Welcome to our new members. Remmy Nweke @ITRealms 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. (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: > > - > - 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 > > I will send other updates later and please feel free to contact me > directly offlist. > > Best Regards, > > Rafik Dammak > > NCSG Chair > > *follow NCSG : @NCSG_ICANN & ncsg.is <http://ncsg.is>* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Regarding the mailing list: > > Here is some important information about your new subscription, which we > recommend that you preserve for future reference. 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