Hello Olivier,

As I understand it, there supposed to be outreach on day 1 of meeting B[1] and I don't think that would change or are you suggesting that limiting the fellowship to Alumni would affect the outreach on day 1? 

Regards
1. https://meetings.icann.org/en/future-meeting-strategy
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On 3 Jan 2017 11:32 a.m., "Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <ocl@gih.com> wrote:
Dear colleagues,

please be so kind to find the announcement below for the ICANN fellowship for Johannesburg.

I am not happy. I am not happy at all since you will notice two things:

1. the Helsinki meeting taking place during MidSummer, what was going to be originally a Policy + Outreach meeting, which is what meeting B was supposed to be, became a Policy only meeting, as there was nobody to do outreach to. Remember that Meeting B needing to happen on continents that did not have the infrastructure and capacity to host an A or C meeting, and was supposed to have a significant outreach component part. The Jo'burg meeting is now set to be a "policy only" meeting!!!

2. As a result, we are faced with being on a continent that requires the most outreach and engagement, but are told that as this is a "policy forum", applications are restricted to only Fellowship Program Alumni. I thought that completely defeats the purpose of a Meeting B.

What is going on? I think that the ALAC should seek a formal response from the ICANN Board about this.

Olivier


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Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN59 Fellowship Application Round Now Open
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 09:39:46 +0000
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ICANN[icann.org]

News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-12-23-en[icann.org]

ICANN59 Fellowship Application Round Now Open

23 December 2016

ICANN launches the application round for ICANN59. This round is open only for Fellowship Program Alumni, those who have previously completed an ICANN Fellowship, as it is a Community Policy Forum The meeting takes place from 26-29 June 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The deadline to apply 27 January 2017 at 23:59 UTC. Successful candidates will be announced on 24 March 2017 on ICANN.org[icann.org].

The Fellowship Program

The ICANN Fellowship Program[icann.org] seeks out those who are interested in, or already engaged in, the various components of ICANN's work in policy building, the operation of the Domain Name System and the security and stability of the global Internet. The goal of the Program is to help create a broader base of knowledgeable constituents to engage in the ICANN multistakeholder process and become the new voice of experience in their regions and on the global stage.

Since its creation in 2007, the Fellowship Program has built a strong group of individuals who are actively participating in all of the ICANN communities as well as various Internet governance entities within the Internet ecosystem. Their engagement ranges from writing articles and blogs, providing online or in-person public comment in regard to bottom up policy building, engaging in Internet conferences and panel discussions, lifting a pen in working groups, mentoring newcomers, assisting our regional leaders and becoming leaders themselves.

Click here for more information »[icann.org]

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