Hello Everybody. I am glad to welcome in the NCSG list our new organizational and individual members who were approved by the NCSG EC this month. They were successfully added to this mailing list and so able to read this welcoming and follow the discussions. I am happy as NCSG chair, to support new and existing members in order to let them be fully involved and participate in our policy discussion and for that I am ready to respond to your questions with the help of other experienced members and officers. There are opportunities to learn about policy development with the monthly GNSO Working Group newcomers webinar, the next will be held the 5th June 12:00 UTC. A lot of public comments and important reports to cover: lCANN accountability , ICANN strategy plan, whois issues or DNS industry in developing regions , and much more in the coming weeks. For example you can read out last comment from NCSG about IANA process here : *https://community.icann.org/x/2IrhAg <https://community.icann.org/x/2IrhAg> * and draft comment about ICANN accountability here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xz9-BCYY8sMWgACs1OWxDypfQH_DXlzaqlCw-OqlAiY/edit We are going to have our monthly confcall next week and it is open to all members. We will also have ICANN meeting in London in few weeks. Those are good opportunities to to interact with NCSG officers and other members. while most discussion happen here, there are several information in our wikispace which is updated regularly, please check here : https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home or more easy to remember https://ncsg.is In particular if you want some info on how to participate in working groups and NCSG , please follow the announcements shared here and be in touch with the Policy committee chair and me . Also please check those links too: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Guide+to+getting+started+in+NCSG https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups Policy comments and statements here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings: https://community.icann.org/x/DIH3 *Also to catch-up with ongoing discussion in the mailing list: https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS <https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS> * Finally, please welcome warmly: *Organisations: ISOC Costa Rica Chapter,Carlos Raul GUTIERREZ, Costa Rica Fundación Vía Libre, Enrique A. Chaparro, Argentina Our Rights (OR), Vernatius Okwu EZEAMA, Nigeria *Individuals: Becky Lentz, Canada Mamadou LO, Sénégal Hanen Idoudi, Tunisia Mohamed Mehdi AIDOUDI, France Ganeswar Sahoo, Italy Lillian Nalwoga, Uganda Mishi Choudhary, India Melaku Girma, Ethiopia Fabro Steibel, Brazil I will send other updates later and please feel free to contact me directly. Best Regards, Rafik Dammak ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regarding the mailing list: Here is some important information about your new subscription, which we recommend that you preserve for future reference. 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