Finally, we find get the blessings of the renowned Hanane in NCSG. Welcome on board :) And welcome to all new members. Sincerely, Walid Al-Saqaf On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Hanane Boujemi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks Rafik and William for the warm intro and all the other colleagues, > fellows and friends for their welcome. As Avri suggested I will provide a > short into on myself. My name is Hanane, originally from Morocco ( Still I > am ) and I am managing a program on IG for the MENA with Humanist Institute > for cooperation with developing countries www.hivos.org. I am based in > the Hague and I have been involved in IG for the last decade. I have been > doing everything else but ICANN. I think it's high time for me to dive into > its work! > > Kind Regards, > > Hanane Boujemi > > Senior Manager, Internet Governance Programme MENA Region > Hivos | Raamweg 16 | 2596 HL | Den Haag | The Netherlands > T + 31(0)70 376 55 00 | I www.hivos.org > Hivos is member of Alliance2015 > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"James Gannon" <[log in to unmask]> > *To: *[log in to unmask] > *Sent: *Monday, February 23, 2015 1:07:43 AM > > *Subject: *Re: [Info] Welcoming new members to Non-commercial Stakeholder > Group : February 2015 > > Good idea Avri I’ll kick off the introduction: > > I am a security and privacy professional hoping to be able to bring some > use of my skills to the NCSG, I have a history of non-profit sector work > and am a strong believer in equal civil liberties across the internet. > > I’ve been aware of ICANNs work for many years but only recently became > active when the CWG-IANA was formed I signed up as an independent > participant/observer. > > Looking forward to working with you all over the coming weeks/months. > > > > > > *From:* NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of > *Avri Doria > *Sent:* Sunday, February 22, 2015 11:38 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [Info] Welcoming new members to Non-commercial Stakeholder > Group : February 2015 > > > > with the url > > On 22-Feb-15 18:36, Avri Doria wrote: > > 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) > > > and those SOI can be found at: > https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=14713457 > > > > 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: > > > - Some tips 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 > > - Policy comments and statements here: > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development > > - Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings: > 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 > - 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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