<div dir="ltr"><div>A warm welcome to all new members.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Bukola.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 at 11:45, Johan Helsingius <<a href="mailto:julf@julf.com">julf@julf.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">Dear NCSG members,<br>
<br>
ICANN76 is rapidly approaching.<br>
<br>
Meanwhile the NCSG Executive Committee has managed to approve some<br>
new member applications.<br>
<br>
Please accept our apologies for the delay in the approval of the <br>
membership requests, unfortunately we had a long list of duplicated <br>
applications request backlog due to some significant issues with<br>
the membership database software we are using. We are working hard on<br>
permanently resolving the issues, but meanwhile we have taken<br>
temporary measures to resolve the backlog, so expect more new<br>
members soon as the rest of the backlog is cleared.<br>
<br>
I would like to invite you all to help me wish NCSGs incoming members<br>
a warm welcome.<br>
<br>
Here is a list of the new members:<br>
<br>
Individual members:<br>
Annett Bonuke (NCSG + NCUC)<br>
Thomas Hill (NCSG + NCUC)<br>
Frank Anati (NCSG)<br>
Lena Herbst (NCSG + NCUC)<br>
Jessica Dadzie Asare (NCSG + NCUC)<br>
Namra Naseer (NCSG + NCUC)<br>
<br>
Internet Society Nigeria Chapter (NCSG + NPOC)<br>
Jokkolabs Bamako (NCSG)<br>
<br>
As the NCSG Chair, I am happy to provide any necessary help for our new<br>
members to become fully engaged with our Stakeholder Group and<br>
facilitate their onboarding into our community - and you will find many<br>
members willing to do the same.<br>
<br>
Tomslin Samme-Nlar is the Chair of the NCSG Policy Committee, and he<br>
will be sharing updates on public comments, calls for different<br>
positions across the ICANN community and other policy-related matters.<br>
<br>
Feel free to reply to this thread and present yourself to the NCSG<br>
Community or ask any questions!<br>
<br>
Below follows some useful resources/links:<br>
<br>
NCSG Website:<br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Home" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Home</a><br>
<br>
List of working groups and members involved:<br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups</a><br>
<br>
Policy comments and statements:<br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development</a><br>
<br>
Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings: <br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meeting+Records" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meeting+Records</a><br>
<br>
Mailing list archive:<br>
<a href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS</a><br>
<br>
Useful list of acronyms:<br>
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/icann-acronyms-and-terms" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/icann-acronyms-and-terms</a><br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
        Julf Helsingius, NCSG Chair<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>BukkieO.</div></div></div></div></div>