Siavash, hi. The description of the fellowship trial <http://www.icann.org/fellowships/> explains it as "What is an ICANN fellowship and who are the fellowships for? ... ICANN Government advisory committee representatives and ccNSO members from eligible countries will be prioritised but anyone (apart from participants in the ICANN At-Large advisory committee, which has its own programme) is welcome to apply." ALAC has its own cash and perhaps up to ALAC to work out how to use it? One quick thought... put a portion of the ALAC budget into the fellowship fund just announced and invite a proportionate number of "users" unaffiliated with ALS (etc) as part of the overall fellowship group. Could see the possibility for some lasting connections among the fellows, new ccTLD folk spending time with GAC reps and users. Connections that might be useful in ICANN or nationally. I am surprised the GNSO constituencies aren't given equal priority given the almost total lack of developing nation participation (GNSO doing a lot of work on IDNs etc.) Adam At 10:47 AM +0330 5/11/07, Siavash Shahshahani wrote:
An interesting note about the Fellowship Form just struck me. They ask the applicant which ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees the applicant is interested to participate in, then they list GNSO, ASO, ccNSO as supporting organizations, and GAC & SSAC as advisory committees; no mention of ALAC. Presumably the apologists would say that anyone interested in ALAC should go through the ALSs, but in fact this might provide an avenue for people from isolated countries where no ALS is in existence to participate. Siavash
Fellowship Program to Enhance Global Participation in ICANN
MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: People from across the world will have more opportunities to attend ICANN's 29th Public Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico thanks to the <http://www.icann.org/fellowships/>trial global fellowships program launched today.
"We want to foster increased participation from developing and least developed nations at our public meetings and this fellowship program will do just that," said Paul Levins, ICANN's Executive Officer and Vice President Corporate Affairs.
Priority will be given to current residents of developing and least developed nations who are interested in participating in the ICANN government advisory committee, the country code names supporting organization, and the generic names supporting organization. The fellowship will assist in covering airfare, hotel and a stipend. Recipients will be expected to actively participate in and contribute to ICANN processes. As always, registration for ICANNs meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend.
"The program will play a key role in meeting part of ICANN's operational plan which has been through extensive public discussions and consultations to create a program to encourage and find participation by interested parties in developing countries," Levins said.
After the San Juan meeting, which takes place 2530 June, ICANN will get feedback on the program from participants and the public, and identify areas where there might be improvements.
"As a global organization ICANN is working hard to reach out and work with people from every part of the world, and especially individuals and organizations from developing countries," Levins added. "Making sure we have participation from people who normally couldnt attend means ICANNs work in the administration of the Domain Name and Internet Protocol addressing systems is more accountable and transparent." _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org
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