<div><font>Hi everyone,</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>Really appreciate your hospitality, I'm still learning how everything works here but ready to contribute at anytime, glad to work with you all!</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>Best,</font></div><div><font>Yuancheng<br></font></div><div><includetail><div> </div><div> </div><div style="font:Verdana normal 14px;color:#000;"><div style="FONT-SIZE: 12px;FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow;padding:2px 0 2px 0;">------------------ Original ------------------</div><div style="FONT-SIZE: 12px;background:#efefef;padding:8px;"><div id="menu_sender"><b>From: </b> "Nour El Houda Zouabi"<nouralhooda75@GMAIL.COM>;</div><div><b>Date: </b> Fri, May 15, 2020 03:26 AM</div><div><b>To: </b> "NCSG-DISCUSS"<NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>; <wbr></div><div></div><div><b>Subject: </b> Re: Welcoming New Members to the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group</div></div><div> </div><div style="position:relative;"><div id="tmpcontent_res"></div><div dir="auto">Welcome everyoneeee </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 14 May 2020, 18:34 Raymond Mamattah, <<a href="mailto:mamattah.raymond@gmail.com">mamattah.raymond@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hello Stephanie,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks for the welcome email.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On behalf of the management and board of the EGIGFA team, we are glad to be here.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Raymond Mamattah</div><div dir="auto">Founder and President</div><div dir="auto">EGIGFA</div><div dir="auto"><a href="http://www.egigfa.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.egigfa.org</a></div><div dir="auto">WhatsApp: +233244124625</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 14, 2020, 5:16 PM Stephanie E Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">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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am very happy to
welcome
our new organizational and
individual members who were approved by the NCSG EC this spring.<br>
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serif"><span>They
were
successfully
added to this
mailing list and
so should be
able to read
this welcoming
email, and
follow the
discussions.</span></font></div>
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<p><font size="+1">Yuancheng
Zhang, China</font></p>
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<p><font size="+1">E-Governance
and Internet
Governance
Foundation for
Africa; Ghana -
Raymond Mamattah</font></p>
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<p><font size="+1">Nigeria
School on
Internet
Governance,
Nigeria - Auwalu
Tata</font></p>
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<div><font size="+1" face="Times New
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am happy as the NCSG
chair, to support
new and existing
members in order to
assist them in
becoming fully
involved, in order
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.<br>
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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 May 19 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" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" 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 public meeting
to be held virtually
in the Kuala Lumpur
timezone (</font><font size="+1" face="Times New
Roman, Times, serif"><a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/remote68" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://meetings.icann.org/en/remote68</a>)
from June 22-25),
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>
<font size="+1" face="Times New
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Roman, Times,
serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public</a>.
The next policy
committee meeting
will be held just
prior to the GNSO
Council call on
May 19; 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
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is some basic
information you
should keep
somewhere:</font><font size="+1"><br>
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<li><font size="+1" face="Times New
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serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Home" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" 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" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups</a> </font><br>
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<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" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" 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" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meeting+Records</a><br>
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<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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<li><font color="#1155cc"><font size="+1" face="Times New
Roman, Times,
serif">For a
useful list of
acronyms:</font><font size="+1" face="Times New
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serif"> </font><span> </span><font size="+1"><font face="Times
New Roman,
Times, serif"><u><a href="https://www.icann.org/icann-acronyms-and-terms/en/nav/A" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/icann-acronyms-and-terms/en/nav/A</a> </u></font></font></font><br>
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<div style="font-size:12.7273px"><font size="+1" face="Times New
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join me in
welcoming our new
members!</span></font></div>
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