jeff.neuman@valideus.com</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[gnso-secs] ICANN61 GNSO Weekend session invitation and briefing paper<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Dear GNSO PDP leadership teams, SG/C leaders and the GNSO community,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>ICANN61 is soon approaching, and the GNSO Council sees this meeting as a perfect opportunity to start a broader GNSO community discussion about the high volume of PDPs underway and how to optimise resources and improve effectiveness in this environment. Let's talk openly and critically about our PDPs and what changes can be made so that we're all working smarter, not harder or longer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>At the first-ever GNSO Council Strategic Planning Session held 3 weeks ago, we saw the germination of some bold strategies for how to tackle the growing PDP workload and participant numbers. Marika and Emily (ICANN staff) fueled our discussion with their thought-provoking concept paper on "optimizing engagement" (attached). You'll find a summary of our discussions - at this stage just high-level ideas - in the report of our strategic planning session, a final version of which will be circulated this week. (In the meantime, you'll find the first draft posted on the Council list </span></span><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2018-February/020925.html"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2018-February/020925.html</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>One of the key action items to come out of the three-day strategic planning session was a decision to devote time in the ICANN61 Council schedule to broaden these strategic discussions to involve PDP leadership and the entire GNSO community. Individually and collectively, we have in a variety of ways and forums raised concerns about the benefit of improving<span style='background:white'> efficiency and effectiveness in PDPs. There are certain PDP requirements that are set in stone, but at the same time, the PDP provides other areas of of flexibility in terms of the work can be carried out. Let's get together to discuss how we could better leverage the in-built flexibilities. </span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We invite all PDP leadership team members, SG/C leaders and the wider GNSO community to join the Council <span class=gmail-m-2368298770217244611gmail-aqj>on Sunday</span> in San Juan for brainstorming possible ways and methods to make GNSO policy development more successful. We will devote the full morning of the GNSO weekend session (<span class=gmail-m-2368298770217244611gmail-aqj>9am-12 noon</span> local San Juan time) to this topic. Please participate and contribute your thoughts to help shape the future of PDPs. Attached to this message you'll find a briefing paper setting out specific thought-provoking questions to fuel the discussion. </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>SG/C leaders, please circulate this invitation within your communities.</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Wishing everyone safe travels to San Juan,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Heather Forrest, GNSO Council Chair<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Donna Austin, GNSO Council Vice Chair (CPH)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Rafik Dammak, GNSO Council Vice Chair (NCPH)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>