Welcoming New Members to the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group

[Stephanie E Perrin]

    Hello Everyone,
    I am very happy  to welcome our new organizational and
    individual members who were  approved by the NCSG EC this spring.
    They were successfully added to this mailing list and so should be
    able to read this welcoming email, and follow the discussions.

    *Individuals*

    Yuancheng Zhang, China


    *Organizations*

    E-Governance and Internet Governance Foundation for Africa; Ghana -
    Raymond Mamattah

    Nigeria School on Internet Governance, Nigeria - Auwalu Tata

    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 May 19 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 public meeting to be held virtually
    in the Kuala Lumpur timezone
    (https://meetings.icann.org/en/remote68) from June 22-25), there
    will be special webinars on topics to be discussed at the 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
    on May 19; 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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    Please join me in welcoming our new members!


    Stephanie Perrin
    NCSG Chair



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