Welcome to new members to NCSG!

[Stephanie Perrin]

My apologies for a typo on the next Council meeting, which is certainly not in October but instead coming soon on January 23rd, 22:00!  Here is the link to the agenda, and many thanks to Caleb for noticing this typo.

https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2019/agenda/agenda-gnso-council-23jan20-en.pdf

Stephanie

On 2020-01-20 14:05, Stephanie Perrin wrote:

I am pleased to welcome our new members to the NCSG!  David Cake, Niels ten Oever and Arsene Tungali are hardly new to us, but they are changing their status from group members to individual members and vice verse.
Individuals:
David Cake, Australia
Niels ten Oever, Netherlands
Kristi Hoffmaster, United States

Organization:
Rudi International, Arsene Tungali, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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 our Policy Chair Rafik Dammak 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 January 23rd 22:00  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 policy meeting to be held in Cancun from March7-12 (https://meetings.icann.org/en/cancun67<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=

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  *   For a useful list of acronyms:  https://www.icann.org/icann-acronyms-and-terms/en/nav/A

Please join me in welcoming our new and renewed old members!


Stephanie Perrin
NCSG Chair



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