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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22-Feb-15 18:36, Avri Doria wrote:<br>
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Hi,<br>
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Welcome to the new members.<br>
Would be nice to have some sort of (self)introduction of the new
members.<br>
I think a first introduction to many of the currently active
members can be found in their online Statements of Interest (SOI)<br>
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and those SOI can be found at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=14713457">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=14713457</a><br>
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I will be happy to help with webinars and whatever to help get the
new members who wish to be active, up to speed.<br>
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avri<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22-Feb-15 04:03, Rafik Dammak
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<div>I am glad to welcome in the
NCSG list
our new organizational and
individual members who
were approved by the NCSG EC
this month. </div>
<div><span><br>
</span></div>
<div><span>They were successfully
added to this mailing list and
so able to read this welcoming
and follow the discussions.</span></div>
<div><span><br>
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<div>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 if you want more
information or asking for
clarifications.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>There are opportunities to
learn about policy development :
with the quarterly 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, the next will be about
IANA stewardship transition
update.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span>A lot of public
comments and important reports
to cover (priority-wise) </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public"
target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public</a> <span> and
much more in the coming weeks.
For example you can read out
lastest comments from NCSG
here </span><span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg">https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg</a>
. you can also check the
recordings of NCSG sessions
during Singapore meeting here
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/x/sB3xAg">https://community.icann.org/x/sB3xAg</a> </span></div>
<div><span><br>
</span></div>
<div><span>We are going to have
our regular monthly confcall
in March 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><span><br>
</span></div>
<div><span>Some information, you
should keep somewhere:</span></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><span>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><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://ncsg.is"
target="_blank">https://ncsg.is</a>
. Navigating there will give
flavor of what we did and are
doing.</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><span>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>Some tips to get
involved </span><u><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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></li>
<li><span>List of working
groups and members
involved there </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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> </span></li>
<li>Policy comments and
statements here: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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: <u><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record"
target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record</a></u></li>
<li><span>There is a </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm"
class="" rel="nofollow">one-stop
page</a><span> to find
all information about
GNSO and also about </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/icannmeeting"
class="" rel="nofollow">GNSO
activities</a><span> during
ICANN meeting.</span><br>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Also to catch-up with
ongoing discussion in the
mailing list archive : <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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>Also you can find
the NCSG calendar here: </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar"
target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar</a><span> </span></li>
<li><span>Finally, don't feel
overwhelmed by ICANN
acronyms, you will find
most of them in this
glossary <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
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<div><span>Please welcome warmly:</span></div>
<div><span><br>
</span></div>
<div>
<div>*Organisations:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><br>
</li>
<li>ISOC-Yemen, Ahmed
Almarwani, Yemen</li>
<li>Internet Society Nepal,
Bikram Shrestha, Nepal</li>
<li>gedaref digital city
org, <span class=""> </span>Ahmed
Mahmoud Eisa, Sudan<span
class=""> </span></li>
<li>J Initiative (JI), Awo
Aidam Amenyah, Ghana</li>
</ul>
*Individuals:<br>
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<ul>
<li><br>
</li>
<li>Zakir Syed, Pakistan</li>
<li>Mikhail Komarov, Russia</li>
<li>David Post, United States</li>
<li>Hanane Boujemi,
Netherlands</li>
<li>Gigi Johnson, United
States</li>
<li>Andrew Donnellan,
Australia</li>
<li>Michael R. Romo, United
States</li>
<li>Rogerio Mariano, Brazil</li>
<li>John Carr, UK</li>
<li>Isaque Manteiga Joaquim,
Mozambique</li>
<li>Jia He, China</li>
<li>Mathias Etheyemon HOUNGBO,
Bénin</li>
<li>Anri van der Spuy, South
Africa</li>
<li>Aisyah Shakirah Suhaidi,
Malaysia</li>
<li>Onica Nonhlanhla Makwakwa,
South Africa</li>
</ul>
<span>I will send other updates
later and please feel free to
contact me directly offlist.</span><br>
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<div><span> Best Regards,</span></div>
<div><span><br>
</span></div>
<div> <span>Rafik Dammak</span></div>
<div> <span><br>
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<div><span>NCSG Chair</span></div>
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<div><span><i>follow NCSG :
@NCSG_ICANN & <a
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href="http://ncsg.is">ncsg.is</a></i></span></div>
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