Dear Janice, Great, as Always!!! And in addition to all of these fellows having found a "home" in ICANN, several have actually not only found a home in At-Large but some have registered their organisation, or an organisation they were involved with, as an At-Large Structure (ALS). It is partly thanks to your efforts that I am glad to let you know that At-Large has reached 151 ALSes. For this, I have to thank you! Best Wishes, Olivier On 15/01/2013 03:02, Janice Douma Lange wrote:

Hello friends,

Please outreach to your communities and network with acquaintances to let them know that the Application round for the ICANN 47 in Durban South Africa is now open. Please see the banner on top of the ICANN webpage to find out more: _http://www.icann.org/_

The Fellowship Program will mark its 6th year in Durban, and we are excited about the work of our alumni these past years-- here are some examples:

* _Dalsie Greenrose Kalna Baniala_ <http://www.diplomacy.edu/SCM/scripts/Pool/GetBin.asp?IDPool=1382> from Vanuatu, Tracy Hackshaw/Trinidad and Tobago, Gao Mosweu/Botswana and Sam Goundar <http://www.diplomacy.edu/SCM/scripts/Pool/GetBin.asp?IDPool=1383> from Fiji were allcited as Emerging Leaders for the Digital Worldfor raising awareness of Internet governance issuesin their regions * Gabriella Szlak and Celia Lerman, both lawyers from Argentina,joined the Business Constituencyand as well as directing and coordinatingeGobernanza Initiative in conjunction with Universidad Torcuato Di Tella _http://www.einstituto.org/site/iniciativas/egobernanza/_ * Dr. Sarmad Hussein, Pakistanand Narayan Gangalaramsamy, Mauritius were invited into SSAC * Siranush Vardanyana member of EURALO/At Large, has submitted anapplication for a new ALS in Armenia * Margarita Valdes Cortes, Jacqueline Morris, Yaovi Atohounand Siranush Vardanyan have all served or are serving on the Nominating Committee * Walusungu Gondweof Malawi joined Amr Elsadr/ Egypt, Blaise Arbouet/Haiti, Dwi Elfrida Simanungkalit/Indonesia,Hago Dafalla/Sudan, Mohab Altlaity/Egypt,MagalyPazello/Brazil, Yuanyuan (Leslie) Guan/China, Oksana Prykhodko/Ukraine, Raquel Gatto/Brazil, Virgina Paque/Venezuala,Shefqet Meda/Albania, Salieu Taal/Gambiaand Imran Ahmed Shah/Pakistanin the gNSO/NCUC * Hago Dafalla continues to bring his contributions through participation in Internet Governance Forums(Sudan, Kuwait and Egypt to name a few) * Abibu Rashid Ntahigiye/Tanzaniawill begin serving on the ccNSO Council in Beijing, Arnold Chetty from Seychelles applied for membership to the ccNSOcouncillate last year andSokol Haxhiuis a ccNSO councilor from Albania * Sonny Zulhuda, SiranushVardanyan, FatimaCambronero, UlkarBayramova <http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/igf-ambassador/ulkar-bayramova>, Natalia Encisco, Tracy Hackshaw and Sorina Teleanuall participated in Baku at theIGF(5 as ISOC ambassadors) * Grace Githaiga coordinated both the Kenya IGF and the East Africa IGF * Karlene Francis kept busy in Jamaica implementing a regional egovernment project in six OECS countries * Eddy Kayihura was instrumental in the process of redelegation of .rw to RICTA * Zmarialai Wafa from Afghanistanand a member of ccNSO,has stayed actively working with ICANN Security team in his role in the Afghanistan Ministry of Communications * María Dolores Puyjoined NPOCafter her second fellowship opportunity * Tatiana Chirev and Fahd Batayneh both are serving on the Fellowship Selection committee (Fahd also member of ccNSO and several WGs) * Olga Cavalli, Sorina Teleanu, Tracy Hackshaw, Nelly Stoyanova, Tepua Hunter, . Jolden J. Johnnyboy, Gary Campbell,Victor Martinez Vanegas, Rachida Fakhri, Pokotoa Sipeli, Syed Iftikhar H. Shah, Nicolas Caballero, Saso Dimitrijoskiand Ivo Ivanovskihave been or are seated in the GAC * At Large is home to many of our fellows including Tijani Ben Jemaa, Baudouin, Schombe, Wilson Abigaba, Fatima Cambronero, Natalia Encisco, Victor Ndonnang(organizer of an IPv6 Launch day in Cameroon 2012), Jose Francisco Arcewho has been serving as Chair and President of LACRALOfor over a year,Pastor Peters Omoragbon, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy, Moataz Shaarawy, Fouad Bajwa, Jean Marie Altema, Shaarawy Abd Elbaky,

There are more stories than listed and we will continue sharing; in the meantime, all of the alumni and I appreciate your support of the program and look forward to seeing many of you inBeijing; feel free to drop by the Newcomer Area, a morning meeting or the Sunday Social to meet current and future ICANN participants and leaders.

Janice

-- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html