The document summarizes the agenda and proceedings of an XL Nation Leaders' Forum meeting held on November 3, 2010. The agenda included discussions on new citizen introduction materials, community accomplishments, membership growth, and other business. Key discussion points were sharing successes from circles and communities, tips for growing membership through identifying value and measuring results, and next steps for the organization.
Megasignals: Glocalization and Openness in the Age of Turbulence (Issue 1)Teemu Arina
Megasignals is a quarterly e-book exploring the major paradigms, trends, and changes affecting the world. Each issue includes three different Megasignals. Our publication is intended for global leaders and business owners who need to make informed decisions under extreme pressure in a short time frame.
Megasignals: Glocalization and Openness in the Age of Turbulence (Issue 1)Teemu Arina
Megasignals is a quarterly e-book exploring the major paradigms, trends, and changes affecting the world. Each issue includes three different Megasignals. Our publication is intended for global leaders and business owners who need to make informed decisions under extreme pressure in a short time frame.
Habla sobre la Historia de la educación. Pudiendo analizar o encontrar la descripción del contexto, la concepción educativa, el papel del maestro, el fin educativo, el papel del alumno, el método pedagógico, las aportaciones a la educación actual, y los fundadores... en diferentes épocas de la historia de la educación.
Building Prosperity for All is for people in rural communities and small towns who are working to move from poverty to prosperity. This resource was designed to benefit communities that participated in dialogue-to-change programs using the guide, Thriving Communities: Working Together to Move From Poverty to Prosperity for All. However, no prior experience with Thriving Communities is necessary to get involved.
This guide is an agenda for communities that want to reach out to neighboring communities and regional or statewide groups to identify ways to work together to continue to make progress on moving from poverty to prosperity.
Habla sobre la Historia de la educación. Pudiendo analizar o encontrar la descripción del contexto, la concepción educativa, el papel del maestro, el fin educativo, el papel del alumno, el método pedagógico, las aportaciones a la educación actual, y los fundadores... en diferentes épocas de la historia de la educación.
Building Prosperity for All is for people in rural communities and small towns who are working to move from poverty to prosperity. This resource was designed to benefit communities that participated in dialogue-to-change programs using the guide, Thriving Communities: Working Together to Move From Poverty to Prosperity for All. However, no prior experience with Thriving Communities is necessary to get involved.
This guide is an agenda for communities that want to reach out to neighboring communities and regional or statewide groups to identify ways to work together to continue to make progress on moving from poverty to prosperity.
This discussion guide takes a look at when, where, and what young people learn. How do we create the kind of community where all young people will have a chance to learn – in and beyond the school day?
One Nation, Many Beliefs: Talking About Religion in a Diverse DemocracyEveryday Democracy
The discussion guide, One Nation, Many Beliefs, is designed to strengthen relationships and understanding across religious and philosophical perspectives as a foundation for talking about inter-group tensions and the role of religion in public decision making.
Details (and feedback welcome, as well as prospects from many of you for partnering into the future, where our ideas intersect for enriching communities nation-wide):
In addition to a ground-up assessment of the needs (‘participatory mapping explains both the needs and skills map and its methods) assessment, we also work to do a community-wide ‘asset map’ of the skills, talents and knowledge of the people in the area. We then work with the local residency, from youth to elder, with CBOs, small business and community leaders, facilitators, and lifetime residents actively involved, to tap into the ‘pulse of the community’ and link the needs with the resources. The communities’ veterans from all generations are included, in work projects, training as well as cost-free skills apprenticeship. The outcome is locally defined by what people need and want most for their communities – this can be paid work, skills training, and a wider platform of ‘skills and idea exchange’ like never before. The main point is that it is done by ‘Zero-Based Design’ – this is a rarely-used process of asking the right questions, rather than imposing one’s own assumptions and ideas of what the area supposedly needs.
We help co-create project plans, vetted by the community itself, and let them decide what they want and how they want to fund it, with a ground-up approach. This is a combination of several well-documented success stores which can be eagerly referenced and are outlined in the real-time project plan, spanning from the Niger Delta to US case studies
Becoming a member of the Community Development Society has a variety of benefits. This is an overview of the organization, committees, publications, history, and other information members and prospective members need to know.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
2. Agenda
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New XL Nation Citizen introduction materials
Any Other Business
Community Accomplishments
Exploring Membership Growth
Meeting Opening1
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3. Agenda
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New XL Nation Citizen introduction materials
Any Other Business
Community Accomplishments
Exploring Membership Growth
Meeting Opening1
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5. Meeting Opening: Declaration of Interdependence
I am
Beyond fear, beyond ego, beyond limitation
[All reply] I am
I stand
Sharing this precious earth with nature and all living creatures
[All reply] I stand
I feel
The heartbeats of my fellow citizens, beating in time around the globe
[All reply] I feel
I breathe
The same air breathed by the ancients, and breathed by generations to come
[All reply] I breathe
I build
Wisdom, resources and an ever expanding circle of trust
[All reply] I build
I see
The future that already exists within our collective dreaming
[All reply] I see
I grow
My passion, my wealth, my connection, my community
[All reply] I grow
I hear
The siren call of those in need, my heart deepening with compassion and love
[All reply] I hear
I give
With generosity and grace, inspiring others to do the same
[All reply] I give
I live
Shining my unique essence, connecting to my deepest purpose, fulfilling my boldest vision
[All reply] I live
I AM
A Citizen
Born for this moment
Chosen for this extraordinary life
Connected by spirit to all who form this circle
[All reply] I AM
A guardian of this sacred promise
[All reply] I AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-pjV1uzmzw
6. Meeting Opening – Creating Context: XL Nation Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-VMG_vBsHg
7. Agenda
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New XL Nation Citizen introduction materials
Any Other Business
Community Accomplishments
Exploring Membership Growth
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8. To Participate in the Plenary Discussions...
8
To communicate in the
chat room type in the
text box and hit enter...
To take the microphone
and speak... (press TALK
to be heard for a short
time, press the lock to
keep mic on).
9. Community Accomplishments
XL Nation global:
Launch of the “Green Room” in the UK – looking for somebody to launch it in
Australia next – do you want to help?
Revamped and regular publication of the XL Nation bi-weekly newsletter
Online presence improved – now leveraging Twitter (http://twitter.com/xlnation
), Facebook Fan Page (http://www.facebook.com/XLNation.org) with increasing
activity; note that our closed network site is also still in use (
http://xlresults.ning.com/)
XL Nation Day (31 March 2011) plans drafted and under review
Revised budget and forecast created – needed 5 new citizens/renewals per
month to break even
Wealth Spectrum survey to be available in November
XL Nation citizens achieving successes (East Timor Zoo, Inspiring Lives
Global featured on the BBC and more...)
Plenary: Now, share the recent successes of XL
Citizens & projects in your Circles and communities!
10. Agenda
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New XL Nation Citizen introduction materials
Any Other Business
Community Accomplishments
Exploring Membership Growth
Meeting Opening1
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11. Exploring Membership Growth
Top Tips for Growing Circle & National Membership (it’s all L.U.C.K!):
Have members identify the value they got out of a Circle meeting; then have
them explore who else in their network would benefit from tonight’s session?
Measure the progress of your Circle members (in aggregate)! Do people
experience increase in Cashflow? Revenue? Profits? Amount of resources
donated to causes of choice? When your people produce results that can be
measured, it’s much easier to articulate the value of your Circle.
Have a member of your Circle’s leadership team attend relevant networking
events – those events where the ideal “change makers” for your Circle might
show up; Remember that the foundation of every Circle is TRUST – so make
sure the person is somebody that resonates and is consistent with your Circle’s
Purpose, and the Purpose of XL Nation.
Present the opportunity to join your Circle, and thus XL Nation at each
meeting – if you don’t ask, they won’t get to join!
Plenary: What have you found works in your Circles?
Where are you stuck?
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New XL Nation Citizen introduction materials
Any Other Business
Community Accomplishments
Exploring Membership Growth
Meeting Opening1
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13. XL Nation
Introduction to XL Nation
November 2010
V1.1
(NOTE THAT THIS DECK WILL BE INDPENDENTLY LOADED ONTO SLIDE SHARE)
14. What is XL Nation?
The Global Nation for World Wide Wealth,
Connecting the World’s Change Makers
15. Why are we here?
• In 2001 inspired individuals, entrepreneurs, and business people had a vision
for the future – referred to as Vision 2020 – where it was understood that the
fulfilment on the UN Millennium Goals may not happen if left to local
governments because of their limited remit; the world’s “movers and shakers”
would have to be the ones to transcend local limitations – and unite globally to
bring about change
• The positive social changes the Founding Members stood for was summarised
in three words: “World Wide Wealth”; this includes such important causes as
the eradication of hunger and poverty, sustainable living, human
empowerment, and the experience of fulfilment available for all people: that
every person can give and receive at their full potential – our definition of
“Wealth”
• In 2008, the Founding Members formed XL Nation, “the Global Nation for
World Wide Wealth, Connecting the World’s Change Makers”
• Today we have citizens around the world making a difference in their local and
global communities, fulfilling and expanding the Founders’ vision
16. Who is involved?
• XL Nation has citizens of a variety of backgrounds, locations, professions and levels
of success
• XL Nation attracts people that are committed to bringing about World Wide Wealth
– this fundamentally means that our community is constituted by people whose life is
about making a positive difference
• Citizens include inspiring people such as Jack Canfield, author of the Chicken Soup
for the Soul series, entrepreneur Dierdre Bounds, international speaker and FT
columnist Mike Southon, successful businessman Paul Dunn, founder of Buy 1 Give
1 and many others
• Over 1,600 XL Nation citizens from 34 geographic countries
• People are becoming part of our global nation to magnify their ability to contribute
locally and globally – they are connecting with people to accomplish amazing projects
• Professionals
• Business Owners
• Executives
• Performers
• Speakers
• Coaches
• Teachers
• Internet Marketers
• Network Marketers
• Consultants
• Authors
• Interior Decorators
• Salespeople
• Accountants
• Healers
• Therapists
• Artists
• Musicians
• Investors
• Government
officials
• Traders
• Charity/NGO
Professionals
• Lawyers
• UN workers
• Engineers
...and more
17. Where do people connect?
ONLINE:
• Use of a private networking tool, NING, for citizens to
connect with others and access resources and
materials exclusively for XL Nation citizens
• Facebook via our Fan Page (public) and Citizen
created Groups (private)
OFFLINE:
• Open meetings and events for XL Nation citizens and
their guests, run & managed by citizens – usually
monthly and centred around a location or interest and
attended in person, virtually (phone/internet), or both
• Closed meetings for XL Nation citizens and their
guests, run & managed by citizens
• Focused meetings for people with particular interests
to connect, share ideas and collaborate
• Annual XL Nation Day events, hosted in Bali in March
and participated by citizens around the globe using
the latest in technology
18. How does the nation work?
• XL Nation is a Community of people from
around the world that share a common
purpose and a common language to
accelerate our fulfilment of the purpose
• Our Purpose: We are the Global Nation for
World Wide Wealth, Connecting the World’s
Change Makers
• Our language is given by the principles of
creating wealth – contributing and receiving
fully – through a set of principles known as
Wealth Dynamics
• Wealth Dynamics provides a set of profiling
tools, concepts and principles that enable
individuals and organisations to be in flow to
create wealth naturally and sustainably
• This combination of deep, powerful connections
forged by a common purpose with tools to
accelerate our ability to contribute and receive
fully creates a unique nation – one where
literally anything is possible
19. Where XL Nation is headed...
“Rather than being a country people are born into, XL
Nation is a country people are born for.”
“XL Nation is on its way to be
the first borderless Nation
defined not by history,
geography or lines on a map –
but rather by the difference
people want to make.”
“Facebook is like a country
organised around a platform;
XL Nation is a country
organised around a promise
– the future is here.”
“We find that a focus on fulfilling the Promise (as opposed to
being Popular or other survival-based approach to governance)
has only expanded and accelerated our effectiveness and created
an environment of trust and certainty. We are well on our way to
being the first Nation in the World to be IN FLOW.”
“As a successful person, I
often find myself mentoring
others. With the Green
Room, I finally have a place
where I can establish
meaningful connections with
like-minded peers.”
“We have come a long way
this year and are now in
Surplus”
20. Should I become a citizen of XL Nation?
You should become a citizen of XL Nation if:
You are somebody that, like our citizens, is committed to World Wide
Wealth – empowering the world’s people to contribute and receive at
their full potential
You see there is something you can contribute to this inspiring and
vibrant community of change makers
You are somebody that makes things happen; this community offers
a wealth of connections – but people aren’t going to hunt you down and
ask you, “so what can I do for you”; this is a nation of leaders
collaborating with like-minded people and organisations to succeed in
making a difference
You’re inspired by who we are: think of the person/community that is
inviting you to join us or watch this video to get a sense:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-VMG_vBsHg
21. I want to become a citizen, how do I do it?
Joining is simple:
You’ve likely been invited to join by a current citizen – if so, they can
sponsor you
Contribution is S$360SGD per annum (~£175GBP, ~€200EUR, ~$280USD,
~$280AUD as of Nov 1 2010) which is paid at the time of registration, and
invoiced annually thereafter
Register online at the following location:
http://www.xlnation.org/welcome.php
You will be contacted by a member of the XL Nation team to confirm your
membership and you’ll be given an account on our closed online community
To make the most of your citizenship, we recommend that you attend a
regularly scheduled local or online meeting of XL Nation citizens so that you
can meet local people and/or people that share your interest and passions
If you have any questions, just contact the person providing this
presentation or our Membership Administrator, Emily West-Sadler
emily@xlnation.org
23. What is XL Nation?
The Global Nation for World Wide Wealth,
Connecting the World’s Change Makers
• XL Nation is a Global Nation – a nation that people are born for,
we are defined not by our physical borders but rather by our
Purpose and our language of Wealth Dynamics
• World Wide Wealth – individual around the world giving and
receiving at their full potential, contributing positively to well-being of
the global community in a sustainable & empowering way
• Connection – there are countless individuals contributing to World
Wide Wealth through their good work and, when connected, their
impact is magnified exponentially
• Change Makers – these are the people that are actively making a
positive difference in their communities, organisations and beyond
24. Our Declaration of Interdependence
I am
Beyond fear, beyond ego, beyond limitation
[All reply] I am
I stand
Sharing this precious earth with nature and all living creatures
[All reply] I stand
I feel
The heartbeats of my fellow citizens, beating in time around the globe
[All reply] I feel
I breathe
The same air breathed by the ancients, and breathed by generations to come
[All reply] I breathe
I build
Wisdom, resources and an ever expanding circle of trust
[All reply] I build
I see
The future that already exists within our collective dreaming
[All reply] I see
I grow
My passion, my wealth, my connection, my community
[All reply] I grow
I hear
The siren call of those in need, my heart deepening with compassion and love
[All reply] I hear
I give
With generosity and grace, inspiring others to do the same
[All reply] I give
I live
Shining my unique essence, connecting to my deepest purpose, fulfilling my boldest vision
[All reply] I live
I AM
A Citizen
Born for this moment
Chosen for this extraordinary life
Connected by spirit to all who form this circle
[All reply] I AM
A guardian of this sacred promise
[All reply] I AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-pjV1uzmzw
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New XL Nation Citizen introduction materials
Any Other Business
Community Accomplishments
Exploring Membership Growth
Meeting Opening1
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26. Any Other Business & Closing
• NEXT MEETING: FIRST WED OF MONTH
Wednesday 1st
December, 2010 – 8AM GMT and 5PM GMT (London)
NOTE THE TIME CHANGE OF SESSION 1 TO 8AM
• Contact Gabriel Flores with any follow-up, input, or requests for
support at ForumChair@XLNation.org