Hi, Welcome to the new members. Would be nice to have some sort of (self)introduction of the new members. I think a first introduction to many of the currently active members can be found in their online Statements of Interest (SOI) I will be happy to help with webinars and whatever to help get the new members who wish to be active, up to speed. avri On 22-Feb-15 04:03, Rafik Dammak 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 and > much more in the coming weeks. For example you can read out lastest > comments from NCSG here 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 > > 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 or > more easy to remember 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: > o Some tips to get > involved _https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved_ > o List of working groups and members involved > there https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups > o Policy comments and statements > here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development > o Recordings and transcripts of latest > meetings: _https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record_ > o 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 > * Also you can find the NCSG calendar > here: 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 > > > 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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