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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Reminder: Monthly GNSO WG Newcomer Open House Session</span><o:p></o:p></h1><p><span 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 &#8220;real work&#8221; that needs be done.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The agenda is flexible. The presenters will be ready with a standard set of materials if people would like to discuss them<span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span> &nbsp;Feel 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 . &nbsp;Providing useful answers to a wide range of questions is part of the reason why these meetings are </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thursday 11 December <span style='color:black'>at 12.00 UTC</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>To convert to your local time zone, please see </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>If you are interested to join the next </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>meeting on 11 December or any <span style='color:black'>of the future meetings, please let the GNSO Secretariat know (</span></span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org"><span lang=EN-US>gnso-secs@icann.org</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>)</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> and we will <span style='color:black'>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></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We look forward to welcoming you at the next meeting!</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Terri Agnew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div></body></html>