Welcoming New Members to the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group

Sat May 16 13:21:25 EEST 2020

Welcoming the new members and member organizations to the Team.

Thanks
Joan

On Sat, May 16, 2020, 5:47 PM Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Bolutife, Abidi & others,
> Welcome to the group and I look forward to meeting you and active
> participation.
>
> Its great to have Digital Grassroot in our midst, hopefully we can our
> activities reach out to the demographics you serve.
>
> Kind regards,
> Benjamin
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2020, 10:33 AM oreoluwa <oreoluwa at wtec.org.ng> wrote:
>
>> Welcome to our new member organisations. Looking forward to engaging with
>> you both.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Ore
>>
>>
>> --
>> Oreoluwa Lesi
>> Executive Director, Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC)
>> www.wtec.org.ng <https://wtec.org.ng/> | @wteconline
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>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Joan Kerr <joankerr at FBSC.ORG>
>> Date: 15/05/2020 04:51 (GMT+01:00)
>> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Subject: Re: Welcoming New Members to the Noncommercial Stakeholders
>> Group
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Regards,
>>
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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
>>>>    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 members!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Stephanie Perrin
>>>> NCSG Chair
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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