Welcome to new members, i see some familiar names on the list. Looking forward to engaging through this platform. Thanks for the update Rafik Regards On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I am glad to welcome in the NCSG list our new individual members who > were approved by the NCSG EC. > > 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 also have our month confcall and the next > will be in 21st July, more details to be sent later. > > A lot of public comments > <https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public> and important reports > to cover (priority-wise) and much more in the coming weeks. For example > you can read out latest comments from NCSG here > <https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg> , in particular about the proxy > and privacy services report (more coverage here > <https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1507&L=NCSG-DISCUSS&F=&S=&P=19679> ) > . you can also check the recordings of NCSG sessions during Buenos Aires > meeting here <https://community.icann.org/x/sB3xAg> > > > 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 ncsg.is . Navigating there will give flavour 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 *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 > 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: > > - *Organizations* > > > 1. Electronic Frontier Foundation, Jeremy Malcolm, United States > 2. Centre for Law and Democracy,Michael Karanicolas, Canada > 3. AlterMundi, Nicolás Echániz, Argentina > > > - *Individuals* > > > 1. Mahsa Alimardani, Netherlands > 2. Yashar Hajiyev, Azerbaijan > 3. Romina Florencia Cabrera, Argentina > 4. James Losey, Sweden > 5. Rim Hayat Chaif, Algeria > 6. Hamza Ben Mehrez, Tunisia > 7. Daniel Oppermann, Brazil > > 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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