I will be in Kigali, but I am paying my own way. I have tasks in Uganda and Tanzania. See you all there.



Sam Lanfranco 



-----Original Message-----

From: NCSG-Discuss <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Johan Helsingius

Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 10:18 AM

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Subject: Travel slot for ICANN80



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