<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Since most everyone subscribed to NCUC-discuss is also subscribed to NCSG-discuss, you probably will have seen Rafik’s message earlier today welcoming new NCSG members. The following individuals and organizations also elected to join NCUC and have now been added to this list, the membership data base, and the web listing <a href="http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/" class="">http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/</a>. So again we are delighted to welcome<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">INDIVIDUALS<br class=""><br class="">Name<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Country</div><div class=""><br class="">Mahsa Alimardani<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Netherlands<br class="">Romina Florencia Cabrera<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Argentina<br class="">Hamza Ben Mehrez<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Tunisia<br class=""><br class="">ORGANIZATIONS<br class=""><br class="">Org Name<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Off Rep<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Country</div><div class=""><br class="">Electronic Frontier Foundation<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jeremy Malcolm<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> United States<br class="">Centre for Law and Democracy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Michael Karanicolas<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Canada</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">With these additions, we are now 426 members from 100 countries, including 108 noncommercial organizations and 318 individuals.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Greetings to all, great to have you on board. Please feel free to introduce yourself to colleagues here and share any particular interests and activities related to NCUC, ICANN, etc. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Just a reminder, the ncsg-discuss list is for stakeholder group-wide discussions, mostly with respect to GNSO issues and processes, while this ncuc-discuss list is for the constituency only and focuses on our internal views and positions on these and other ICANN/Internet governance matters, as well as our intra-organizational development. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You’re joining at a busy moment as we prepare for the Annual Meeting in Dublin in October. There’s a lot going on at the moment with our involvement in the IANA transition, accountability, privacy, human rights, and various other topics. In the fall, after Dublin, NCUC will have its annual election; NCSG’s will be prior. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">In addition to the NCSG pointers Rafik provided in his post, if you have the time and interest in getting a bit more background, you might want to poke around in</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.ncuc.org" class="">www.ncuc.org</a> </div><div class=""><a href="http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo" class="">http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo</a> (archives of current constituency mail lists)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Much more to come….</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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