Excomm,

As discussed on last week’s call, requests have been made by some BC members asking Outreach budget to support their attendance at IGF Geneva. Given the short timeframe and need for decisions, I am sending this to you directly to get your thoughts as the budget approvers.

Four BC members/delegates have requested support (below in the order the requests were received):

Mark Datysgeld (as part of Nivaldo’s team) - $1500
Jimson Olufuye - $1500
Marilyn Cade - $1000
Lawrence Olawale-Roberts - $2500 (operating a remote hub for IGF, not attending in person).

Each request is included below, copied directly from their submissions to the Outreach Committee.

Responding to earlier questions, there is no amount specifically allocated to IGF in the Outreach Budget and there was no final consensus around the total amount of funding that should be offered to travelers.

Appreciate your inputs. OC is happy to provide any additional detail, but I wanted to share the requests to you asap as promised on our call last week.

Andrew

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Mark’s request:

Dear Members of the Outreach Committee,

After a year of focused Outreach activities in Brazil, it is clear that our efforts have started to pay off. Working together with Nivaldo to promote the BC in near real time in Portuguese, we’ve presented at conferences like RioInfo and Futurecom, and had success bringing in new – and influential – members like ABES. We’ve gone beyond "wanting" more participation from LAC to actually going out there to find it.

I am very pleased to inform you all that I both have a paper accepted for Giganet on the subject of ICANN policymaking, and have also been asked to speak on the panel "WS #90 Achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda in a Digital Future: Where Do Youth Stand?".

In these initiatives, I intend to promote the BC among new audiences. As the BC’s youngest regular contributor, it is my wish to encourage a broader range of people to participate in the ICANN and IGF spaces, and to think about the impact that Internet policy can have on their lives as young entrepreneurs, consumers and future leaders.

The panel will be an opportunity to reach a different and quite diverse audience, and start tapping into demographic that have not been explored much yet. I know we want to expand the BC’s impressive accomplishments in diversity, and that certainly includes adding younger members to a team that is every day more balanced in terms of geography, language and gender.

It would be my pleasure to help bring in a new generation of people that one day will have the same pull as Marilyn, Andrew, Jimson or Nivaldo, and I think I’ll have the chance to start that at this IGF.

I have secured most of the funding I need, including lodging and per diem, but am still looking for funds to cover air tickets which will be around 1500 dollars, which I would like to request from the BC.

Tickets are getting more expensive by the day, and I think the opportunity is a worthwhile one which makes sense for the BC given my speaking and my unique place as a young contributor and in a way, a youth ambassador for the BC.

I will be reaching an audience of estimated 60 heads in person + 40 remote (from my previous experience in my 2015 panel, WS225: "Hands-on youth-driven Internet initiatives"), but will be involved in business and youth activities throughout IGF and expect to reach many more participants who could be good contributors to the BC and our agenda.

Thank you for your consideration.

- Mark W. Datysgeld

Jimson’s request:

Excomm,

As you're aware, the 2017 edition of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is scheduled for Geneva on Dec 18-21, 2017.

Our effort to secure my participation through budget request was not approved by ICANN for FY18. While I use my funding, I wish to request for a financial support to the tune of $1,500 to defray part of the cost of participation. I plan to continue to push BC positions on most issues for an open, stable and resilient Internet as I speak in a number of sessions and workshops.

Regards,

JO

Excomm,

Further to my earlier mail, here are links to the main session and workshop where I'd be speaking:

1. Empowering Global Cooperation on Cybersecurity for Sustainable Development & Peace’ https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/5077/722

2. Internet of Things : Supportive Role of Smart Solutions in the Decision Making Process:

https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-ws-202-internet-of-things-supportive-role-of-smart-solutions-in-the-decision-making

I also plan to contribute to discussion in the workshop on

3. Internet Shutdowns taking a toll on Africa’s internet economy @https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-ws-117-internet-shutdowns-taking-a-toll-on-africa%E2%80%99s-internet-economy

Cheers,

JO

Marilyn’s request:

Request from Marilyn Cade

Engagement at IGF2017 --

-participant in planning the agendas of the two ICANN sessions and participant in both

-co organizer of Day Zero Event focused on Social and economic opportunities for women, where the BC fact sheet will be distributed, and engagement of the BC described as relevant to engagement of women /in business from the CASA region

-keynote speaker at a formal event with Afghanistan, Pakisan, Tunisian delegations [85% governmental attendees]- engagement in ICANN is one of the key points in the briefing about IG and ICANN's role is key to this presentation/BC Fact Sheet distribution

-speaker at ICANNWiki booth [proposed to include other BC members attending]

-key contributor at the NRI shared booth, where we can put BC Fact Sheets

-offer to provide a brief review of the IGF Village booths, along with other funded BC travelers, to determine whether BC should host a booth at IGF2018

-speaker at at least one of the NRI collaborative sessions about models for multi stakeholder engagement -- using BC and ICANN as example: Fake News/Misinformation/Disinformation.

Requested Funding: $1,000.

Again, I apologize, but did not see any criteria document/or the deadline, so am doing the best I can on responding with a request for funding.

Marilyn Cade

Lawrence’s request:

Dear Outreach Committee Members,

My sincere apologies on my late submission.

Though I was on the BC call I was dropped off at the point where the

discussion on the IGF was ongoing ( a practice that occurs when the call

reaches an hour during the meeting) so I wasn't aware of the deadline. Due

to a busy weekend i haven't also been able to update my mails until now.

Apologies again on my late submission for this request.

For this year's IGF, i would be managing a remote hub for the IGF

Secretariat in the city of Abuja (the announcement is on the IGF website)

and volunteer to use this as a medium to promote the BC. For 3 days, a BC

outreach would be organised at the hub to swell the BC's membership from

my region. It is expected that 3-5 new members would be recruited from

business participants at the hub who would also be contributing to

sessions from our hub.

Members of the BC physically present at the IGF and others intrested at

intervening remotely during our sessions would be encouraged to interact

with participants, and would compliment the distribution of BC fact

sheets, the tour of the BC website at the hub and The BC Half Hour

outreach sessions billed to educate our audience on the BC and the merits

to its membership. The BC brand and educative signage would be on display

at the venue also

The budgeted cost for successfully setting up and managing the hub to

include power, broadband, publications, branding, logistics and more for

the duration of the event is $8,200usd. I request for BC outreach support

in the sum of $2500usd as other opportunities for funding are being

explored in addition to MicroBoss committed funding.

Please kindly consider this request alongside the other ones before the

Outreach committee.

Thank you for your kind consideration.

Lawrence Olawale-Roberts