<div dir="auto">Welcome to the new members. I'm particularly excited to see Souad and Bolutife who were Next Gen at the last meeting take the bold step forward to start engaging in the NCSG.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards </div><div dir="auto">Caleb Ogundele </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 10:06 PM Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Individual Members </b><br>
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Singh, Ananya; India<br>
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Soriano, Jianne; Hong Kong<br>
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Dahlskjaer, Christel; United Kingdom<br>
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Cantanhede, Cindyneia; Brazil<br>
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Abidi, Souad; Algeria<br>
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Carr Quirós, Yawri; Costa Rica<br>
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Digital Grassroots, Nigeria (Adisa Bolutife)</span></font><br>
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policy discussions and contribute to the work we do. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions or would like advice on where to start. We have many experienced members and officers who are happy to help. I have put some in cc for your
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<div><font size="+1" face="Times New
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the week of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council call. This month, the Council call will take place on October 24 at 12:00 UTC, and the full details and schedule of Council activities can be found here : <span> </span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar</a>.
Watch for announcements of policy and working group webinars on this list, they are targeted to help bring us all up to date with what is happening in difference groups and topic areas. Please note the quarterly GNSO Working Group newcomers Webinar, for which
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there will be special webinars on topics to be discussed at the Annual Meeting. We will send them to this list as we get them, they are a great way to learn about the issues.<br>
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<div><font size="+1" face="Times New
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The next policy committee meeting will be held just prior to the GNSO Council call; our ICANN support person Maryam Bakoshi will be sending out reminders for that meeting.<br>
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This is our website where recent activity and upcoming meetings are posted.</font></li><li><font size="+1" face="Times New
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of working groups and members involved there <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups</a> </font><br>
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serif">Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings: <span> </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meeting+Records" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meeting+Records</a><br>
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