I would like to thank NCSG EC for this slot - and do a shout out to 
Stephanie who I am glad will be joining us remotely!

Best regards, Kathy

On 4/18/2024 7:37 AM, Johan Helsingius 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