Welcoming New Members to the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group

Fri Oct 4 09:14:59 EEST 2019

Welcome to all new members joining!

Le ven. 4 oct. 2019 à 07:49, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Welcome to all new members joining!
>
> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 2:59 AM Jianne Soriano <
> jianne.soriano at netmission.asia> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Thank you, Stephanie, for the short and informative introduction on how
>> to start. And everyone else for the warm welcome!
>>
>> I'm Jianne from Hong Kong, currently based in Japan. I've been involved
>> in the internet governance space for about 7 years now, beginning when I
>> was just in high school. I was also a former MAG member for the IGF.
>> Currently, I'm part of a group called Youth4IG, a grassroots initiative
>> made up of young people from Asia Pacific and founded by another NCUC
>> member, Mili. I've been to two ICANN meetings and have helped facilitate a
>> mock ICANN meeting with local students (for ICANN57, I was also part of the
>> Social Media WG then) in the past. My background is mostly on youth
>> initiatives, local outreach/engagement, and capacity building so I admit
>> that policy work is something I'm new at and still learning.
>>
>> Thank you all for the encouragement to participate and I look forward to
>> the work and discussions and see how I can contribute and learn.
>>
>> All the best,
>> *Jianne Soriano*
>> Y4IG Mentorship Chairperson
>> w: twitter.com/imjiannems
>> t: twitter.com/youth4ig | w: youth4ig.asia <https://youth4ig.asia/>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 9:31 AM Yawri Carr Q <yawridaho04 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone!
>>>
>>> I’m Yawri from Costa Rica. I had the opportunity to attend ICANN62
>>> Policy Forum last year as a NextGen and it changed my life. I’m currently an
>>> undergraduate Law student at University of Costa Rica and interested on
>>> ICANN’s work, so that I like to share it through presentations for my
>>> classmates and similar stuff.
>>>
>>> I enjoy the intersection between Law and Technology and I’m very looking
>>> forward to learn more about it and to develop it through out the Central
>>> American region. I’m also interested on having a buddy in order to
>>> understand better how can I help or join NCUC work and initiatives.
>>>
>>> I would like to thank Lia Hernández for introducing me to this
>>> constituency. As well, thanks a lot to the board for letting me be part and
>>> to Stephanie for the welcoming.
>>>
>>> Looking forward to join you at NCUC and keep on promoting a secure and
>>> unified global Internet.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Yawri Carr
>>>
>>>
>>> El jueves, 3 de octubre de 2019, Sindy Obed<zobed25 at gmail.com> escribió:
>>>
>>>> Welcome to all new members!
>>>>
>>>> Obed Sindy
>>>> President ISOC Haiti et Coordonnateur de Digital Grassroots en Haiti
>>>> Telephone : (+509) 34166297
>>>> Email : sindy at digitalgrassroots.org
>>>> Sites Web : https://www.isoc.ht
>>>> https://www.digitalgrassroots.org/
>>>> Gouvernance de l'Internet l Apprentissage Digital l Education
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 3:06 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 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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