[NCSG-PC] Hello Policy Committee: introduction and a few tasks

[Wisdom Donkor]

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*Wisdom Donkor* (CASP+,  CISM, CEH Certified,)
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On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM farzaneh badii via NCSG-PC <
ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:

> Dear NCSG Policy Committee,
> Happy new year.
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> I am your brand new PC chair. I want to thank Tomslin for his tireless
> efforts the past four years. We are strong on policy because of a lot of
> his effort for ensuring continuity during some of the toughest times.
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> I changed the PC time to 13.00 UTC for now. We can discuss how to
> accommodate  Rafik if this timing doesn't work for him. We can also rotate
> to accommodate different timezones. Attending these meetings for policy
> reps are compulsory. If you cannot make it please send an apology.
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> We need to do a lot on the council and as the policy committee. As I said
> we work primarily with mailing lists and as PC members we are responsible
> to react and respond to as many issues as possible on the mailing list.
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> I would also like to suggest that we run the PC meetings collaboratively,
> and each PC member picks a topic that they will follow and can report on.
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> Here are the topics that we are going to discuss during the next PC
> meeting:
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> DNS Abuse
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> Curative Rights and UDRP
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> RDRS
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> Continuous improvement
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> Council agenda:
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> https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsocouncilmeetings/pages/606961808/Final+Proposed+Agenda+2026-01-15
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> My recommendations for SPS meeting:
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> - We need to raise the issue of NCSG parity with CSG during SPS
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> - IRT and making new policy and the council role
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> - how issue reports are done
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> - how the council decides to come up with PDPs. Raise the issue of
> reliance on external reports without having our own independent study.
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> Farzaneh
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