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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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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>
<br>
<br>
avri<br>
<br>
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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>
</span></div>
<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>
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<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><br>
</span></div>
<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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</span></div>
<div><span>
Best Regards,</span></div>
<div><span><br>
</span></div>
<div>
<span>Rafik Dammak</span></div>
<div>
<span><br>
</span></div>
<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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