Welcome Alireza! *Mahdi Taghizadeh* *More at mahdi.ws <http://mahdi.ws>* *PGP at keybase.io/mahdi <http://keybase.io/mahdi>* On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Alireza Kashian <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > It is a surprise to see all welcome messages here. > This would be a great chance to have fruitful discussions in this nice > group. > > I live in Melbourne, doing research at University of Melbourne on > Crowd-sourcing Geographic information (like openstreetmap.org) . I do > frequently attend ICANN meetings. So probably will meet many of you in > next ICANN meeting in Marrakesh. > > Best, > > Alireza Kashian > Skype: a_kashian > Telegram: @kashian > > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Akinremi Peter Taiwo < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Congratulations! Welcome on board. >> >> Peter >> On Dec 8, 2015 3:24 PM, "Bikram Shrestha" <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> Welcome to our family ... >>> >>> Thank you >>> Bikram >>> >>> Bikram Shrestha >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Dec 8, 2015, at 7:18 PM, Zakir Syed < >>> [log in to unmask] >>> <[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Tapani, Thank you for the update. >>> >>> Welcome to the new members. Glad to see NextGen and Fellows on the list. >>> >>> Best, >>> Zakir >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask] >>> <[log in to unmask]>> >>> *To:* [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >>> *Sent:* Monday, December 7, 2015 4:41 PM >>> *Subject:* Welcoming new members to Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I am happy to welcome in the NCSG list our new members who were >>> approved by the NCSG EC. >>> >>> They were successfully added to this mailing list and should able to read >>> this welcome message and follow the discussions from now on. >>> >>> As NCSG Chair I'm here to support new and existing members in order to >>> help them be fully involved and participate in our policy discussion. >>> So, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. >>> >>> There are many opportunities to learn about policy development: >>> NCSG's monthly policy call, the quarterly GNSO Working Group newcomers >>> Webinar, and many other calls, mailing lists and web resources. >>> >>> You can see currently open public comment periods at >>> https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public and latest comments >>> from NCSG at https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg . >>> You can also check the recordings of NCSG confcalls >>> https://community.icann.org/x/Ah7xAg . >>> >>> While a lot discussion takes place on this list, theis lots of stuff >>> in our wikispace which is updated regularly, please take a look at >>> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home or >>> more easy to remember ncsg.is. 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