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</span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">I am glad to welcome in the NCSG list our new individual members who were approved by the NCSG EC. </font></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><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 have also Dublin meeting coming in next days and I will be sharing shortly an email with all details about schedule, agendas etc and you can attend all sessions remotely</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">A lot of <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public" target="_blank">public comments</a> and important reports to cover (priority-wise) </span><span style="font-size:12.7273px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> and much more in the coming weeks. For example you can read out latest comments from NCSG <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg" target="_blank">here</a></span><span style="font-size:12.7273px"> , in particular about ICANN </span><span style="font-size:12.7273px">accountability</span><span style="font-size:12.7273px"> proposal <a href="http://goo.gl/xqUxHC" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/xqUxHC</a> . you can also check the recordings of NCSG confcalls <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/Ah7xAg" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/Ah7xAg</a> .</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.7273px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><span>Some information, you should keep somewhere:</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><ul><li><span style="font-size:12.7273px">While a lot discussion happen here, there are several information in our wikispace which is updated regularly, please check <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home" target="_blank">here</a> </span><span style="font-size:12.7273px">or more easy to remember </span><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg.is</a> . Navigating there will give flavour of what we did and are doing.</font></li></ul></div>
<div><ul><li><span style="font-size:12.7273px;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 </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 </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:13.3333px;line-height:17.316px">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:13.3333px;line-height:17.316px" target="_blank">one-stop page</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:17.316px"> 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:13.3333px;line-height:17.316px" target="_blank">GNSO activities</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:17.316px"> 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:12.7273px">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:12.7273px" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"> </span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.7273px;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:12.7273px"><span><br></span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please welcome warmly:</font></div><div><ol><b>Individual</b><br><br><li>Maria Gabriela Gijon, Argentina<br></li><li>Said Zazai, Afghanistan<br></li><li>Rishabh Dara, India<br></li><li>Elsa Saade, Lebanon<br></li><li>Tatiana Tropina, Germany<br></li><li>Samuel Akinsola, Botswana<br></li><li>Etuate Cocker, New Zealand<br></li><li>Alagie N Ceesay, Gambia<br></li><br><b>Organization</b><li>Ivorian Initiative for Evaluation (2IEval), Samuel KOUAKOU, Ivory Coast <br></li><li>Asociacion Por Los Derechos Civiles, Agustina Callegari, , Argentina</li><li>Public Knowledge, Melanie Penagos, USA<br></li><br></ol>I will send other updates later and please feel free to contact me directly offlist.<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Rafik Dammak<br><br>NCSG Chair<br><br>follow NCSG : @NCSG_ICANN & <a href="http://ncsg.is">ncsg.is</a><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Regarding the mailing list:<br><br>Here is some important information about your new subscription, which we<br>recommend that you preserve for future reference. 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