New NCSG Members

[Rafik Dammak]

thanks Farzaneh for this introduction and welcome to Franco and Eric.
as NCSG Policy Committee chair, I will be happy to respond to questions
about ongoing policy discussion and how to get involved.

Rafik

Le jeu. 2 août 2018 à 12:59, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> a
écrit :

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> Welcome to our new NCSG members:
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> Franco Giandana, Argentina
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> Eric Osterweil, United States
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> Please feel free to introduce yourself on the mailing list. We are
> preparing for our  elections, so it's an exciting time (new members who
> joined us for less than 30 days since the process started will not receive
> a ballot, but you can watch the party and attend the candidates' call)
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> The structure of NCSG and its constituencies might be confusing at first.
> I have attached some slides which might make things clearer and your
> constituency will also have its own program and introductory materials
> about getting engaged.  You can also find out about various committees and
> activities by checking their open archive mailing lists, see how the
> leaders decide and what they do (referenced in slides)
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> There is a learning curve but the leadership of NCSG and its
> constituencies try hard to make it easier for the new members. Especially
> the Policy Committee Chair has done a great job this year and we have had
> one of our best years in terms of issuing public comments, which has
> engaged new members. So don't hesitate to reach out if you want to help us.
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> The hottest topic nowadays is the WHOIS policy group (we call it
> EPDP-expedited policy development process) that was formed to discuss
> compliance with GDPR and privacy laws. NCSG has six appointed members to
> the group and 3 alternates. You will periodically hear about the progress
> of that group.
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> There are other policy groups at Generic Name Supporting Organization,
> their progress is slow but a bit of patience and knowing that the group
> will not be done anytime soon will make engagement more fulfilling.
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> And I am the chair of NCSG, until ICANN-Barcelona when the new chair takes
> over.
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> Farzaneh
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