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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks <span>Arsène</span>, for your comments and concerns.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br> </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div>>Is there a process of approving (vetting or so) new members before they can be added to the mailing list?</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Membership subscription is just added on the membership page, as alternative to the previously referred page of registration. Assuming that the subscription request will go through approval. If it is not activated, may be arranged through the List administrator. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanking you for pointing out, I have removed it for a while until the User Registration Page is developed and uploaded. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Best Regards</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Imran Ahmed Shah</div></div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, 25 July 2019, 17:25:20 GMT+5, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Good job, team! Thank you very much for bringing our website back online.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Is there a process of approving (vetting or so) new members before<br clear="none">they can be added to the mailing list? I do remember in the past Co co<br clear="none">were the ones approving new member's requests, I am hoping we can keep<br clear="none">it that way. It is said on this link<br clear="none">(<a shape="rect" href="https://igcaucus.org/membership/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://igcaucus.org/membership/</a>) that anyone who sends an email to<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:governance-subscribe@lists.riseup.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">governance-subscribe@lists.riseup.net</a> will be subscribed.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Did you set it up so that this request goes to the Co-cos first? And<br clear="none">then have them approve the request before the member is added to the<br clear="none">mailing list?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Just thinking out loud so will appreciate any leads on this to confirm<br clear="none">my thinking.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">2019-07-25 13:40 UTC+02:00, Imran Ahmed Shah <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:governance@lists.riseup.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">governance@lists.riseup.net</a>>:<br clear="none">> Dear IGC Members,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> As you know, we were discussing about the immediate requirement of revival<br clear="none">> of the IGC website. There are volunteers from within the IGC (made up of<br clear="none">> technical and non-technical persons, some of whom are past coordinators) who<br clear="none">> have been working on restoration of the website during last few days. Jeremy<br clear="none">> Malcom has sponsored five years of hosting and I (under singed) Developed<br clear="none">> the Website. Contents are obtained from <a shape="rect" href="https://web.archive.org. " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org. </a>This is a<br clear="none">> soft launch with soft edits on content to make them relevant. Broken links<br clear="none">> are removed. Comments are welcome. We believe that the website has to be<br clear="none">> maintained regularly, with periodic offsite-backups. Tapani Tarvainen is<br clear="none">> arranging offsite-backups.<br clear="none">> This dedicated team of volunteers consisting of Akinremi Peter Taiwo, Avri<br clear="none">> Doria, Farzaneh Badii, Ian Peter, Imran Ahmed Shah, Jeremy Malcolm,<br clear="none">> Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro and Tapani Tarvainen. Our Team leads for the<br clear="none">> restoration are Farzaneh and Imran.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> We wanted to do a quick launch and work on bringing back the archives,<br clear="none">> mailing list and others over the time. The website <a shape="rect" href="https://IGCaucus.org " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://IGCaucus.org </a>has<br clear="none">> been revived with the minimal necessary requirements and now this Working<br clear="none">> Group of volunteers is working for its enhancement and completion. We also<br clear="none">> need to be able to place time triggers to differentiate between new members<br clear="none">> and old ones. This is archived information.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> As you can see on the website, the membership list is not yet published.<br clear="none">> This is due to the fact that we need to work on an updated list of members,<br clear="none">> differentiate those who voted in the last elections and who have been<br clear="none">> members for over 2 months. This would need us to get involved with the<br clear="none">> matters related to elections which we think should be done in coordination<br clear="none">> with IGC coordinator and perhaps a group of volunteers who would like to<br clear="none">> help with organizing the elections.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The website is now open for comments. Please let us know your comments and<br clear="none">> suggestions.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> on behalf of<br clear="none">> [IGC Working Group for the Revival of Website]<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Imran Ahmed Shah<br clear="none">> [President: IGF Pakistan, Youth IGF Pakistan, Urdu Internet Society]<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">------------------------<br clear="none">**Arsène Tungali* <<a shape="rect" href="http://about.me/ArseneTungali" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://about.me/ArseneTungali</a>>*<br clear="none">Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international<br clear="none"><<a shape="rect" href="http://www.rudiinternational.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.rudiinternational.org</a>>*,<br clear="none">CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <<a shape="rect" href="https://www.smart-kitoko.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.smart-kitoko.com/</a>>*,<br clear="none">Tel: +243 993810967 (DRC)<br clear="none">GPG: 523644A0<br clear="none"><br clear="none">2015 Mandela Washington Fellow<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html</a>><br clear="none"><br clear="none">(YALI) - ICANN GNSO Council Member<br clear="none"><<a shape="rect" href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm</a>> Member. UN IGF MAG<br clear="none"><<a shape="rect" href="https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/pi2247.doc.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/pi2247.doc.htm</a>> Member</div></div>
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