Congratulations, Kathy, I am looking forward to the workshop in Kigali. Kind regards, Benjamin On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 10:01 PM Judith Hellerstein <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > HI Kathy and Martha, > Excellent suggestions and I look forward to watching the workshop once it > is recorded. > > I will not be in Kigali > > Best, > Judith > Sent from my iPad > [log in to unmask] > Skype ID:JudithHellerstein > > On Apr 19, 2024, at 12:20 AM, Kathy Kleiman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Hi Martha, > > That is a very good idea and we will record the main sessions and make the > recordings available. > > This is a small workshop for those involved with ICANN's Pilot Policy > Project in 2022 and working to help NCSG. It's an experiment, and if it > works well, I hope we can expand it at future meetings. > > Best regards, Kathy > On 4/18/2024 8:42 AM, Martha Alade wrote: > > 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 >> > -- > Kathy Kleiman > Past President, Domain Name Rights Coalition > >