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, there is 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:

General tips:
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, five individuals:

Dhouha Ben Youssef, Tunisia
Roger Oteng Baah, Ghana
Madeline Carr, United Kingdom
Chenai Chair, South Africa
Alexandre Arns, Gonzales Brazil

and one organization:

One world platform foundation, Bosnia and Herzegovina
(official representative Valentina Pellizzer).

Welcome!

Tapani Tarvainen
NCSG Chair

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Tapani Tarvainen