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 <
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> 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
>