Welcoming New Members to the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group

[Rafik Dammak]

hi ,

thanks Stephanie for the message.
welcome to all new members, as Policy Committee chair I will be glad to
follow-up later with them and answer questions about ongoing policy
discussions and participating in working groups.

Best,

Rafik


Le ven. 4 oct. 2019 à 04:05, Stephanie Perrin <
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> a écrit :

>
> Hello Everyone,
>> I am very happy  to welcome our new organizational and
>> individual members who were  approved by the NCSG EC this fall.
>> They were successfully added to this mailing list and so should be able
>> to read this welcoming email, and follow the discussions.
>>
>> *Individual Members *
>>
>> Singh, Ananya; India
>>
>> Soriano, Jianne; Hong Kong
>>
>> Dahlskjaer, Christel; United Kingdom
>>
>> Cantanhede, Cindyneia; Brazil
>>
>> Abidi, Souad; Algeria
>>
>> Carr Quirós, Yawri; Costa Rica
>>
>> *Organizations *
>>
>> Digital Grassroots, Nigeria (Adisa Bolutife)
>>
>>
>>
>> I am happy as the 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, the Council call will take place on October 24 at 12:00
>> UTC, 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
>> targeted to help bring us all up to date with what is happening in
>> difference groups and topic areas.  Please note the quarterly GNSO Working
>> Group newcomers Webinar, for which the schedule will be shared in due time.
>> Because we are coming up to the Annual meeting to be held in Montreal
>> from November 2-7 (https://meetings.icann.org/en/montreal66), there will
>> be special webinars on topics to be discussed at the Annual Meeting.  We
>> will send them to this list as we get them, they are a great way to learn
>> about the issues.
>>
>> 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 held just prior to the GNSO Council call; 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:
>>
>>    https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__listserv.syr.edu_scripts_wa.exe-3FA0-3DNCSG-2DDISCUSS&d=DwIFAw&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=1A9IIOkJia11FXDmJ1R4Jn7wGT4ExHiVuBF89mvNt_Q&m=vYSL2piPu4XDx4HhqwE-drpaLu9tucqclxpB3_B5Lpo&s=lS8SZqJdsFhrEGRkkA2Jstmrc7NHOIkCnyClDIt_WMI&e=
>>
>>    - You can follow us on Facebook
>>    https://www.facebook.com/groups/64248280811/
>>    - For a useful list of acronyms:  *https://www.icann.org/icann-acronyms-and-terms/en/nav/A
>>    <https://www.icann.org/icann-acronyms-and-terms/en/nav/A> *
>>
>> Please join me in welcoming our new members!
>>
>>
>> Stephanie Perrin
>> NCSG Chair
>>
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