<div dir="ltr">Thanks Rafik! That’s a useful compendium of information that is useful even for us longer-term members. Sorry I can’t be in Dublin. I had hoped to come, but have some health issues to take care of.<div>xx</div><div>DeeDee</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Rafik Dammak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">Hi everyone.</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><span>They were successfully added to this mailing list and so able to read this welcoming and follow the discussions.</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><span><br></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">I am happy as NCSG chair, to support new and existing members in order to let them be fully involved and participate in our policy discussion and for that I am ready to respond to your questions with the help of other experienced members and officers. I had mail exchange and even skype calls for those who asked, so please feel free to contact me if you want more information or asking for clarifications.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">There are opportunities to learn about policy development : with the quarterly </font>GNSO Working Group newcomers Webinar, for which the schedule will be shared in due time. We are at Dublin meeting with ongoing discussion about ICANN accountability and we had our sessions yesterday <a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/tue-ncsg" target="_blank">https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/tue-ncsg</a>. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">A lot of <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments#open-public" target="_blank">public comments</a> and important reports to cover (priority-wise) </span><span style="font-size:12.7273px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> and much more in the coming weeks. For example you can read out latest comments from NCSG <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/pCTRAg" target="_blank">here</a></span><span style="font-size:12.7273px"> , in particular about ICANN </span><span style="font-size:12.7273px">accountability</span><span style="font-size:12.7273px"> proposal <a href="http://goo.gl/xqUxHC" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/xqUxHC</a> . you can also check the recordings of NCSG confcalls <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/Ah7xAg" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/Ah7xAg</a> .</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.7273px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><span>Some information, you should keep somewhere:</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><ul><li><span style="font-size:12.7273px">While a lot discussion happen here, there are several information in our wikispace which is updated regularly, please check <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG-Wiki+Home" target="_blank">here</a> </span><span style="font-size:12.7273px">or more easy to remember </span><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg.is</a> . Navigating there will give flavour of what we did and are doing.</font></li></ul></div>
<div><ul><li><span style="font-size:12.7273px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">In particular if you want some info on how to participate in working groups and NCSG , please follow the announcements shared here and be in touch with the Policy committee chair and me . Also please check those links too:</span><br></li><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Some tips to </span><font color="#1155cc" face="arial, sans-serif"><u><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved</a></u></font></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">List of working groups and members involved </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></li><li>Policy comments and statements here: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development</a> </li><li>Recordings and transcripts of latest meetings: <font color="#1155cc"><u><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings+Record</a></u></font></li><li><font color="#1155cc"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:17.316px">There is a </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(59,115,175);text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:17.316px" target="_blank">one-stop page</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:17.316px"> to find all information about GNSO and also about </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/icannmeeting" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(59,115,175);text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:17.316px" target="_blank">GNSO activities</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:17.316px"> during ICANN meeting.</span><br></font></li></ul></ul></div><div><ul><li>Also to catch-up with ongoing discussion in the mailing list archive : <a href="https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS" target="_blank">https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=NCSG-DISCUSS</a> </li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">Also you can find the NCSG calendar here: </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Events+Calendar</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"> </span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.7273px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Finally, don't feel overwhelmed by ICANN acronyms, you will find most of them in this glossary <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-03-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-03-en</a> </span></li></ul></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><span><br></span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please welcome warmly:</font></div><div><ol><b>Individual</b><br><br><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:pre-wrap">Bram Fudzulani, Malawi</span><br></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:pre-wrap">Coppens Pasteur NDAYIRAGIJE, Burundi<br></span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:pre-wrap">Mahdi Taghizadeh, Iran<br></span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:pre-wrap">Soumya Iyer, India<br></span></li><br><b>Organization</b><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:13px;white-space:pre-wrap">Wikimedia Foundation, </span>D. 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