<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello:</div><div><br></div><div>Welcome to all new members and pleased to see them joining the NCSG. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div>Hakikur <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 5:02 AM Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi ,</div><div><br></div><div>welcome to all new members and happy to see them joining us.</div><div>as NCSG Policy Committee Chair, I will be happy to support you and give more information if you want about ongoing policy discussions and how to get involved.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven. 29 nov. 2019 à 01:56, Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I am very happy to welcome our new organizational and individual members who were approved by the NCSG EC this fall.<br>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Manju Chen, Taiwan</span><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Ejikeme E</span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">gbuogu</span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">, Nigeria</span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"></span><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">John Gbadamosi, Nigeria</span></font><br>
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<div><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I am happy as the NCSG chair, to support new and existing members in order to assist them in becoming fully involved, and to help them to participate in our 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 easy reference, Rafik Dammak the Policy Committee
Chair, Bruna Santos the NCUC Chair, and Joan Kerr the NPOC Chair. Feel free to reach out to these folks or our GNSO Councillors, listed here:
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<div><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">There are many opportunities to learn about policy development, but a good place to start is our monthly policy call, which usually takes place during the week of the Generic Names Supporting Organization
(GNSO) Council call. This month, the Council call will take place on December 19th at 21:00 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">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
the schedule will be shared in due time.</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Because we are coming up to the Community Forum meeting to be held in Cancun from March 7-12(</font><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times,
serif"><a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/cancun67" target="_blank">https://meetings.icann.org/en/cancun67</a>),
there will be special webinars on topics to be discussed at the 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 Roman, Times, serif">Rafik Dammak is the chair of the NCSG Policy committee, and he shares updates on calls for public comment regularly on this list. To follow the public comments calls, go here</font><br>
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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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<div><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Here is some basic information you should keep somewhere:</font><font size="+1"><br>
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<li><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Home" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Home</a>
This is our website where recent activity and upcoming meetings are posted.</font></li><li><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size:12.7273px"></span></font><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">List of working groups and members involved there <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups</a> </font><br>
</li><li><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">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> </font></li><li><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings: <span> </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meeting+Records" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meeting+Records</a><br>
</font></li><li><font size="+1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">To catch up with ongoing discussion see the mailing list archive:</font>
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