<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> </div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">​Yep. Busy week. Note the first one is 12:00 UTC  Tuesday!</div><br><br><br><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(102,102,102);text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><table style="width:100%;background:rgb(221,221,221)" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "The next 3 days January 26-28 2016 provide multiple opportunities for Internet Society members to participate in online events. First and foremost is our Q1 Community Forum on Wednesday, where Kathy Brown will define 2016 as the Year of Member Action, and" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%;height:8px;background-color:rgb(67,164,208)" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><img style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: white;" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Internet_Society2.gif" alt="Internet_Society" border="0">The next 3 days <strong>January 26-28 2016</strong> provide multiple opportunities for <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://internetsociety.org">Internet Society</a></strong> members to participate in online events. First and foremost is our <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.internetsociety.org/events/isoc-q1-community-forum-2016">Q1 Community Forum</a></strong> on Wednesday, where <strong>Kathy Brown</strong> will define 2016 as the <strong>Year of Member Action</strong>, and there will be briefings by top ISOC staff as toward what issues that action might be directed. Of course some actions cost money, so on Thursday there will be two <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/form/fund-your-idea-beyond-net-information-session">Beyond the Net Info Sessions</a></strong>, which will educate on the processes by which Chapter and Member Projects can be funded.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">On Tuesday our <strong>GIP</strong> colleagues will provide their monthly <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/events/briefing-internet-governance-january-2016">Digital Watch Internet Governance Update</a></strong>, looking forward at 2016. On Wednesday and Thursday they will mount a major conference on e-Participation - <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://genevaengage.diplomacy.edu/">Geneva Engage</a></strong> - focusing on the practicalities of running connected events, and ISOC's own <strong>Todd Tolbert </strong>will weigh in with lessons learned from the production of ISOC's massive <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/intercommunity2015/home">InterCommunity</a></strong> event in 2015.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">New online tools are changing online collaboration for the better. Already ISOC has adopted <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://zoom.us">Zoom</a></strong> as its conference platform of choice. Many of us are also using <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://slack.com">Slack</a></strong> within our teams. So lastly, on Thursday, for those interested in seeing how far such tools can take us, there will be a big <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-opengov-civictech-online-unconference-tickets-20428926469">OpenGov & CivicTech Online Unconference</a></strong> using both Slack and Zoom, and also <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://qiqochat.com/">QiqoChat</a></strong>.</p><h3 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.6em"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>Tue Jan 26 2016</strong></span></h3><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>07:00 EST/12:00 UTC - GIP Briefing Internet governance in January 2016</strong><br> <strong> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/events/briefing-internet-governance-january-2016">http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/events/briefing-internet-governance-january-2016</a></strong></p><h3 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.6em"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>Wed Jan 27 2016</strong></span></h3><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>5:30-12:00 EST / 12:30-17:00 - UTC Geneva Engage: E-participation for International Geneva (Day 1)</strong><br> <strong> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://genevaengage.diplomacy.edu/">http://genevaengage.diplomacy.edu/</a></strong><br> <strong> (including ISOC's Todd Tolbert at 11:40 EST / 14:40 UTC)</strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>10:00-11:30 EST / 15:00-16:30 UTC - ISOC Q1 Community Forum</strong><br> <strong> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.internetsociety.org/events/isoc-q1-community-forum-2016">http://www.internetsociety.org/events/isoc-q1-community-forum-2016</a></strong></p><h3 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.6em"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>Thu Jan 28 2016</strong></span></h3><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>03:00-12:00 EST / 08:00-17:00 UTC - Geneva Engage: E-participation for International Geneva (Day 2)</strong><br> <strong> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://genevaengage.diplomacy.edu/">http://genevaengage.diplomacy.edu/</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>04:30 EST / 11:30 UTC -  Beyond the Net Info Session 1</strong><br> <strong> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/form/fund-your-idea-beyond-net-information-session">https://www.internetsociety.org/form/fund-your-idea-beyond-net-information-session</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>11:00-14:00 EST / 16:00-19:00 UTC 2016 - OpenGov & CivicTech Online Unconference</strong><br> <strong> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-opengov-civictech-online-unconference-tickets-20428926469">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-opengov-civictech-online-unconference-tickets-20428926469</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>14:00 EST / 19:00 UTC  - Beyond the Net Info Session 2</strong><br> <strong> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/form/fund-your-idea-beyond-net-information-session">https://www.internetsociety.org/form/fund-your-idea-beyond-net-information-session</a></strong></p></div><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:10em;border:1px solid rgb(17,114,158);padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap;background-color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8287#respond">Comment</a></td><td>   <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8287#comments">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;text-align:left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