<div dir="ltr">Dear Rafik Dammak,<br><br>Thank you for announcing the approval and sharing useful resource links.<br><br>Also grateful to the NCSG Executive committee for the approval and NCSG members for the welcome. <br><br>Looking forward to participating in working groups and policy discussions.<br><br>Thank you very much.<div><br></div><div>Abdul Manaf Sulemana</div><div>ICANN85 Fellow</div><div>Accra, Ghana.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 8:49 PM Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu">00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</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"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear NCSG members,</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><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">I would like to invite you all to wish NCSG incoming members a warm welcome:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b>Individual Members</b></div><div dir="ltr"><ul><li><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Jasmine Ko</span></li><li><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Kenechukwu Okekenta </span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Mawuko Kudzo Kpatah</span></li><li>Ross Heinrich Moutele Ntsiba</li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">David Inem</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Mutegeki Cliff Agaba</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dana Cramer</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Francis Ojeifo</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Samaila Atsen Bako</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Abdul Manaf Sulemana</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Bilal Ibrahim</span></li></ul></div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Organizational Members </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">NameHash Labs represented by Tyler Caldonia</span></li></ul><p></p></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.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/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.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116560501/NCSG+Participation+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.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/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.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/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/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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