Welcome from Kenya. Ephraim Percy Kenyanito On 10/11/2015 07:09 AM, 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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