[NCSG-Discuss] [Announcement] Welcome to New NCSG Members, October 2025

[Raymond Mamattah]

Ezra, good to see you here. Welcome to the family.

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Raymond Mamattah
Accra, Ghana 🇬🇭

On Mon, 20 Oct 2025, 10:53 Ezra Baabotin, <ezra.baabotin at ghanasig.org>
wrote:

> Dear Rafik and esteemed NCSG members,
>
> Thank you sincerely for the warm welcome. I am Ezra Tablaje Baabotin, from
> Ghana. I am a GhanaSIG Fellow, and the Founder & Executive Director of The
> Baabotin Initiative; a non-profit organization promoting public awareness
> on internet governance, cyber safety, digital literacy among others.
>
> I am deeply honoured to join the NCSG community and look forward to
> engaging and engaging in its policy and advocacy work, particularly on
> areas of digital inclusion, internet governance, data privacy, and digital
> rights, and the likes in emerging economies. I welcome opportunities to
> collaborate, learn, contribute, and advance our shared goal of a more open,
> secure, and globally representative Internet.
>
> Warm regards,
> Ezra Baabotin
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2025 at 13:35, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear NCSG members,
>>
>> The NCSG Executive Committee has approved several applications to join
>> NCSG and I would like to welcome the new members. They were successfully
>> added to this mailing list and should be able to read this welcoming
>> message and follow the discussions from now on on.  They can join like
>> everyone at the next ICANN meeting in Dublin in the next days
>> https://icann84.sched.com/ .
>>
>> I would like to invite you all to wish NCSG incoming members a warm
>> welcome:
>>
>> *Individual Members *
>>
>> Purusoth Mahendran
>>
>> Abubakari Saddiq Adams
>>
>> Folaranmi Umoru
>>
>> Ezra Baabotin
>>
>>
>>
>> *Organizational Members *
>>
>> SMEX,  Abed Kataya
>>
>>
>> As the NCSG chair, I am happy to provide help and assist our new members
>> to become involved and active participants in our stakeholder group and in
>> ICANN in general. They can also count on other members for onboarding and
>> support. Please feel free to reach me off-list if you have any questions or
>> you want to have a chat for more clarification.
>>
>> Tomslin Samme-Nlar is the Chair of the NCSG Policy Committee, and he will
>> be sharing updates on public comments and opportunities to participate in
>> working groups and policy discussions. As usual, we have several drafts in
>> progress that will be shared for review and input.
>>
>> We held our discussion in this mailing list. In addition to that, we have
>> our monthly Policy call and sometimes webinars on specific issues, details
>> will be shared in the mailing list. We also have several sessions during
>> ICANN meetings and everyone can join remotely. You will also see we have
>> several public consultations to respond to and volunteers drafting comments
>> on behalf of NCSG.
>>
>> Feel free to reply to this thread and present yourself to other members
>> and ask any questions.
>>
>> Below follows some useful resources/links:
>>
>>    - NCSG website
>>    https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/overview
>>    - List of working groups and members involved:
>>    https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116560501/NCSG+Participation+in+Working+Groups+Teams
>>    <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116560501/NCSG+Participation+in+Working+Groups+Teams>
>>    - Policy comments and statements:
>>    https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116557294/Policy+Development
>>    - Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings:
>>    https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/pages/116567216/Meeting+Records
>>    - Mailing list archive:
>>    https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Rafik Dammak
>>
>> NCSG chair
>>
>>
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