Thanks Amr, Have your great time in SF and I support you to have presentation time on behalf of NCUC member in fellowship meeting. Regards, Dwi Hey Robin..., I will be attending the SF meeting as a fellowship > participant. This will be my third and final participation as a fellow and > it would be great to see more NCSG members attend meetings as fellows for > sure. It would also be great to see more participation from seasoned NCSG > members with the fellowship program in general. I am actually specifically > referring to the morning meetings the fellows have on a daily basis during > the course of ICANN meetings. > > > > Community members as well as staff attend these meetings on a regular > basis > to engage with the fellow participants (most who are relatively new to > ICANN). This attendance serves two purposes I am aware of; one to assist > in > the capacity building and general understanding for ICANN newbies on what > the structure of the community is like and how it works, and secondly, > these > meetings are probably a worthwhile place to go to if you're interested in > recruiting new members to a stakeholder group. I've attended the Seoul and > Nairobi meetings with the fellowship program, and we had speakers during > the > morning meetings from GAC, NomCom, ccNSO, ALAC, as well as staff members, > but none from the NCSG or gNSO. > > > > This time around, there seems to be a new "feature" to the fellowship > program, which I believe (but am not yet sure of) is a sort of mentoring > program where a fellow gets to shadow a community member for the duration > of > the meeting. I requested to shadow someone from the NCUC, and I think that > it is worth noting that had we had a speaker from the NCUC at a fellowship > meeting back in Seoul or Nairobi, I probably would have joined this > constituency a lot earlier than I actually did. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Amr Elsadr M.D. > > Chief Operating Officer > > Tele-Med International > > <http://www.telemedint.net/> http://www.telemedint.net > > Tel: +2(023)534-6098 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +2(023)534-6098 end_of_the_skype_highlighting > > Fax: +2(023)534-6029 > > > > From: NCSG-NCUC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Robin Gross > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:16 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: ICANN fellowship round opens for Jordan meeting (deadline to > apply: > 26 Feb) > > > > It would be nice to see ICANN award non-commercial users some of these > participation fellowships. I've made requests to ICANN in the past, but > haven't yet received any substantive reply. I hope members will continue > to > apply anyway. > > > > -Robin > > > > http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-14jan11-en.htm > > > > Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN Public Meeting 41 in Amman, > Jordan > > Program Ensures Global Representation at ICANN's Public Meetings > > 14 January 2011 > > MARINA DEL REY, California: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names > and > Numbers is launching the 13th round of the Fellowship program applications > for its 41st Public Meeting to be held Amman, Jordan on 19-24 June 2011. > > Priority in selection is given to applicants who are current residents of > developing and least developed nations and interested in participating in > ICANN and its supporting organizations and constituencies, or are > representatives in the Business, Academic and Private sector looking to > find > support and gain information on how to have their voices heard in the > Internet community and ICANN. More information regarding terms and > conditions, as well as eligibility is available online > athttp://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/ or email at [log in to unmask] > regarding any questions about this process or program. > > The Fellowship program will assist in covering airfare, hotel and a > stipend > for those individuals selected to participate in this ICANN meeting. > Recipients will be expected to actively participate in and contribute to > ICANN processes, both at the meeting and in the future. As always, > registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend. > > Applications for the meeting in Jordan will be accepted from 00:00 UTC on > 17 > January 2011 until 00:00 UTC on 26 February 2011. > > > > > > > > IP JUSTICE > > Robin Gross, Executive Director > > 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA > > p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 > > w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask] > > > > > >