Echoing all the sentiments and warm welcomes to new and familiar names! Best, Corinne On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Arsène Tungali <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Welcome on board to my friend, Bonface Witaba from Kenya! And of course to > everyone else! > > ----------------- > Arsène Tungali, > Executive Director, Rudi International > www.rudiinternational.org > > Founder & Director, Mabingwa Forum > www.mabingwa-forum.com > Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo > Phone: +243993810967 > > 2015 Mandela Washington Fellow | ICANN Fellow | ISOC IGF Ambassador | > Activist & Youth Leader > > Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos) > > > On Mar 16, 2016, at 1:35 PM, 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. 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