Welcome on board to my friend, Bonface Witaba from Kenya! And of course to everyone else!

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Arsène Tungali,
Executive Director, Rudi International
www.rudiinternational.org

Founder & Director, Mabingwa Forum
www.mabingwa-forum.com
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
Phone: +243993810967

2015 Mandela Washington Fellow | ICANN Fellow | ISOC IGF Ambassador | Activist & Youth Leader

Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)

> On Mar 16, 2016, at 1:35 PM, Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I am happy to welcome in the NCSG list our new members who were
> approved by the NCSG EC.
> 
> They were successfully added to this mailing list and should able to read
> this welcome message and follow the discussions from now on.
> 
> As NCSG Chair I'm here to support new and existing members in order to
> help them be fully involved and participate in our policy discussion.
> So, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
> 
> There are many opportunities to learn about policy development:
> NCSG's monthly policy call, the quarterly GNSO Working Group newcomers
> Webinar, and many other calls, mailing lists and web resources.
> 
> You can see currently open public comment periods at
> https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public and latest comments
> from NCSG at https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg .
> You can also check the recordings of NCSG confcalls
> https://community.icann.org/x/Ah7xAg .
> 
> While a lot discussion takes place on this list, theis lots of stuff
> in our wikispace which is updated regularly, please take a look at
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home or
> more easy to remember ncsg.is. Browsing there will help you get an
> idea of what we have done and are doing.
> 
> In particular if you want to know more about how to participate in
> working groups and NCSG, please follow the announcements here and be
> in touch with the Policy committee chair and me.
> 
> These links may also be of interest:
> 
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> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved
> 
> List of working groups and their members:
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups
> 
> Policy comments and statements:
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development
> 
> Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings:
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record
> 
> A one-stop page about ICANN's policy efforts:
> http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm
> 
> Information about GNSO and about GNSO activities during ICANN meetings:
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/icannmeeting
> 
> To catch up with ongoing discussion see the mailing list archive:
> https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS
> 
> Often useful is the NCSG calendar you can find here:
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar
> 
> You can also follow NCSG in Twitter (@NCSG_ICANN)
> and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/64248280811/).
> 
> Finally, if you begin to feel overwhelmed by ICANN acronyms, you will
> find most of them in this glossary:
> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-03-en
> 
> So, let's all welcome our latest members:
> 
> Elizabeth Goldberg, United States
> Bonface Witaba, Kenya
> Paula Joana Leon Mora, Spain
> Mohammad Ali Gharghi, Iran
> Neil Graves, United States
> 
> Welcome!
> 
> Tapani Tarvainen
> NCSG Chair
> 
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