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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Well done Rafik and congrats on successfull tenure.<BR><BR>To Tapani<BR>We know you can manage the boot successfully to become your size with relevant stakeholder support. Keep walking.<BR>Remmy Nweke<BR>@ITRealms</DIV></DIV>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><A href="mailto:ncsg@TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO">Tapani Tarvainen</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">21/10/2015 17:18</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><A href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Welcoming new members to Non-commercialStakeholder Group : October 2015 at Dublin Meeting</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV>I am very happy to join Rafik in welcoming our new members.<BR><BR>At the same time I'd like to congratulate Rafik for his last meeting<BR>as NCSG chair and indeed for his remarkably succesful two years in the<BR>role.<BR><BR>Well done! My only concern is that I'll have hard time<BR>filling Rafik's boots: you've set a high bar for me.<BR><BR>Tapani (aka Rafik 2.0)<BR><BR>On Oct 21 22:03, Rafik Dammak (rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM) wrote:<BR><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 this<BR>> welcoming and follow the discussions.<BR>> <BR>> I am happy as NCSG chair, to support new and existing members in order to<BR>> let them be fully involved and participate in our policy discussion and for<BR>> that I am ready to respond to your questions with the help of other<BR>> experienced members and officers. I had mail exchange and even skype calls<BR>> for those who asked, so please feel free to contact me if you want more<BR>> 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 will<BR>> be shared in due time. We are at Dublin meeting with ongoing discussion<BR>> about ICANN accountability and we had our sessions yesterday<BR>> https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/tue-ncsg.<BR>> <BR>> A lot of public comments <https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public><BR>> and important reports to cover (priority-wise) and much more in the coming<BR>> weeks. For example you can read out latest comments from NCSG here<BR>> <https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg> , in particular about ICANN<BR>> accountability proposal http://goo.gl/xqUxHC . you can also check the<BR>> recordings of NCSG confcalls https://community.icann.org/x/Ah7xAg .<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Some information, you should keep somewhere:<BR>> <BR>> - While a lot discussion happen here, there are several information in<BR>> our wikispace which is updated regularly, please check here<BR>> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home> or<BR>> more easy to remember ncsg.is . Navigating there will give flavour of<BR>> what we did and are doing.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> - In particular if you want some info on how to participate in working<BR>> groups and NCSG , please follow the announcements shared here and be in<BR>> touch with the Policy committee chair and me . Also please check those<BR>> links too:<BR>> - Some tips to<BR>> *https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved<BR>> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved>*<BR>> - List of working groups and members involved<BR>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups<BR>> <BR>> - Policy comments and statements here:<BR>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development<BR>> <BR>> - Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings:<BR>> *https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record<BR>> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record>*<BR>> - There is a one-stop page<BR>> <http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm><BR>> to<BR>> find all information about GNSO and also about GNSO activities<BR>> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/icannmeeting> during ICANN meeting.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> - Also to catch-up with ongoing discussion in the mailing list archive :<BR>> https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS<BR>> - Also you can find the NCSG calendar here:<BR>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar<BR>> <BR>> - Finally, don't feel overwhelmed by ICANN acronyms, you will find most<BR>> of them in this glossary<BR>> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-03-en<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Please welcome warmly:<BR>> <BR>> *Individual*<BR>> <BR>> 1. 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