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Thank you for the notification, Jean.The Beginners guide can be found hereOn Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 8:11 PM Jean F. Quéralt <JFQueralt@theiofoundation.org> wrote:Hi Caleb,Please note that the NPOC Beginners' Guide link is not working.On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 at 08:14, Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele via Npoc-discuss <npoc-discuss@icann.org> wrote:_______________________________________________Dear NPOC Members,On behalf of the NPOC Executive Committee, Please join me in welcoming our new members below.Organizational Members:
• Advocacy Unified Network- NCSG, NPOC represented by Bhattacharya Arindam
• Africa Media and Information Technology Initiative- NCSG, NPOC-represented by Ibrahim Haruna Gazzali
• Cyber Crime Awareness Foundation (CCA Foundation) - NCSG, NPOC represented by Mohammad Mostafizur Rahaman AP
• Digital Agenda for Tanzania Initiative- NCSG, NPOC-represented by Peter Mmbando
• Finnish Internet Association (NCSG/NPOC)-represented by Julf Helsingius
• Fundacao Estudar- NCSG, NPOC-represented by Cindyneia Cantanhede
• India Internet Foundation NCSG, NPOC represented by Anupam Agrawal
• Internet Society Cameroon Chapter- NCSG, NPOC represented by Esther Sandrine Ngom AF
• Internet Society Ghana Chapter- NCSG, NPOC-represented by Francis Acquah Amaning
• ISOC Benin Chapter- NCSG, NPOC-represented by Harold Adjaho
• ISOC Palestine (NCSG/NCUC)-represented by Zaher Qasssrawi
• ISOC Uganda (NCSG/NPOC)-represented by Joan Katambi
• Lebanese Cyberspace Association-NCSG, NPOC-represented by Amin Hacha AP
• Libyan Internet society- NCSG, NPOC- represented by Omar Shuran AF
• Media Rights Agenda (MRA)-NCSG, NPOC-represented by Idowu Adewale
• Nigerian Youth IGF-NCSG, NPOC-represented by Morisola Alaba
• Organization for Digital Africa- NCSG, NPOC- represented by Nazarius Kirama AF
• PPDC (NCSG/NPOC)-represented by Simeon Favour
• West Africa ICT Action Network (NCSG/NPOC)-represented by Peterking Quaye
• Women in Technology (WITIN)- NCSG, NPOC-represented by Martha AladeAs you are aware, Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC), is the home for not-for-profits which have a domain name and want to participate in the making of policy that influences the current internet infrastructure.
As the Membership Committee Chair, I am happy to provide any necessary help for our new and old members to become fully engaged within our Constituency and our Stakeholder Group to facilitate the onboarding process into our community - and you will find many members willing to do the same!
To better understand how to do that, you need to first understand ICANN´s complex structure. As you already know from the application process, NPOC is part of the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG), which means that we represent the non-commercial interests of the internet community. Specifically, those of non-for-profits.
We believe that non-for-profits have to play a central role in creating, discussing, and reviewing top-level domain names policy and so have outlined some key steps you can take to familiarize yourself with the process and get involved:
1. Understand what a domain name is: Learn more about the domain name system (DNS) and the problems, challenges, and opportunities they bring to the operation of organizations like yours. (Suggestion: read the Beginners Guides)
2. Read the NPOC toolkit: Learn more about NPOC’s work within ICANN, the NPOC structure, current working groups, the role of the NPOC Executive Committee (ExCom), including a glossary of acronyms, which we know can be very tricky! (Suggestion: read NPOC Beginners Guide)
3. Learn about the policy-making process: Understand how to help create and review policy, via the online working groups, public comments and open discussions; or at the ICANN Meetings that take place three times every year (Suggestion: Watch Policy Development Process Video]
4. Get to know the other non-for-profits members of NPOC: You never know what opportunities for collaboration and conversation exist. (See our Members)
5. Understand the ICANN complex structure: start by checking the organizational structure for more information about the ICANN hierarchy, then go through ICANN free-of-charge certified courses, available on ICANN Learn.
We also encourage you to follow our activity online:
NPOC website: www.npoc.org
NPOC DISCUSS list: https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/npoc-discuss
NPOC Twitter: @NPOC_ICANN - Follow us and stay tuned!
NPOC Wiki: https://community.icann.org/x/txAQAg
Besides this, here are a list of other resources which may be useful:
ICANN acronyms: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/glossary-2014-02-03-en[icann.org]
How to get involved: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved[community.icann.org]
List of working groups and their members:
Policy comments and statements:
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development[community.icann.org]
A one-stop page about ICANN's policy efforts:
To catch up with ongoing discussion see the mailing list archive: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/npoc-discuss/
I know that this can be overwhelming, so allow me to invite you to a short introductory discussion or our next membership meeting when the call is announced, where you can ask all your questions and discuss how you can get involved.
If you have any questions, comments, concerns,s or feedback please don’t hesitate to contact me directly, we will gladly help you!
Let’s start working together!
Best wishes,
Caleb Ogundele
Membership Committee Chair
on behalf of the Executive Committee Team
--Caleb OgundeleEmail: muyiwacaleb@gmail.com
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