hi mawaki >I'm struck with this distribution: 5 for Africa, and 15 for the >Caribbean! I'm aware that there might sometimes be lack of >interest or shortage of good candidatures from Africa; however, I >did directly encouraged one candidature that is certainly a >very valid and valuable one but not on the win list. I'm just noting >and wondering what might be the reasons of such >discrepancy. why not send a note from the NCUC on the initiative? welcoming (generally), inform that NCUC members have actively encouraged people to apply (NCUC is a 'natural' community both as candidates and as one that can outreach to potential candidates) asking about diversity criteria, see if it can be better next time round? karen >Good initiative though, and good luck to the winning fellows. > >Mawaki > >--- karen banks <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > hi > > > > >I would strongly encourage NCUC members from "the South" to > > take > > >advantage of these fellowships to attend upcoming ICANN > > meetings > > > > i did encourage a few folk, but i don't think any of them were > > selected.. > > > > pretty impressive list: > > http://www.icann.org/fellowships/san-juan-attendees-jun07.htm > > > > "Thirty-three fellows were selected from 125 applications > > received. > > 65% of the fellows and 68% of applicants had never attended an > > ICANN > > meeting. There were nine fellowship participants who were > > approved > > but decided to postpone taking part until the Los Angeles > > meeting." > > > > 33 participants is not bad at all, and i really welcome the > > initiative > > > > scanning the list, i do wonder if all really needed a grant > > from > > ICANN (ie, couldn't get from their organisations, governments, > > ISOC > > etc) but all in all, a good effort > > > > i'll certainly enoucourage people to apply again > > > > karen > > > > >--MM > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: [log in to unmask] > > >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > > >[log in to unmask] > > >Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 6:24 AM > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: [announce] Fellowships to Ensure Global Voices Heard > > at ICANN > > > > > > > > >Fellowships to Ensure Global Voices Heard at ICANN > > >http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-02aug07.htm > > > > > >More voices from across the globe will be heard at ICANN's > > 30th > > >International Public Meeting in Los Angeles later this year > > thanks to > > >the global fellowships program being launched today. > > > > > >Please distribute this notice to constituency members and > > others in view > > >of the ICANN meetings in Los Angeles in October 2007. > > > > > >Thank you. > > >Kind regards, > > > > > > > > >No virus found in this outgoing message. > > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > >Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.2/931 - Release > > Date: > > >8/1/2007 4:53 PM > > > > >