[Info] Welcoming new members to Non-commercial Stakeholder Group : February 2015

Sun Feb 22 06:40:07 EET 2015

Congratulations to all new members.
Welcome onboard.

On Sunday, February 22, 2015, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everybody.
>
> I am glad to welcome in the NCSG list  our new organizational and
individual members who were  approved by the NCSG EC  this month.
> They were successfully added to this mailing list and so able to read
this welcoming and follow the discussions.
> I am happy as NCSG chair, to support new and existing members in order to
let them be fully involved and participate in our policy discussion and for
that I am ready to respond to your questions with the help of other
experienced members and officers.  I had mail exchange and even skype calls
for those who asked, so please feel free to contact me if you want more
information or asking for clarifications.
> There are opportunities to learn about policy development : with the
quarterly GNSO Working Group newcomers Webinar, for which the schedule will
be shared in due time. we are also planning a NCSG webinars to discuss or
introduce a specific topic, the next will be about IANA stewardship
transition update.
> A lot of public comments and important reports to cover (priority-wise)
https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public  and much more in the
coming weeks. For example you can read out lastest comments from NCSG here
https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg . you can also check the recordings of
NCSG sessions during Singapore meeting here
https://community.icann.org/x/sB3xAg
> We are going to have our regular monthly confcall  in March and it is
open to all members. That is a  good opportunity to to interact with NCSG
officers and other members. You will receive the confcall details in near
future.
> Some information, you should keep somewhere:
>
> While a lot discussion happen here, there are several information in our
wikispace which is updated regularly, please check here :
>
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home or
more easy to remember https://ncsg.is  . Navigating there will give flavor
of what we did and are doing.
>
> In particular if you want some info on how to participate in working
groups and NCSG , please follow the announcements shared here and be in
touch with the Policy committee chair and me  . Also please check those
 links too:
>
> Some tips to get involved
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved
> List of working groups and members involved there
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups

> Policy comments and statements here:
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development
> Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings:
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record
> There is a one-stop page to find all information about GNSO and also
about GNSO activities during ICANN meeting.
>
> Also to catch-up with ongoing discussion in the mailing list archive :
https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS
> Also you can find the NCSG calendar here:
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar
> Finally, don't feel overwhelmed by ICANN acronyms, you will find most of
them in this glossary
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-03-en
>
> Please welcome warmly:
> *Organisations:
>
> ISOC-Yemen, Ahmed Almarwani, Yemen
> Internet Society Nepal, Bikram Shrestha, Nepal
> gedaref digital city org, Ahmed Mahmoud Eisa, Sudan
> J Initiative (JI), Awo Aidam Amenyah, Ghana
>
> *Individuals:
>
> Zakir Syed, Pakistan
> Mikhail Komarov, Russia
> David Post, United States
> Hanane Boujemi, Netherlands
> Gigi Johnson, United States
> Andrew Donnellan, Australia
> Michael R. Romo, United States
> Rogerio Mariano, Brazil
> John Carr, UK
> Isaque Manteiga Joaquim, Mozambique
> Jia He, China
> Mathias Etheyemon HOUNGBO, Bénin
> Anri van der Spuy, South Africa
> Aisyah Shakirah Suhaidi, Malaysia
> Onica Nonhlanhla Makwakwa, South Africa
>
> I will send other updates later and please feel free to contact me
directly offlist.
>
> Best Regards,
> Rafik Dammak
> NCSG Chair
> follow NCSG : @NCSG_ICANN & ncsg.is
>
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