Thank you all for the warm welcomes. Thank you for allowing me be part of the NCSG community. Thank you Mamadou and Olivie. Of course I hope to be in NPOC as well. Its pleasure to join you all and I hope to participate earnest in the activities of the group. Best regards and greetings from the Gambia. Alagie. On Monday, October 12, 2015, Mamadou LO <[log in to unmask] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote: > Congrats to all for joining this group, a special welcome to my ICANN > fellows mate : Etuate Cocker, Gabriela Gijon, Alagie Ceesay!! Welcome mates > > Mamadou > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:40:00 +0430 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [Info] Welcoming new members to Non-commercial Stakeholder > Group : October 2015 > To: [log in to unmask] > > Hello from Afghanistan, > > Thank you Rafik and everyone else for the warm welcome and for allowing me > to work with you on the issues related to NCSG. Hopefully I'll be able to > contribute as much as I can as time goes by. > > Regards, > Said > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 6:16 AM, Etuate Cocker <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Hi all, Many thanks for accepting me into this group and looking forward > to make positive contributions to the policies to be discussed by this > group. Hi Seun good to see you in this group indeed. > > Cheers > > Etuate Cocker > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Seun Ojedeji <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > +1 and a special welcome to Etuate Cocker who was my mentor (now called > coaches, I hope it hasn't changed) during my first ICANN fellowship. > > I welcome everyone to one of the interesting world of ICANN, do make > yourself comfortable and you may want to fasten your seat belt as well ;-) > > Cheers! > > Sent from my Asus Zenfone2 > Kindly excuse brevity and typos. > On 11 Oct 2015 16:02, "Avri Doria" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi, > > We have been adding a group of great new members in each pass. > And we are seeing more and more people becoming active to the degree > they can. > > This is wonderful. > Yes, welcome! > > avri > > On 11-Oct-15 00:09, Rafik Dammak 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 have also Dublin meeting coming in next > > days and I will be sharing shortly an email with all details about > > schedule, agendas etc and you can attend all sessions remotely > > > > 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 > > ICANN accountability proposal http://goo.gl/xqUxHC . you can also > > check the recordings of NCSG > > confcalls https://community.icann.org/x/Ah7xAg . > > > > > > 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 <https://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: > > o Some tips to > > _ > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved_ > > o List of working groups and members involved > > > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups > > o Policy comments and statements > > here: > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development > > o Recordings and transcripts of latest > > meetings: _ > https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record_ > > o 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: > > > > *Individual* > > > > 1. Maria Gabriela Gijon, Argentina > > 2. Said Zazai, Afghanistan > > 3. Rishabh Dara, India > > 4. Elsa Saade, Lebanon > > 5. Tatiana Tropina, Germany > > 6. Samuel Akinsola, Botswana > > 7. Etuate Cocker, New Zealand > > 8. Alagie N Ceesay, Gambia > > > > 9. *Organization* Ivorian Initiative for Evaluation (2IEval), Samuel > > KOUAKOU, Ivory Coast > > 10. Asociacion Por Los Derechos Civiles, Agustina Callegari, , Argentina > > 11. Public Knowledge, Melanie Penagos, USA > > > > 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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