<div dir="auto">Welcoming the new members and member organizations to the Team.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks</div><div dir="auto">Joan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 16, 2020, 5:47 PM Benjamin Akinmoyeje <<a href="mailto:benakin@gmail.com">benakin@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">Dear Bolutife, <span style="font-family:"times new roman",times,serif">Abidi & others,</span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times,serif">Welcome to the group and I look forward to meeting you and active participation.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times,serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><font face="times new roman, times, serif">Its great to have Digital Grassroot in our midst, hopefully we can our activities reach out to the demographics you serve.</font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="times new roman, times, serif"><br></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="times new roman, times, serif">Kind regards,</font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="times new roman, times, serif">Benjamin</font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 15, 2020, 10:33 AM oreoluwa <<a href="mailto:oreoluwa@wtec.org.ng" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">oreoluwa@wtec.org.ng</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"><div dir="auto">Welcome to our new member organisations. Looking forward to engaging with you both.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kind regards, </div><div dir="auto">Ore</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="m_6335339159527604831m_-8784425034313739468composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">--</div><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Oreoluwa Lesi<br>
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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 spring.<br>
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<div style="font-size:12.7273px"><font size="+1" face="Times New
Roman, Times,
serif"><span></span></font><font size="+1" face="Times New
Roman, Times,
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"><b>Individuals</b></font></p>
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<p><font size="+1">Yuancheng
Zhang, China</font></p>
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<p><font size="+1"><b>Organizations</b></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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Roman, Times,
serif"><span></span></font></div>
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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, 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
Roman, Times, serif"><font face="Times New
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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New Roman, Times,
serif"><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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<ul>
<li><font size="+1" face="Times New
Roman, Times,
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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useful list of
acronyms:</font><font size="+1" face="Times New
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welcoming our new
members!</span></font></div>
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ICANN, Not for Profit Operations Constituency</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Chair,
IEEE Sustainable Agriculture Working Group</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Chair, Science for Peace, Climate Smart Victory Gardens</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:13px"><font size="1">Advisor, IEEE Humanitarian Initiatives Committee</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:13px"><font size="1">Advisor, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network, (CSAYN) Canada</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">UN
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