Welcoming New Members to the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group

[Nour El Houda Zouabi]

Welcome everyoneeee

On Thu, 14 May 2020, 18:34 Raymond Mamattah, <mamattah.raymond at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Stephanie,
>
> Thanks for the welcome email.
>
> On behalf of the management and board of the EGIGFA team, we are glad to
> be here.
>
> Regards
>
> Raymond Mamattah
> Founder and President
> EGIGFA
> www.egigfa.org
> WhatsApp: +233244124625
>
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2020, 5:16 PM Stephanie E 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 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=
>>>
>>>    - You can follow us on Facebook
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>>>    - 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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