<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hello Everybody.</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
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</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I am glad to welcome in the NCSG list our new organisational and individual members who were approved by the NCSG EC, and this just before Singapore meeting. </span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">They were successfully added to this mailing list and so able to read this welcoming and follow the discussions.</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I am happy as NCSG chair, to support new and existing members in order to let them be fully involved and participate in our policy discussion and for that I am ready to respond to your questions with the help of other experienced members and officers. A lot of public comments and important reports to cover, a coming ICANN meeting, an important conference in Brazil and more in the coming weeks.</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">while most discussion happen here, there are several information in our wikispace which is updated regularly, please check here :</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home</a> .</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">In particular if you want some info on how to participate in working groups and NCSG , please follow the announcement shared here and be in touch with the Policy committee chair and me . Also please check those links too:</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Guide+to+getting+started+in+NCSG" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Guide+to+getting+started+in+NCSG</a></font><br>
</span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups</a> <br>
</font></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Finally, please welcome warmly:</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">*Organisations:</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ARTICLE19, Niels ten Oever, UK</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ARTICLE 19 South America, Laura Tresca, Brazil</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Research ICT Africa, Alison Gillwald, South Africa</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Graduate Management Admission Council, Merrily Wolf, USA</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">*Individuals:</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Andres Guadamuz, UK</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Samson Yoseph Esayas, Norway<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Arne Hintz, UK</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Jay Kanakiya, India<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Benjamin Kerensa, USA<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></div>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I will send later more information about ICANN Singapore meeting and ongoing preparation for it.</span></div>
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Best Regards,</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Rafik Dammak</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
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<br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">You can also tell LISTSERV how you want it to confirm the receipt of</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">messages that you send to the list. To send yourself a copy of your own</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">
<span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">messages, send a SET NCSG-DISCUSS REPRO command.</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">
<span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">Alternatively, to have LISTSERV send you a short acknowledgement instead</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">of the entire message, send a SET NCSG-DISCUSS ACK NOREPRO command.</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">
<span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">Finally, you can turn off acknowledgements completely with the SET</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">NCSG-DISCUSS NOACK NOREPRO command.</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">
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<span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">command.</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">You can also set the digest delivery option on the list subscription page</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">
<span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">at: </span><a href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=NCSG-DISCUSS" style="font-size:12.666666984558105px" target="_blank">https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">NCSG</span>-DISCUSS</a><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">.</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">
<br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">Following instructions from the list owner, your subscription options</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px"><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">have been set to "REPRO" rather than the usual LISTSERV defaults. For</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">
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<span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">command to </span><a href="mailto:LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" style="font-size:12.666666984558105px" target="_blank">LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><span style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">.</span><br style="font-size:12.666666984558105px">
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