Hi all ! a warm welcome to the new members. 2016-06-23 16:11 GMT+01:00 Chenai Chair <[log in to unmask]>: > Dear All, > > Thank you very much for the welcome to the community. I met some of you at > my first ICANN meeting in Morocco as a nextgen. > > Just to introduce myself, I work for Research ICT Africa, an NPO, based in > South Africa but i am Zimbabwean by origin. I am part of the research team > focused building ICT evidence for policy making in Africa. My interest is > on access and affordability of the internet, internet governance and > ensuring social and economic inclusion for women and young people through > internet access and use. > > I look forward to engaging with this community and contributing to it. > > Thanks > > Chenai > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Casey Olugbenga Adeleye < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> You are welcome on board. >> >> Peter >> >> >> Quoting Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask]>: >> >> 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, there is 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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