Welcoming new members to the Noncommercial Stakeholder Group : November 2018

Thu Nov 22 07:25:51 EET 2018

Thank you everyone. Look forward to learning from all of you. 

—
With gratitude 
Mili Semlani

On 22-Nov-2018, at 5:52 PM, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

Dear New NCSG members,
You are warmly welcome, looking forward to your active participation.

Regards,
Benjamin

> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 10:57 PM Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Stephanie for welcoming new members to NCSG.
> 
> I did not know you are still incoming, anyways I thought you have arrived since? 
> 
> Kindly note that its important in our introductions to ensure new comers have complete information especially regarding the two statutory Committees of NCSG as contained in our Charter, which is Policy and Finance respectively, and as much people's expertise and contributions are needed in both committees. We must be holistic in approach. This has been an error in the past and we ought to correct that.
> 
> I salute you madam chair and join in welcoming our new members.
> Remmy
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>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 4:45 PM Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Everyone,
>> I am very happy  to welcome 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 should be able to read this welcoming email, and follow the discussions.
>> 
>> 
>> I am happy as the incoming NCSG chair, to support new and existing members in order to assist them in becoming fully involved, in order to participate in our policy discussions and contribute to the work we do.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions or would like advice on where to start.   We have many experienced members and officers who are happy to help.  I have put some in cc for your easy reference
>> 
>> There are many opportunities to learn about policy development, but a good place to start is our monthly policy call, which usually takes place during the week of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council call.  This month, that call will take place on November 29th, and the full details and schedule of Council activities can be found here :  https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar.  Watch for announcements of policy and working group webinars on this list, they are targetted to help bring us all up to date with what is happening in difference groups and topic areas.  with the quarterly GNSO Working Group newcomers Webinar, for which the schedule will be shared in due time. 
>> 
>> Rafik Dammak is the chair of the NCSG Policy committee, and he shares updates on calls for public comment regularly on this list.  To follow the public comments calls, go here 
>> https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public.  The next policy committee meeting will be on Tuesday November 27; our ICANN support person Maryam Bakoshi will be sending out reminders for that meeting.
>> 
>> Here is some basic information you should keep somewhere:
>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Home   This is our website where recent activity and upcoming meetings are posted.
>> 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/Meeting+Records 
>> To catch up with ongoing discussion see the mailing list archive:
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>> Please join me in welcoming our new members!
>> 
>> Michael Casadevall United States 
>> Mili Semlani India 
>> Stefan Filipovic Norway 
>> James Scott United States
>>  
>> 
>> Stephanie Perrin
>> NCSG Chair
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