Congratulations Rafik!! Great news. Welcome to all new members Is there any chance we can have a webinar for the newcomers? Carlos Raul Gutierrez > On Feb 22, 2015, at 3:40 AM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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. I had mail exchange and even skype calls for those who asked, so please feel free to contact me if you want more information or asking for clarifications. > > There are opportunities to learn about policy development : with the quarterly GNSO Working Group newcomers Webinar, for which the schedule will be shared in due time. we are also planning a NCSG webinars to discuss or introduce a specific topic, the next will be about IANA stewardship transition update. > > A lot of public comments and important reports to cover (priority-wise) https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public <https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public> and much more in the coming weeks. For example you can read out lastest comments from NCSG here https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg <https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg> . you can also check the recordings of NCSG sessions during Singapore meeting here https://community.icann.org/x/sB3xAg <https://community.icann.org/x/sB3xAg> > > We are going to have our regular monthly confcall in March and it is open to all members. That is a good opportunity to to interact with NCSG officers and other members. You will receive the confcall details in near future. > > Some information, you should keep somewhere: > While a lot 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 <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home> or more easy to remember https://ncsg.is <https://ncsg.is/> . Navigating there will give flavor of what we did and are doing. > 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: > Some tips to get involved https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved> > List of working groups and members involved there https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups> > Policy comments and statements here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development> > Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record> > There is a one-stop page <http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm> to find all information about GNSO and also about GNSO activities <http://gnso.icann.org/en/icannmeeting> during ICANN meeting. > Also to catch-up with ongoing discussion in the mailing list archive : https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS <https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS> > Also you can find the NCSG calendar here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar> > Finally, don't 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 <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-03-en> > > Please welcome warmly: > > *Organisations: > ISOC-Yemen, Ahmed Almarwani, Yemen > Internet Society Nepal, Bikram Shrestha, Nepal > gedaref digital city org, Ahmed Mahmoud Eisa, Sudan > J Initiative (JI), Awo Aidam Amenyah, Ghana > *Individuals: > Zakir Syed, Pakistan > Mikhail Komarov, Russia > David Post, United States > Hanane Boujemi, Netherlands > Gigi Johnson, United States > Andrew Donnellan, Australia > Michael R. 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