Great to see Bram Fudzulani and Coppens Pasteur NDAYIRAGIJE join the family. @Tapani, you will be great and I have alot of confidence that you will do fine! I must say that Rafik has alot of energy and has demonstrated great commitment as NCSG Chair. Thanks Rafik. RgdsGrace > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:16:18 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Welcoming new members to Non-commercial Stakeholder Group : October 2015 at Dublin Meeting > To: [log in to unmask] > > I am very happy to join Rafik in welcoming our new members. > > At the same time I'd like to congratulate Rafik for his last meeting > as NCSG chair and indeed for his remarkably succesful two years in the > role. > > Well done! My only concern is that I'll have hard time > filling Rafik's boots: you've set a high bar for me. > > Tapani (aka Rafik 2.0) > > On Oct 21 22:03, 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 are at Dublin meeting with ongoing discussion > > about ICANN accountability and we had our sessions yesterday > > https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/tue-ncsg. > > > > 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 . 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: > > > > *Individual* > > > > 1. 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