<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>A warm welcome to all new members to the NCSG.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,<br></div><div>Hakikur<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dr. Hakikur Rahman<br></div><div>Professor<br></div><div>Presidency University<br></div><div>Bangladesh.<br></div><div>Email: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:email@hakik.org">email@hakik.org</a><br></div><div>Phone: +880-1987417457 (WhatsApp)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Ex-CEO, BDIX.NET<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="zmail_extra_hr" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;"><br></div><div class="zmail_extra" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true"><div><br></div><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 22:25:36 +0600 <b>Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM></b> wrote ---<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px;" id="blockquote_zmail"><div><div dir="ltr">Dear NCSG members,<br><br><br>The NCSG Executive Committee has approved several new members' applications and I would like to welcome them. We apologize for the delay to review the applications and getting the new members to join us. Hopefully, we will be able to review and add new members at a more steady pace in the next few weeks. The new members were successfully added to this mailing list and so able to read this welcoming and follow the discussions.<br><br>I would like to invite you all to wish NCSGs incoming members a warm welcome and prove how much NCSG is an open and welcoming community:<br><br><b>Individual Members:</b><br><ul><li>Kossi Amessinou<br></li><li>Isaac Omilabu<br></li><li>Timothy Simpson<br></li><li>Nyama Mutondo<br></li><li>Felix Semekete Opilli<br></li><li>Gabriel Karsan<br></li><li>Norman Angel Agong<br></li><li>Emmanuel Oruk<br></li><li>Godsway Kubi<br></li><li>Mary Rose Ofianga<br></li><li>Abdulrahman Abotaleb<br></li><li>Bibi Rookayay Gulmahamed<br></li><li>Arturs Lihners<br></li></ul><b>Organization Members:</b><br><ul><li>Aspire Hub, Bayo Olotu<br></li><li>Inter-Planetary Sustainability and Climate Change Foundation, Vishal Konapala<br></li></ul><br>As the NCSG chair, I am happy to provide help and assist our new members to become involved and active participants in our stakeholder group and in ICANN in general. They can also count on other members for onboarding and support. Please feel free to reach me offlist if you have any questions or you want to have a chat for more clarification.<br><br>Tomslin Samme-Nlar is the Chair of the NCSG Policy Committee, and he will be sharing updates on public comments and opportunities to participate in working groups and policy discussions.<br><br>We held our discussion in this mailing list. In addition to that, we have our monthly Policy call and sometimes webinars on specific issues, details will be shared in the mailing list. We also have several sessions during ICANN and everyone can join remotely. You will also see we have several public consultations to respond to and volunteers drafting comments on behalf of NCSG.<br><br>Feel free to reply to this thread and present yourself to other members and ask any questions.<br><br>Below follows some useful resources/links:<br><ul><li>NCSG website<a target="_blank" href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/overview"> https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/overview</a><br></li><li>List of working groups and members involved: <a target="_blank" href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116560501/NCSG+Participation+in+Working+Groups+Teams">https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116560501/NCSG+Participation+in+Working+Groups+Teams </a><br></li><li>Policy comments and statements: <a target="_blank" href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116557294/Policy+Development">https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116557294/Policy+Development</a><br></li><li>Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings: <a target="_blank" href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116567216/Meeting+Records">https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116567216/Meeting+Records</a><br></li><li>Mailing list archive: <a target="_blank" href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS">https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS</a><br></li></ul>Best regards,<br><br>Rafik Dammak<div><br></div><div>NCSG chair<br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>