<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">Welcome all! Thoko really good to see you here.<br><br>Anriette <br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On 21 February 2026 12:57:00 SAST, Poncelet Ileleji <00001ed439b529a7-dmarc-request@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks Rafik,<div><br></div><div>Congrats to all new Individual and organizational members of NCSG. </div><div><br></div><div>Peace </div><div><br></div><div>Poncelet </div><div><br>On Saturday, February 21, 2026, Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu">00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Dear NCSG members,</div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br>The NCSG Executive Committee has approved several applications to join NCSG after starting its new term and I would like to welcome the new members. They were successfully added to this mailing list and should be able to read this welcoming message and follow the discussions from now on on.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> We will also have more information about the ICANN85 meeting in Mumbai where you can join remotely.</div><div dir="ltr"><br>I would like to invite you all to wish NCSG incoming members a warm welcome:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">Individual Members</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Emanuel Lukawiecki</div><div dir="ltr">Aung Myint Myat</div><div dir="ltr">Bradan Fleming</div><div dir="ltr">Sadichchha Silwal</div><div dir="ltr">Mariana Vidotti</div><div dir="ltr">Bibek Silwal</div><div dir="ltr">Rhea Subramanya</div><div dir="ltr">Chia I Cheng</div><div dir="ltr">Koami Messan Zankou</div><div dir="ltr">Thoko Miya</div><div dir="ltr">Abbas Sibai</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Organizational Members</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">One4All Alliance, Representative is Koami Messan Zankou </div><div dir="ltr">Girlhype - Women In Tech. Representative is Thoko Miya</div><div dir="ltr"><div><p></p></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr">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 off-list if you have any questions or you want to have a chat for more clarification.<br><br>The chair of the NCSG Policy Committee will be sharing updates on public comments and opportunities to participate in working groups and policy discussions. As usual, we have several drafts in progress that will be shared for review and input.<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 meetings 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 href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/overview" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://icann-community.<wbr>atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/<wbr>gnsononcomstake/overview</a></li><li>List of working groups and members involved: <a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116560501/NCSG+Participation+in+Working+Groups+Teams" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://icann-community.<wbr>atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/<wbr>gnsononcomstake/pages/<wbr>116560501/NCSG+Participation+<wbr>in+Working+Groups+Teams </a></li><li>Policy comments and statements: <a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116557294/Policy+Development" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://icann-community.<wbr>atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/<wbr>gnsononcomstake/pages/<wbr>116557294/Policy+Development</a></li><li>Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings: <a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116567216/Meeting+Records" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://icann-community.<wbr>atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/<wbr>gnsononcomstake/pages/<wbr>116567216/Meeting+Records</a></li><li>Mailing list archive: <a href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://listserv.syr.edu/<wbr>scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS</a></li></ul>Best regards,<br><br>Rafik Dammak<div><br></div><div>NCSG chair<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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