New NCSG Members

[James Gannon]

Welcome both, and nice to see some old friends joining =)

-James Gannon

On 2 Aug 2018, at 08:07, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at GMAIL.COM<mailto:rafik.dammak at GMAIL.COM>> wrote:


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<mailto:farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>> a écrit :

Welcome to our new NCSG members:


Franco Giandana, Argentina

Eric Osterweil, United States


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)

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)

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.

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.

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.


And I am the chair of NCSG, until ICANN-Barcelona when the new chair takes over.





Farzaneh

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