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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Great to see Bram Fudzulani and Coppens Pasteur NDAYIRAGIJE join the family.<div><br></div><div>@Tapani, you will be great and I have alot of confidence that you will do fine! </div><div><br></div><div> I must say that Rafik has alot of energy and has demonstrated great commitment as NCSG Chair. Thanks Rafik.</div><div><br></div><div>Rgds</div><div>Grace<br><br><div>> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:16:18 +0100<br>> From: ncsg@TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO<br>> Subject: Re: Welcoming new members to Non-commercial Stakeholder Group : October 2015 at Dublin Meeting<br>> To: NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br>> <br>> 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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