<p dir="ltr">+1 and a special welcome to Etuate Cocker who was my mentor (now called coaches, I hope it hasn't changed) during my first ICANN fellowship.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I welcome everyone to one of the interesting world of ICANN, do make yourself comfortable and you may want to fasten your seat belt as well ;-)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sent from my Asus Zenfone2<br>
Kindly excuse brevity and typos.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 11 Oct 2015 16:02, "Avri Doria" <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
We have been adding a group of great new members in each pass.<br>
And we are seeing more and more people becoming active to the degree<br>
they can.<br>
<br>
This is wonderful.<br>
Yes, welcome!<br>
<br>
avri<br>
<br>
On 11-Oct-15 00:09, Rafik Dammak wrote:<br>
> Hi everyone.<br>
><br>
> I am glad to welcome in the NCSG list our new individual members who<br>
> were approved by the NCSG EC.<br>
><br>
> They were successfully added to this mailing list and so able to read<br>
> this welcoming and follow the discussions.<br>
><br>
> I am happy as NCSG chair, to support new and existing members in order<br>
> to let them be fully involved and participate in our policy discussion<br>
> and for that I am ready to respond to your questions with the help of<br>
> other experienced members and officers. I had mail exchange and even<br>
> skype calls for those who asked, so please feel free to contact me if<br>
> you want more information or asking for clarifications.<br>
><br>
> There are opportunities to learn about policy development : with the<br>
> quarterly GNSO Working Group newcomers Webinar, for which the schedule<br>
> will be shared in due time. We have also Dublin meeting coming in next<br>
> days and I will be sharing shortly an email with all details about<br>
> schedule, agendas etc and you can attend all sessions remotely<br>
><br>
> A lot of public comments<br>
> <<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public</a>> and important<br>
> reports to cover (priority-wise) and much more in the coming weeks.<br>
> For example you can read out latest comments from NCSG here<br>
> <<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg</a>> , in particular about<br>
> ICANN accountability proposal <a href="http://goo.gl/xqUxHC" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/xqUxHC</a> . you can also<br>
> check the recordings of NCSG<br>
> confcalls <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/Ah7xAg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/Ah7xAg</a> .<br>
><br>
><br>
> Some information, you should keep somewhere:<br>
><br>
> * While a lot discussion happen here, there are several information<br>
> in our wikispace which is updated regularly, please check here<br>
> <<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home</a>> or<br>
> more easy to remember <a href="http://ncsg.is" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ncsg.is</a> <<a href="https://ncsg.is" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ncsg.is</a>> . Navigating<br>
> there will give flavour of what we did and are doing.<br>
><br>
> * In particular if you want some info on how to participate in<br>
> working groups and NCSG , please follow the announcements shared<br>
> here and be in touch with the Policy committee chair and me .<br>
> Also please check those links too:<br>
> o Some tips to<br>
> _<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved_" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved_</a><br>
> o List of working groups and members involved<br>
> <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups</a><br>
> o Policy comments and statements<br>
> here: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development</a><br>
> o Recordings and transcripts of latest<br>
> meetings: _<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record_" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record_</a><br>
> o There is a one-stop page<br>
> <<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm</a>> to<br>
> find all information about GNSO and also about GNSO activities<br>
> <<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/icannmeeting" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/en/icannmeeting</a>> during ICANN meeting.<br>
><br>
> * Also to catch-up with ongoing discussion in the mailing list<br>
> archive : <a href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS</a><br>
> * Also you can find the NCSG calendar<br>
> here: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar</a><br>
> * Finally, don't feel overwhelmed by ICANN acronyms, you will find<br>
> most of them in this<br>
> glossary <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-03-en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-03-en</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> Please welcome warmly:<br>
><br>
> *Individual*<br>
><br>
> 1. Maria Gabriela Gijon, Argentina<br>
> 2. Said Zazai, Afghanistan<br>
> 3. Rishabh Dara, India<br>
> 4. Elsa Saade, Lebanon<br>
> 5. Tatiana Tropina, Germany<br>
> 6. Samuel Akinsola, Botswana<br>
> 7. Etuate Cocker, New Zealand<br>
> 8. Alagie N Ceesay, Gambia<br>
><br>
> 9. *Organization* Ivorian Initiative for Evaluation (2IEval), Samuel<br>
> KOUAKOU, Ivory Coast<br>
> 10. Asociacion Por Los Derechos Civiles, Agustina Callegari, , Argentina<br>
> 11. Public Knowledge, Melanie Penagos, USA<br>
><br>
> I will send other updates later and please feel free to contact me<br>
> directly offlist.<br>
><br>
> Best Regards,<br>
><br>
> Rafik Dammak<br>
><br>
> NCSG Chair<br>
><br>
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