<p dir="ltr">Congrats to everyone elected.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Conversations here should be less cryptic and there should be conscious effort to engage newcomers.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you,<br>
Benjamin</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 17, 2014 2:26 PM, "Rafik Dammak" <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Nuno,<div><br></div><div>thanks for the comment,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div><br></div><div>Let us all (at least the ones who read these threads), compromise in bringing in a new member every month, for the next 6 months.</div><div><br></div><div>But we need:</div><div>a) to have a simplified (yet rigorous) admission process</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>the current process is quite simple, people need to apply through online form which is quite easy. I acknowledge that we had problems with a backlog but we could shorten the time for review in last months. EC is still working on that and one task is to improve the application. why? one reason of delay is that EC needs sometimes to get more information from applicants and that tend to take some time since we have difficulty to get response in timely manner. so asking more details ( we found we have some recurrent questions) since the beginning would help the EC to proceed more quickly.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>b) to improve the quality of the language we use in these discussions. Some emails are so cryptic that any newcomer that read them feels a complete ignorant. Please let us avoid using abreviations and topics that go way back to other threads and stuff like "John decided in the NCSO to argue against GAC proposal". Seriously guys, give the newcomers a break and let us use more friendly and inclusive language. And keep subjects on its relevant topic</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I am more nuanced here, I would expect someone willing to join the non-commercial stakeholder group in the generic names supporting organization will get used quickly to NCSG and GNSO :) but yes we can improve the language.There is good practice like done by Avri who put in PS tho what acronyms stands. there is also the acronyms glossary provided by ICANN here <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-03-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-03-en</a> </div><div><br></div><div>in general I advise new members to check this <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+to+get+Involved" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+to+get+Involved</a> (still work in progress)</div><div><br></div><div>I also am testing new method now by having more clearer email subject and using tags to indicate the importance and purpose of the emails I am sending. </div><div> </div><div>All these are just experiments for now and see if there is any improvement or feedback.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>c) someone (not me) should prepare a standard welcome email with relevant links</div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote><div>well I already do this , example <a href="http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=NCSG-DISCUSS;5a01b6d7.1405" target="_blank">http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=NCSG-DISCUSS;5a01b6d7.1405</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div></div><div>So here are my two cents. </div><div><br></div><div>I will start tomorrow to bring new interested members to the Non-Commercial Users Constituency.</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Nuno</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 September 2014 14:51, Stephanie Perrin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I agree that we need to do that Nuno, and I would welcome all
suggestions about how to achieve that goal. It is hard because we
are all so busy in NCSG, what could be the best, most economical (in
terms of time and information overload) to do this? I think we need
a running roster of all the work activities somewhere easy to
access...I know that I lose track of the three working groups I am
on, and I certainly lost track of the comment periods open<br>
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Anyway, ideas most welcome! I think we are all committed to getting
folks more involved, and building a dynamic constituency in these
busy times.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Stephanie. <br></font></span><div><div>
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<div dir="ltr">Congratulations to all the participants!
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<div>I ask you now to build a stronger relation between GNSO and
our community, and in that process, help all of us to build a
larger, more diverse and more inclusive community.</div>
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<div>Warm regards,</div>
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<div>Nuno</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 16 September 2014 04:25, Rafik
Dammak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">Dear <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">NCSG</span> Members:</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000"><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">The <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">NCSG</span> annual <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">election</span> results
are back and attached to this email.</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000"><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">Congrats to the <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">NCSG</span>'s
4 elected GNSO Councilors: Stephanie Perrin (2 years
term), David Cake (2 years term), Edward Morris (2
years term) and Marilia Maciel (1 year term). I am
also re-elected for 1 year-term as NCSG chair.</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000"><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">A deep thanks to the other candidates,
the nominators, and everyone who checked-in, voted in
the <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">election</span>.
And also we couldn't have held the <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">election</span> without
the tireless assistance of Glen de Saint Gery from
ICANN staff. Special thanks to our departing
councillors for their work and representing NCSG
within the GNSO council: Klaus Stoll, Maria Farell and
Magaly Pazello .</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000"><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">The term for these positions begins at
the conclusion of the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles (17
October).</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000"><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">Voters can check their individual
ballot ID against the list of votes cast (attached) to
verify that their vote was counted correctly.</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000"><br>
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<div><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">Finally, all election details are
summarized in this page </font><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2014" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2014</a> </font></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">Best Regards,</font></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">Rafik Dammak</font></div>
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