Hi all ! a warm welcome to the new members.
2016-06-23 16:11 GMT+01:00 Chenai Chair <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you very much for the welcome to the community. I met some of you at
> my first ICANN meeting in Morocco as a nextgen.
>
> Just to introduce myself, I work for Research ICT Africa, an NPO, based in
> South Africa but i am Zimbabwean by origin. I am part of the research team
> focused building ICT evidence for policy making in Africa. My interest is
> on access and affordability of the internet, internet governance and
> ensuring social and economic inclusion for women and young people through
> internet access and use.
>
> I look forward to engaging with this community and contributing to it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Chenai
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Casey Olugbenga Adeleye <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> You are welcome on board.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> Quoting Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>> 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 .
>>>
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>>> 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
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> 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
>>>
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> Chenai Chair
> Research ICT Africa:Researcher
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