Congratulations to you all and welcome onboard. Remmy Nweke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Welcome people > >From: Wisdom Donkor >Sent: 16/03/2016 12:40 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Welcoming new members to Non-CommercialStakeholder Group > >Congratulations and welcome on-board. > >i can see some familiar names. > > >WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.) > >ICANN Fellow / ISOC Member, IGF Member, Diplo Foundation >OGP Working Group Member, Africa OD Working Group Member > >E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist > >National Information Technology Agency (NITA) > >Ghana Open Data Initiative (GODI) > >Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana > >Tel; +233 20 812881 > >Email: [log in to unmask] > >[log in to unmask] > >[log in to unmask] > >Skype: wisdom_dk > >facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk > >Website: www.nita.gov.gh / www.data.gov.gh > >www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh > > >On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >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. Browsing there will help you get an >idea of what we have done and are doing. > >In particular if you want to know more about how to participate in >working groups and NCSG, please follow the announcements here and be >in touch with the Policy committee chair and me. > >These links may also be of interest: > >General tips: >https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved > >List of working groups and their members: >https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups > >Policy comments and statements: >https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development > >Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings: >https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record > >A one-stop page about ICANN's policy efforts: >http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm > >Information about GNSO and about GNSO activities during ICANN meetings: >http://gnso.icann.org/en/icannmeeting > >To catch up with ongoing discussion see the mailing list archive: >https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS > >Often useful is the NCSG calendar you can find here: >https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar > >You can also follow NCSG in Twitter (@NCSG_ICANN) >and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/64248280811/). > >Finally, if you begin to 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 > >So, let's all welcome our latest members: > >Elizabeth Goldberg, United States >Bonface Witaba, Kenya >Paula Joana Leon Mora, Spain >Mohammad Ali Gharghi, Iran >Neil Graves, United States > >Welcome! > >Tapani Tarvainen >NCSG Chair > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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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