New NCSG Members

[Louise Marie Hurel]

Welcome all!
Glad to see some familiar faces.

Cheers,

Louise Marie Hurel

Cybersecurity Project Coordinator | Igarapé Institute

London School of Economics (LSE) Media and Communications (Data and Society)
Skype: louise.dias
+44 (0) 7468 906327
*l.h.dias at lse.ac.uk <l.h.dias at lse.ac.uk> *
louise.marie.hsd at gmail.com


On 2 August 2018 at 06:50, James Gannon <james at cyberinvasion.net> wrote:

> 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> 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> a
> écrit :
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>>
>> Welcome to our new NCSG members:
>>
>>
>> Franco Giandana, Argentina
>>
>> 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)
>>
>> 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.
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>>
>> Farzaneh
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