<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Rafik,</div><div> </div><div>Compliments of the season.</div><div>Thank you for the update.</div><div> </div><div>Many friends and fellows hope to continue the collaborations.</div><div> </div><div>Best to regards all.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Sonigitu Ekpe <br><br>Mobile +234 805 0232 469 Office + 234 802 751 0179 <br> "LIFE is all about love and thanksgiving" <br><br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Rafik Dammak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px">Hello Everybody.</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px">
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</span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">I am glad to welcome in the NCSG list our new organizational and individual members who were approved by the NCSG EC this month. </font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><span>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:12.72px"><span><br></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">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. I had mail exchange and even skype calls for those who asked, so please feel free to contact me.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">There are opportunities to learn about policy development : with the monthly </font>GNSO Working Group newcomers Webinar, for which the schedule will be shared in due time. we are also planning a NCSG webinars to discuss or introduce a specific topic.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px">A lot of public comments and important reports to cover (priority-wise) </span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public</a> </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"> and much more in the coming weeks. For example you can read out last comment from NCSG , for example submitted today : </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/fYoQAw" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/fYoQAw</a> or this previously <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/NSDxAg" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/NSDxAg</a> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><span>We are going to have our regular monthly confcall next month and it is open to all members. That is a good opportunity to to interact with NCSG officers and other members. You will receive the confcall details in near future.</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><span>Some information, you should keep somewhere:</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><ul><li><span style="font-size:12.72px">While a lot discussion happen here, there are several information in our wikispace which is updated regularly, please check here :</span><br></li></ul></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home</a> or more easy to remember </span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://ncsg.is" target="_blank">https://ncsg.is</a> . Navigating there will give flavor of what we did and are doing.</font></div>
<div><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px">In particular if you want some info on how to participate in working groups and NCSG , please follow the announcements shared here and be in touch with the Policy committee chair and me . Also please check those links too:</span><br></li><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Some tips to get involved </span><font color="#1155cc" face="arial, sans-serif"><u><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></u></font></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">List of working groups and members involved there </span><a style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" 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><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></li><li>Policy comments and statements here: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development</a> </li><li>Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings: <font color="#1155cc"><u><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record</a></u></font></li></ul></ul></div><div><ul><li>Also to catch-up with ongoing discussion in the mailing list archive : <a href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS" target="_blank">https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS</a> </li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px">Also you can find the NCSG calendar here: </span><a style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px" href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"> </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px">Finally, don't feel overwhelmed by ICANN acronyms, you will find most of them in this glossary <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> </span></li></ul></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><span>Please welcome warmly:</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><span><br></span></div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">*Organisations:</font></div>
<div><div><ul><li></li><li>Pakistan Network Operators' Group (PaNOG), Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistan<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></li><li>Access Humboldt,<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Sean McLaughlin,<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>USA</li><li>Center for Democracy & Technology, Matthew Shears, USA</li></ul>*Individuals:<br></div></div></div><div><div><div><ul><li></li><li>Joy Liddicoat, New Zealand</li><li>Arsene Tungali,Democratic Republic of Congo</li><li>Krishna Kumar Rajamannar, India</li><li>Rao Naveed Bin Rais, Pakistan</li><li>Monika Zalnieriute, Lithuania</li><li>Jean-Jacques Subrenat,France</li><li>Shabnam Shafiei, Iran</li></ul><span style="font-size:12.72px">I will send other updates later and please feel free to contact me directly offlist.</span><br></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px">
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Best Regards,</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px">
<span>Rafik Dammak</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px">
<span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><span>NCSG Chair</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.72px"><span>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div>
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