Welcome to new members to NCSG!

[Joan Kerr]

Welcome new members, some old faces.

Regards,

On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 2:06 PM Stephanie Perrin <
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> 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 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=
>
>    - 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 and renewed old members!
>
>
> Stephanie Perrin
> NCSG Chair
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Joan Kerr, Entrepreneur, Artist, Humanitarian

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