Welcoming New Members to the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group

[Joan Kerr]

Welcome new members.  NPOC welcomes two new organizations

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

Nigeria School on Internet Governance, Nigeria - Auwalu Tata

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On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 1:19 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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