<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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">INDIVIDUALS<br class=""><br class="">Name<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Country</div><div class=""><br class="">Miguel Ignacio Estrada<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Argentina<br class="">Joseph Marc Antoine Ridore<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Haiti<br class="">Renato Leite Monteiro<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Brazil<br class="">Raoul Plommer<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Suomi<br class="">Roberto Pizzato<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Italy<br class="">Frank Ross<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>United States<br class="">Jason Laker<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>United States<br class="">Anastasiia Usenko<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ukraine<br class="">Silvia Rosa<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Perú<br class=""><br class="">ORGANIZATIONS<br class=""><br class="">Org Name<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Country <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Representative</div><div class=""><br class="">Observer Research Foundation<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>India<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Arun Mohan Sukumar<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">With these additions, we are now 439 members from 103 countries, including 109 noncommercial organizations and 330 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 for a new chair and Executive Committee.</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=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">*********************************************************<br class="">William J. Drake<br class="">International Fellow & Lecturer<br class=""> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br class=""> University of Zurich, Switzerland<br class="">Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, <br class=""> ICANN, <a href="http://www.ncuc.org" class="">www.ncuc.org</a><br class=""><a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a> (direct), <a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com" class="">wjdrake@gmail.com</a> (lists),<br class=""> <a href="http://www.williamdrake.org" class="">www.williamdrake.org</a><br class=""><i class="">Internet Governance: The NETmundial Roadmap </i><a href="http://goo.gl/sRR01q" class="">http://goo.gl/sRR01q</a><br class="">*********************************************************</div></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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