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</font></div><p class="gmail_default" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Dear Rafik and All,</font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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your esteemed body of knowledge. We hope our participation in the discussions
will help promote the group’s agenda and also enhance the development of
creative ideas for empowering children and young people in Ghana with skills,
knowledge and support they require to navigate any online risks they may come
across.</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Best,</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Awo</font></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Awo Aidam Amenyah</b> I Executive Director I <b>J INITIATIVE (JI)</b> I P.O Box AN 7466,Accra-North I<br></div>Off Line: +233 242 30 5656 I +233 272 001 005 I <a href="http://www.jinitiative.org" target="_blank">www.jinitiative.org</a> I<br><div><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 February 2015 at 09:40, 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 class="gmail_quote"><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><div class="h5"><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>
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<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 if you want more information or asking for clarifications.</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 quarterly </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, the next will be about IANA stewardship transition update.</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 lastest comments from NCSG here </span><span style="font-size:12.72px"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg</a> . you can also check the recordings of NCSG sessions during Singapore meeting here <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/sB3xAg" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/sB3xAg</a> </span></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 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 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><li><font color="#1155cc"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17.31px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px">There is a </span><a style="color:rgb(59,115,175);line-height:17.31px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;text-decoration:none" href="http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">one-stop page</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17.31px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px"> to find all information about GNSO and also about </span><a style="color:rgb(59,115,175);line-height:17.31px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;text-decoration:none" href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/icannmeeting" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GNSO activities</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17.31px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px"> during ICANN meeting.</span><br></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><ul><li>ISOC-Yemen, Ahmed Almarwani, Yemen</li><li>Internet Society Nepal, Bikram Shrestha, Nepal</li><li>gedaref digital city org, <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Ahmed Mahmoud Eisa, Sudan<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></li><li>J Initiative (JI), Awo Aidam Amenyah, Ghana</li></ul>*Individuals:</div></div></div></div><div><ul><div><div class="h5"><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><li></li></div></div><li>Andrea Calderaro, Italia</li><li>James Gannon, Ireland</li></ul><div><div class="h5"><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><div class="h5"><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">
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<br style="font-size:12.66px"><span style="font-size:12.66px">You may also check your current settings on the list subscription page</span><br style="font-size:12.66px"><span style="font-size:12.66px">at: </span><a style="font-size:12.66px" href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=NCSG-DISCUSS" 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:12.66px">.</span><br style="font-size:12.66px">
<br style="font-size:12.66px"><span style="font-size:12.66px">More information on the tools and options available for list subscribers</span><br style="font-size:12.66px"><span style="font-size:12.66px">may be found in the official L-Soft online documentation at:</span><br style="font-size:12.66px">
<a style="font-size:12.66px" href="http://www.lsoft.com/resources/manuals.as" target="_blank">http://www.lsoft.com/resources/manuals.as</a></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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