Congratulations. Regards. Peter On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Wisdom Donkor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I see my MAG colleagues Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro and Bianca Ho. > Congratulations to you and congratulations to you all. Welcome onboard. > Hope to see more of the new members on the discussion platform. > > Cheers, > > On Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 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, 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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