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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:12.7272720336914px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><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:12.7272720336914px"><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<u> IANA stewardship transition & ICANN accountability update at 24th April</u> in preparation for the public comment.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">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-size:12.7272720336914px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> and much more in the coming weeks. For example you can read out latest comments from NCSG here </span><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px"><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-size:12.7272720336914px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><span>We are going to have our regular monthly confcall in April, Tuesday 14th April 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 reminder soon.</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><span>Some information, you should keep somewhere:</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><ul><li><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px">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:12.7272720336914px"><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-size:12.7272720336914px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">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 href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" 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);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px;line-height:17.3160171508789px">There is a </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(59,115,175);text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px;line-height:17.3160171508789px" target="_blank">one-stop page</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px;line-height:17.3160171508789px"> to find all information about GNSO and also about </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/icannmeeting" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(59,115,175);text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px;line-height:17.3160171508789px" target="_blank">GNSO activities</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px;line-height:17.3160171508789px"> 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:12.7272720336914px">Also you can find the NCSG calendar here: </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"> </span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">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:12.7272720336914px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><span>Please welcome warmly:</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><span><br></span></div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">*Organisations:</font></div><div><ul><li></li><li>The Heritage Foundation, Brett Schaeffer, USA</li><li>Kyrgyz Research and Education Network Association, Almaz Bakenov, Kyrgyzstan</li><li>Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. (Mertek Media Monitor Nonprofit Ltd.), Gábor Polyák, Hungary </li><li>Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society, David Vyorst, USA</li><li>Civil Initiative on Internet Policy, Tattu Mambetalieva, Kyrgyz Republic</li><li>Centre for Communication Governance National Law University Delhi, Arun Sukumar, India</li></ul></div><div>*Individuals:<br></div></div><div><ul><li></li><li>Mark Ayling, UK</li><li>Jimmy Rosario, San Domingo</li><li>Karel Douglas, Trinidad and Tobago</li><li>TIMOTHY Nii Martey Mensah, Ghana</li><li>Alyssa Mihai, Canada</li><li>Edwin Opare, Ghana</li><li>Cagri Emer, Australia</li><li>Muhammed Njie, Gambia</li><li>Arthur Gwagwa, UK</li></ul><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px">I will send other updates later and please feel free to contact me directly offlist.</span><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">
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Best Regards,</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">
<span>Rafik Dammak</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">
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<br style="font-size:12.6666669845581px"><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">Following instructions from the list owner, your subscription options</span><br style="font-size:12.6666669845581px"><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">have been set to "REPRO" rather than the usual LISTSERV defaults. For</span><br style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">
<span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">more information about subscription options, send a QUERY NCSG-DISCUSS</span><br style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">
<span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">command to </span><a href="mailto:LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" style="font-size:12.6666669845581px" target="_blank">LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">.</span><br style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">
<br style="font-size:12.6666669845581px"><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">You may also check your current settings on the list subscription page</span><br style="font-size:12.6666669845581px"><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">at: </span><a href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=NCSG-DISCUSS" style="font-size:12.6666669845581px" 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:12.6666669845581px">.</span><br style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">
<br style="font-size:12.6666669845581px"><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">More information on the tools and options available for list subscribers</span><br style="font-size:12.6666669845581px"><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">may be found in the official L-Soft online documentation at:</span><br style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">
<a href="http://www.lsoft.com/resources/manuals.as" style="font-size:12.6666669845581px" target="_blank">http://www.lsoft.com/resources/manuals.as</a></span></div></div></div>
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