Hello and welcome to all new members!
If you are new to the ICANN community, it can be hard to stay abreast of all the topics and working groups that the community is dealing with. That said, I find the Policy Update webinars which ICANN staff run thrice per year to be a great aid in trying to do just that. The next webinar is scheduled for Monday, 6 March at 10:00 UTC and repeated at 19:00 UTC. More information on these webinars is here. My suggestion would be to listen in to the webinar, see what topics interest you, and know you're welcome to get involved. Good luck!
Best wishes,Ayden Férdeline-------- Original Message --------Subject: Welcoming new members to Non-Commercial Stakeholder GroupLocal Time: 27 February 2017 3:18 PMUTC Time: 27 February 2017 15:18Dear all,I am happy to welcome in the NCSG list our new members who wereapproved in the last meeting of the NCSG EC.Other decisions made by the EC were already reported by Monika,so I don't need to repeat them here, cf.The new members were successfully added to this mailing list andshould able to read this welcome message and follow the discussionsfrom now on.As NCSG Chair I'm here to support new and existing members in order tohelp 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 newcomersWebinar, and many other calls, mailing lists and web resources.You can see currently open public comment periods athttps://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public and latest commentsfrom NCSG at https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg .You can also check the recordings of NCSG confcallsWhile a lot discussion takes place on this list, there is lots of stuffin our wikispace which is updated regularly, please take a look atmore easy to remember ncsg.is. Browsing there will help you get anidea of what we have done and are doing.In particular if you want to know more about how to participate inworking groups and NCSG, please follow the announcements here and bein touch with the Policy committee chair and me.These links may also be of interest:General tips:List of working groups and their members:Policy comments and statements:Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings:A one-stop page about ICANN's policy efforts:Information about GNSO and about GNSO activities during ICANN meetings:To catch up with ongoing discussion see the mailing list archive:Often useful is the NCSG calendar you can find here: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 willfind most of them in this glossary:So, let's all welcome our latest members:Individuals:Shreedeep Rayamajhi, NepalSarata Omane, GhanaYolanda Mlonzi, South AfricaKassahun Gebremariam, USALouise Marie Hurel, BrazilViviane Vinagre, BrazilPatricia Vargas-Leon, USAHanan Khatib, JordanMariel Aranda, ParaguayBoucetta Cherifa, TunisiaGnanajeyaraman Rajaram, IndiaOrganizations and their representatives:International Media Support (IMS), Andreas Reventlow, DenmarkTelecommunities Canada/Télécommunautés Canada, Marita Moll, CanadaInternet Society Chapter of Chad, Youssouf Abdelrahim, ChadWelcome!Tapani TarvainenNCSG Chair------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- Regarding the mailing list:Here is some important information about your new subscription, which werecommend that you preserve for future reference. 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