Thanks for the update. Would Kathy's workshop allow for virtual participation? If not, it would be great if recording be made available🙏🏽 for those of us not attending physically On Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 12:52 PM Johan Helsingius < [log in to unmask]> 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 >