I understand the need for a reality check, but I am also sure that ICANN
is not short in money and that due to the revision of the Fellowship
model will be possible to design a way to empower participation, if we
cannot go granularly to each individual language we can sure allow
bridge languages, use the regions as hub and encourage interpretation
and face to face meeting to make sure fellowship become more inclusive.
best, hvale
On 06/15/2016 03:37 PM, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
> It’s not that I disagree with you, Arsène – because I don’t, and I
> actually identified this as a barrier to participation in my earlier
> email – but I don’t think it is helpful to flag this obstacle if the
> NCSG responds to the consultation. My feeling is that this is a known
> hurdle which cannot easily be addressed until machine translation
> advances to a satisfactory standard. This is a painful reality because
> linguistic diversity is very important. But like it or not we are
> constrained by resources and so we need a common language. English has
> become the lingua franca of Internet policy; maybe it shouldn’t be,
> maybe that should be Portuguese or French another tongue, but it is. So
> in theory we could keep ICANN’s language services team very busy
> translating all the traffic on the fellowship mailing lists and Facebook
> groups, helping break down barriers to participation, but given ICANN’s
> website is barely translated into languages other than English, in
> practice I think we need to make better use of their time. I think it’s
> quite reasonable to expect that all public-facing documents are
> translated by ICANN into the seven official languages. Maybe more
> face-to-face sessions and working group calls should have simultaneous
> interpretation too. And I would like all sessions to have live
> captioning. But I respectfully submit that this is not a discussion for
> the renewed focus of the Fellowship programme.
>
> - Ayden
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 2:15 PM, Mamadou LO [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> __
>
> +1 Arsene TUNGALI
>
>
> */===================================================================//
> /Mamadou LO*
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> Head of Communication and Information Department
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>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *De :* NCSG-Discuss <[log in to unmask]> de la part de
> Arsène Tungali <[log in to unmask]>
> *Envoyé :* mercredi 15 juin 2016 13:06
> *À :* [log in to unmask]
> *Objet :* Re: ICANN Fellowship Program Application Process Review
>
> Just a quick reaction,
>
> Fellows shouldn't be expected to speak English to be selected
> because ICANN meetings work with all UN languages (though English is
> their working language). It is still indeed a barrier because the
> application form is in English and I remember having serious issues
> to fill it some time ago (as a native French speaker).
>
> I think this needs to be looked into very seriously to ensure
> inclusion and diversity
>
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> Blogger <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN Fellow
> <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en>.//The
> HuffingtonPost UK
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/liza-bel/drc_b_8958150.html>
>
> 2016-06-15 14:06 GMT+02:00 Ayden Férdeline <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>:
>
> __
> Thanks for sharing this, Mamadou. Mama J has proposed some very
> sensible changes to the Fellowship programme here. I will review
> the supporting documents more closely over the coming weeks and
> respond to the consultation activity in my personal capacity,
> but I would hope that this renewed mandate and focus of the
> Fellowship programme is something we as the NCSG are able to
> support. From a cursory glance at the documents, I'm glad to see
> that we now acknowledge that there are factors other than
> nationality which contribute to inequality — so trying to bring
> voices in from women, indigenous people, the LGBT community, and
> those with disabilities is a push we need. I would also suggest
> that linguistic barriers remain in this proposal (I believe
> Fellows must speak English to participate?), but that's a much
> harder obstacle to overcome and I certainly don't have any
> solutions. The proposed changes to the Fellowship programme will
> see it being more goal-driven and merit-based: it has my support.
>
> - Ayden
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 12:52 PM, Mamadou LO
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> __
> FYI
>
> Mamadou
>
> Envoyé depuis mon smartphone Samsung Galaxy.
>
>>
>>
>> *Sent:*Wednesday, June 15, 2016 3:15 AM
>> *Subject:* ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Fellowship Program
>> Application Process Review
>>
>>
>>
>> ICANN <http://www.icann.org/>
>>
>>
>> News Alert
>>
>> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-06-14-en
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> ICANN Fellowship Program Application Process Review
>>
>> 14 June 2016
>>
>> *Open Date:*
>>
>>
>>
>> 14 June 2016
>>
>>
>>
>> *Close Date:*
>>
>>
>>
>> 29 July 2016
>>
>> *Originating Organization:*
>>
>>
>>
>> Development and Public Responsibility Department
>>
>> *Categories/Tags:*
>>
>>
>>
>> Reviews/Improvements
>>
>> *Brief Overview:*
>>
>>
>>
>> Leading up to the ten-year anniversary of ICANN's
>> Fellowship program, the organization has evaluated this
>> successful initiative in order to address the needs of the
>> global community and provide appropriate enhancements to
>> ensure that the program will continue to thrive while
>> addressing today's ICANN and its capacity-building needs.
>> In this regard, the ICANN staff have identified areas of
>> improvement, mainly to the language used to describe
>> Applicant Selection Criteria and the application
>> assessment process. In doing so, ICANN staff is looking to
>> ensure that the Fellowship selection process remains
>> accountable, transparent, and independent while continuing
>> to strengthen the ICANN Multistakeholder Model.
>>
>> *Link:*
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fellowship-application-process-review-2016-06-14-en
>>
>>
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> Ayden Férdeline
> Statement of Interest
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Ayden+Férdeline+SOI>
>
>
>
> Ayden Férdeline
> Statement of Interest
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Ayden+Férdeline+SOI>
>
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