Congratulations, Kathy, I am looking forward to the workshop in Kigali.

Kind regards,
Benjamin

On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 10:01 PM Judith Hellerstein <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> HI Kathy and Martha,
> Excellent suggestions and I look forward to watching the workshop once it
> is recorded.
>
> I will not be in Kigali
>
> Best,
> Judith
> Sent from my iPad
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> Skype ID:JudithHellerstein
>
> On Apr 19, 2024, at 12:20 AM, Kathy Kleiman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Hi Martha,
>
> That is a very good idea and we will record the main sessions and make the
> recordings available.
>
> This is a small workshop for those involved with ICANN's Pilot Policy
> Project in 2022 and working to help NCSG. It's an experiment, and if it
> works well, I hope we can expand it at future meetings.
>
> Best regards, Kathy
> On 4/18/2024 8:42 AM, Martha Alade wrote:
>
> Thanks for the update.  Would Kathy's workshop allow for virtual
> participation?    If not,  it would be great if recording be made
> available🙏🏽 for those of us not attending physically
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 12:52 PM Johan Helsingius <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> There were many deserving applicants for the travel slot, but
>> after deliberation and considering all the Motivation Statements
>> and circumstances, the NCSG EC has decided to allocate the travel
>> slot to Kathy Kleiman, allowing her to  hold a training workshop
>> on policy writing for interested NCSG members in Kigali.
>>
>> Many thanks to everyone who expressed their interest!
>>
>>         Julf
>>
>>
>> On 10/04/2024 16:18, Johan Helsingius wrote:
>> > Seems Stephanie Perrin can't make it to Kigali.
>> >
>> > According to our operating procedures I am hereby asking interested
>> > persons to send me their motivation statements, copying Andrea
>> > ([log in to unmask]).
>> >
>> > Here is the relevant part from the NCSG operating procedures:
>> >
>> > If a Council member or a funded NCSG Executive Committee cannot attend
>> > the meeting, the following process should be invoked to decide upon the
>> > travel slot transfer:
>> >
>> >       The NCSG chair announces the opportunity on the NCSG-Discuss list
>> > and requests that the interested members send their Motivation Statement
>> > privately to the Chair and copy in ICANN support staff.
>> >
>> >       The Motivation Statement must explain in detail why the applicant
>> > would like to attend the meeting, provide evidence of full and
>> > verifiable engagement in Domain Name System policy deliberations, proof
>> > that the applicant has previously attended calls and contributed to
>> > PDPs, NCSG Policy Committee meetings and other relevant policy and
>> > related meetings, and explain why their physical presence is important
>> > for this meeting, mentioning specific tasks they commit to carry out on
>> > behalf of the NCSG. The tasks must be related to the NCSG and advance
>> > the NCSG’s interests at that specific ICANN meeting.
>> >
>> >       If the applicant is to be an alternate to a GNSO Councillor, he or
>> > she should have an understanding of how the Council works and have
>> > observed their meetings beforehand. They must provide a letter of
>> > recommendation from either a) the Chair of the NCSG Policy Committee, or
>> > (b) a serving member of the Council in his or her second term.
>> >
>> >       While Execeutive Committee’ travel slots may be allocated to
>> > newcomers, newcomers should commit to attending  sessions of the NCSG
>> > leading up to the ICANN meeting, as well as undertaking revision and
>> > background reading on at least one internal governance document and a
>> PDP.
>> >
>> >       The applicant must commit to attending the ICANN meeting fully, be
>> > at the meeting venue every day, and be present to the greatest extent
>> > possible at all NCSG meetings, constituency meetings, GNSO Council
>> > meetings, and PDP sessions for which they have expressed interest in
>> > their Motivation Statement. If the selected applicant does not appear to
>> > be present at the venue without justification, s/he will not be eligible
>> > to be allocated a travel slot in the future. The decision of such
>> > ineligibility will be made by the NCSG Executive Committee (in the
>> > evaluation of at least two members).
>> >
>> >       Julf
>>
> --
> Kathy Kleiman
> Past President, Domain Name Rights Coalition
>
>