Congratulation to you all. I can see my Colleague Edwin Opare, TIMOTHY Nii Martey Mensah and Muhammed Njie Welcome on-board Regards, WISDOM DONKOR Sosftware / Network Engineer Web/Open Government Platform Portal Specialist National Information Technology Agency (NITA) Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana Tel; +233 20 812881 Email: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Skype: wisdom_dk facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk Website: www.nita.gov.gh / www.data.gov.gh www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Congrats my friend Karel and Mohammed. Looking forward to you > participation. > Great work Rafik and the NSCG team. \o/ > > Thanks, > Benjamin > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:43 PM, 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 & ICANN accountability update at 24th April* in preparation >> for the public comment. >> >> 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 latest 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 April, Tuesday 14th >> April 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 >> reminder soon. >> >> 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 >> <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 >> <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: >> >> - >> - The Heritage Foundation, Brett Schaeffer, USA >> - Kyrgyz Research and Education Network Association, Almaz Bakenov, >> Kyrgyzstan >> - Mérték Médiaelemző Műhely Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. 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