Congrats my friend Karel and Mohammed. Looking forward to you participation.Great work Rafik and the NSCG team. \o/Thanks,BenjaminOn 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/sB3xAgWe 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
- 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 to find all information about GNSO and also about GNSO activities 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. (Mertek Media Monitor Nonprofit Ltd.), Gábor Polyák, Hungary
- Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society, David Vyorst, USA
- Civil Initiative on Internet Policy, Tattu Mambetalieva, Kyrgyz Republic
- Centre for Communication Governance National Law University Delhi, Arun Sukumar, India
*Individuals:I will send other updates later and please feel free to contact me directly offlist.
- Mark Ayling, UK
- Jimmy Rosario, San Domingo
- Karel Douglas, Trinidad and Tobago
- TIMOTHY Nii Martey Mensah, Ghana
- Alyssa Mihai, Canada
- Edwin Opare, Ghana
- Cagri Emer, Australia
- Muhammed Njie, Gambia
- Arthur Gwagwa, UK
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