Welcome to new members of NPOCGangaPresidentwww.babul.ngo - Babul Films Society NGO Festival Director Babul Eco Film FestivalMembership Coordinator NPOC-ICANNActor - http://www.imdb.me/ gangadharpanday On Thursday, 12 November, 2020, 08:04:01 pm IST, Olivier Kouami <olivierkouami@gmail.com> wrote: hello !Good news ! Welcome on board.Looking forward to work with all of you.Warm regardsOlévié Le jeu. 12 nov. 2020 à 14:24, Poncelet Jokkolabs Banjul <pileleji@jokkolabs.co> a écrit : Welcome to all the new members. Thanks Caleb Peace Poncelet Poncelet O. Ileleji Jokkolabs Banjul -  LeadSait Matty Road, Bakau, Adjacent to Swedish ConsulateKMC, The GambiaP O Box 4496 Bakau,KMC, The GambiaSkype: pons_utdTel Direct Office: +220 4495115Tel Mobile/Whatsapp: +220 9912508 www.jokkolabs.netLinkedIn: Jokkolabs Banjul Facebook: Jokkolabs BanjulTwitter: @jklBanjul On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 2:16 PM Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele <muyiwacaleb@gmail.com> wrote: Dear NPOC Members, On behalf of the NPOC Executive Committee, Please join me in welcoming our new members below. - Internet Society, Nigeria Chapter, Nigeria, Bukola Oronti - Ghana School on Internet Governance, Ghana, Sarata Oname - Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation, Ghana, Wisdom Donkor As 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 organisations 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: - https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups[community.icann.org] - Policy comments and statements: - https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development[community.icann.org] - A one-stop page about ICANN's policy efforts: - http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm[gnso.icann.org] - 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, concern,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 _______________________________________________ Npoc-discuss mailing list Npoc-discuss@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/npoc-discuss _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). 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Welcome new members! We'll have our direction better worded after tomorrow's EC meeting (@ 14 UTC), which members are welcome to join in. We will also have separate members' meetings but not as often - Caleb can tell more about those. :) -Raoul On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 at 23:35, Jacqueline Morris <vicechair@isoc.tt> wrote:

Welcome to our new members!

Regards

Jacqueline Morris

*From:* Npoc-discuss <npoc-discuss-bounces@icann.org> * On Behalf Of *Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2020 10:16 AM *To:* NPOC Discuss <npoc-discuss@icann.org>; bukola@isoc.ng; Sarata Adams <sarataa@aiti-kace.com.gh>; Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk@gmail.com> *Subject:* [Npoc-discuss] Welcoming our New NPOC Members

Dear NPOC Members,

On behalf of the NPOC Executive Committee, Please join me in welcoming our new members below.

· Internet Society, Nigeria Chapter, Nigeria, Bukola Oronti

· Ghana School on Internet Governance, Ghana, Sarata Oname

· Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation, Ghana, Wisdom Donkor

As 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 organisations like yours. (Suggestion: read the Beginners Guides <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/beginners-guides-2012-03-06-en>)

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 <https://www.npoc.org/about/what-is-npoc/beginners-guide-to-npoc/>)

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 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPS_0Ut2FRk&list=PLQziMT9GXafXm-5MHQ5YIcRNy5...> ]

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 <https://www.npoc.org/about/members/>)

*5. Understand the ICANN complex structure:* start by checking the organizational structure <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/chart-2012-02-11-en> for more information about the ICANN hierarchy, then go through ICANN free-of-charge certified courses, available on ICANN Learn <https://learn.icann.org/#/catalog>.

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] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources...>

· How to get involved: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/How+To+Get+Involved[community.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_dis...>

· List of working groups and their members:

· https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Getting+Involved+in+Working+Groups[community.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_dis...>

· Policy comments and statements:

· https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Development[community.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_dis...>

· A one-stop page about ICANN's policy efforts:

· http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm[gnso.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gns...>

· 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, concern,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

_______________________________________________ Npoc-discuss mailing list Npoc-discuss@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/npoc-discuss _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.