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
Mark, We have several requests from others also to attend the IGF. Perhaps we can start with understanding who is attending the IGF, and then we can see if BC has the ability to fund. Marilyn ________________________________ From: bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org <bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Mark W. D. <markwdt@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:02 PM To: bc-outreach@icann.org Subject: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 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
Thank you fore the prompt reply, Marilyn, I would expect no less than a high competitivity environment, and I am ready to defend my case and make clear my counterpart, including providing onsite support of any kind to BC members and promoting parallel initiatives. Best, On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com> wrote:
Mark,
We have several requests from others also to attend the IGF.
Perhaps we can start with understanding who is attending the IGF, and then we can see if BC has the ability to fund.
Marilyn
------------------------------ *From:* bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org <bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Mark W. D. <markwdt@gmail.com> *Sent:* Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:02 PM *To:* bc-outreach@icann.org *Subject:* [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017
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
Marilyn and team (taking Mark off since he's the requester), I agree we should look at who else will be there, but I am leaning pretty strongly in favor of this request for a few reasons: * its a relatively small request * it will hit an audience we want to reach more, where we often don't have much contact (youth) -- an audience that is often a target for other advocates like governments, NCUC, others whose views aren't as pro-biz as ours are. no matter how compelling we are, a younger person talking to youth is effective. * Mark has done a ton for the BC -- meeting attendance, contributing to comments, translation, etc -- and especially in light of the coming LAC meetings, he can be an asset. I think we want to encourage him to keep building his participation * he can effectively support other BC members in attendance -- he's a good communicator/advocate for the BC with a distinct global south voice. My thought is go forward unless there's a compelling reason to say no. My concern is that by the time we get back info from everyone on their IGF attendance, tickets might have gone up by a few hundred $. I know December airfares can get pricey. Can we get everyone's thoughts quickly -- perhaps day or two? Jimson, I believe we have adequate budget, yes? Thanks, Andrew ________________________________ From: bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org [bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org] on behalf of Mark W. D. [markwdt@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 8:04 AM To: Marilyn Cade Cc: bc-outreach@icann.org Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 Thank you fore the prompt reply, Marilyn, I would expect no less than a high competitivity environment, and I am ready to defend my case and make clear my counterpart, including providing onsite support of any kind to BC members and promoting parallel initiatives. Best, On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com<mailto:marilynscade@hotmail.com>> wrote: Mark, We have several requests from others also to attend the IGF. Perhaps we can start with understanding who is attending the IGF, and then we can see if BC has the ability to fund. Marilyn ________________________________ From: bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org<mailto:bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org> <bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org<mailto:bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org>> on behalf of Mark W. D. <markwdt@gmail.com<mailto:markwdt@gmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:02 PM To: bc-outreach@icann.org<mailto:bc-outreach@icann.org> Subject: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 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
I am in full support of this outreach initiative for the BC by Mark, and support us moving ahead to approve his request for funding and recommending same to Excomm. in view of the fact that other requests may come before us for the same event and judging by the fact that averagely an economy ticket from Brazil to Geneva is in the region of $700usd, i recommend we approve $!,000usd (one thousand dollars) as support for Mark's airfare and outreach engagement at the IGF this year. where there is no dissenting voice, i propose we move forward with an approval for this request. lawrence. On Fri, November 10, 2017 3:34 pm, amack wrote:
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I am not able to support funding for attending the IGF on a one off base. There are many from the BC who might also qualify and who are already attending and have speaking roles, already. Attendance does not equate to recruitment. I think that we need to carefully analyze how this fits BC outreach. As someone that is very familiar with the IGF, and how it works, there is no real opportunity to recruit business, nor to engage in BC outreach during the IGF. We can consider if we want to plan toward asking for funding for something for IGF2018, depending on who the host is. So, I am a dissenting voice on this, at this point. Marilyn ________________________________ From: Lawrence OlaWale-Roberts <icann@microboss.org> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 12:41 PM To: amack Cc: Marilyn Cade; bc-outreach@icann.org Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 I am in full support of this outreach initiative for the BC by Mark, and support us moving ahead to approve his request for funding and recommending same to Excomm. in view of the fact that other requests may come before us for the same event and judging by the fact that averagely an economy ticket from Brazil to Geneva is in the region of $700usd, i recommend we approve $!,000usd (one thousand dollars) as support for Mark's airfare and outreach engagement at the IGF this year. where there is no dissenting voice, i propose we move forward with an approval for this request. lawrence. On Fri, November 10, 2017 3:34 pm, amack wrote:
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Dear all, I have no idea who else asked for support for IGF in the BC. Can someone clarify on this? Even though I am very supportive of the work Mark has been doing so far, I believe that for the future, we would want BC members to use crop funds for these type of events, as attendance does not mean recruitment (Marilyn dixit). In my experience, which honestly, is only limited to Argentina and its participation on the IGF, Argentina business does not really participate (I dare to say the same happens in most of Latin American countries). Look at IGF Argentina supporters: http://igfargentina.org/ (google, facebook, isco, icann, lacnic, and some universities and ONLY ONE company: FIBERTEL and there is no need to travel to IGF to recruit one local company) Still I have two thoughts in favor of supporting Mark´s request and maybe Marilyn can comment on these two: 1) Maybe for Brazilian companies this is different... we could ask other brazilian members of the BC if there is real business participation this year from Brazilian companies at the IGF which might offer an opportunity for outreach. 2) Also, as far as I understand, Mark intends to reach to youth audiencies which I believe is quite an interesting approach to consider. Gabi *Gabriela Szlak * *Skype:* gabrielaszlak La información contenida en este e-mail es confidencial. The information in this e-mail is confidential. 2017-11-10 15:28 GMT-03:00 Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com>:
I am not able to support funding for attending the IGF on a one off base. There are many from the BC who might also qualify and who are already attending and have speaking roles, already. Attendance does not equate to recruitment.
I think that we need to carefully analyze how this fits BC outreach. As someone that is very familiar with the IGF, and how it works, there is no real opportunity to recruit business, nor to engage in BC outreach during the IGF. We can consider if we want to plan toward asking for funding for something for IGF2018, depending on who the host is.
So, I am a dissenting voice on this, at this point.
Marilyn
------------------------------ *From:* Lawrence OlaWale-Roberts <icann@microboss.org> *Sent:* Friday, November 10, 2017 12:41 PM *To:* amack *Cc:* Marilyn Cade; bc-outreach@icann.org *Subject:* Re: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017
I am in full support of this outreach initiative for the BC by Mark, and support us moving ahead to approve his request for funding and recommending same to Excomm.
in view of the fact that other requests may come before us for the same event and judging by the fact that averagely an economy ticket from Brazil to Geneva is in the region of $700usd, i recommend we approve $!,000usd (one thousand dollars) as support for Mark's airfare and outreach engagement at the IGF this year.
where there is no dissenting voice, i propose we move forward with an approval for this request.
lawrence.
On Fri, November 10, 2017 3:34 pm, amack wrote:
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Are there other comments from the BC Outreach Committee? I know time is short. Thank you, Andrew ___________________ Andrew Mack Principal C: +1 (202) 256-1077 O: +1 (202) 642-6429 Skype: Andrew.Mack [cid:B0597F88-F66D-478B-8A7A-EECE846DC960] AMGlobal Consulting 2001 Massachusetts Avenue, NW First Floor Washington, DC 20036 USA www.amglobal.com<http://www.amglobal.com/> | amack@amglobal.com On 11/10/17, 3:21 PM, "Gabriela Szlak" <gabrielaszlak@gmail.com<mailto:gabrielaszlak@gmail.com>> wrote: Dear all, I have no idea who else asked for support for IGF in the BC. Can someone clarify on this? Even though I am very supportive of the work Mark has been doing so far, I believe that for the future, we would want BC members to use crop funds for these type of events, as attendance does not mean recruitment (Marilyn dixit). In my experience, which honestly, is only limited to Argentina and its participation on the IGF, Argentina business does not really participate (I dare to say the same happens in most of Latin American countries). Look at IGF Argentina supporters: http://igfargentina.org/ (google, facebook, isco, icann, lacnic, and some universities and ONLY ONE company: FIBERTEL and there is no need to travel to IGF to recruit one local company) Still I have two thoughts in favor of supporting Mark´s request and maybe Marilyn can comment on these two: 1) Maybe for Brazilian companies this is different... we could ask other brazilian members of the BC if there is real business participation this year from Brazilian companies at the IGF which might offer an opportunity for outreach. 2) Also, as far as I understand, Mark intends to reach to youth audiencies which I believe is quite an interesting approach to consider. Gabi Gabriela Szlak Skype: gabrielaszlak La información contenida en este e-mail es confidencial. The information in this e-mail is confidential. 2017-11-10 15:28 GMT-03:00 Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com<mailto:marilynscade@hotmail.com>>: I am not able to support funding for attending the IGF on a one off base. There are many from the BC who might also qualify and who are already attending and have speaking roles, already. Attendance does not equate to recruitment. I think that we need to carefully analyze how this fits BC outreach. As someone that is very familiar with the IGF, and how it works, there is no real opportunity to recruit business, nor to engage in BC outreach during the IGF. We can consider if we want to plan toward asking for funding for something for IGF2018, depending on who the host is. So, I am a dissenting voice on this, at this point. Marilyn ________________________________ From: Lawrence OlaWale-Roberts <icann@microboss.org<mailto:icann@microboss.org>> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 12:41 PM To: amack Cc: Marilyn Cade; bc-outreach@icann.org<mailto:bc-outreach@icann.org> Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 I am in full support of this outreach initiative for the BC by Mark, and support us moving ahead to approve his request for funding and recommending same to Excomm. in view of the fact that other requests may come before us for the same event and judging by the fact that averagely an economy ticket from Brazil to Geneva is in the region of $700usd, i recommend we approve $!,000usd (one thousand dollars) as support for Mark's airfare and outreach engagement at the IGF this year. where there is no dissenting voice, i propose we move forward with an approval for this request. lawrence. On Fri, November 10, 2017 3:34 pm, amack wrote:
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Hi all, Many thanks to Andrew, Marilyn and Lawrence for their impactful interventions at the just concluded AfICTA Summit 2017. BC had a great Session with remote participation by Pierre Dandjinou, ICANN VP Stakeholder engagement in Africa. Chris Mondini, VP ICANN Global Business Engagement and Richard Lamb of ICANN Security Team spoke as well. All messages were well received. Thanks to the Outreach team for your support. Yes, we have some funding earmarked for Europe that could cover Mark's request. However, I just received a message from Nivaldo that his company will cover that funding need. Cheers, JO --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 From: "amack" <amack@amglobal.com> Date: 11/10/17 4:34 pm To: "Marilyn Cade" <marilynscade@hotmail.com> Cc: "bc-outreach@icann.org" <bc-outreach@icann.org> Marilyn and team (taking Mark off since he's the requester), I agree we should look at who else will be there, but I am leaning pretty strongly in favor of this request for a few reasons: + its a relatively small request + it will hit an audience we want to reach more, where we often don't have much contact (youth) -- an audience that is often a target for other advocates like governments, NCUC, others whose views aren't as pro-biz as ours are. no matter how compelling we are, a younger person talking to youth is effective. + Mark has done a ton for the BC -- meeting attendance, contributing to comments, translation, etc -- and especially in light of the coming LAC meetings, he can be an asset. I think we want to encourage him to keep building his participation + he can effectively support other BC members in attendance -- he's a good communicator/advocate for the BC with a distinct global south voice. My thought is go forward unless there's a compelling reason to say no. My concern is that by the time we get back info from everyone on their IGF attendance, tickets might have gone up by a few hundred $. I know December airfares can get pricey. Can we get everyone's thoughts quickly -- perhaps day or two? Jimson, I believe we have adequate budget, yes? Thanks, Andrew From: bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org [bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org] on behalf of Mark W. D. [markwdt@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 8:04 AM To: Marilyn Cade Cc: bc-outreach@icann.org Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 Thank you fore the prompt reply, Marilyn, I would expect no less than a high competitivity environment, and I am ready to defend my case and make clear my counterpart, including providing onsite support of any kind to BC members and promoting parallel initiatives. Best, On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com> wrote: Mark, We have several requests from others also to attend the IGF. Perhaps we can start with understanding who is attending the IGF, and then we can see if BC has the ability to fund. Marilyn From: bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org <bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Mark W. D. <markwdt@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:02 PM To: bc-outreach@icann.org Subject: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 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 _______________________________________________ Bc-outreach mailing list Bc-outreach@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/bc-outreach
Hi Andrew, and all, I am sorry for my delayed response. If, based on Jimson, Mark’s funding issue was resolved then I assume we won’t need to contribute to his travel, right? Also, as a general rule, I would suggest we work on a criteria on how the future funding requests should be handled, Having a criteria will make it easy for us to evaluate requests and make decisions faster. Some proposed items for the criteria can be: 1) BC membership status— whether the applicant is a member of BC, is in good standing; 2) Clear plan and outcomes defined; 3) The recipient has the needed knowledge of and experience with the BC and its work, and whether he/she be able to influence recruitments. A regional balance on funding can also be one of the items. In the meantime, to support the younger fellows/ potential members from among the youth, I would suggest working on a BC Fellowship Program— I think previously also suggested by Marilyn—(NCUC has been running its own fellowship program) to work hand in hand with the ICANN Fellowship and ICANN Community Onboarding Program, as well as with the senior BC members/ officers. This could give them a good opportunity to learn, in depth, about how BC works, what the issues of concern for its membership are, and how they can add meaning to their ICANN/BC experience. We can also work on a BC Ambassador Program (similar to the ISOC Ambassador Program), through which we can take 2-4 young folks (I’d suggest they be business owners/ entrepreneurs with their companies not being less than 3 years old/ annual turnover no less than $200k) to learn more about the IG ecosystem, and our work. I am suggesting numbers as part of the criteria for the BC Fellowship/ Ambassadorship, because when I was doing some analysts on the past ICANN Fellows from “business” only a few have had returned, and most of the ones who returned were owners/ sr. executives of their companies. Junior staff or other employees who came through the ICANN Fellowship Program (under the “business” category) either changed jobs, were not given the permission to travel again, or changed their stakeholder group. I good example is one of my mentees at ICANN60, who received a fellowship as “business” but later changed to NCUC, because she had quit her private sector job between her fellowship application and the ICANN meeting. I do agree with most of our colleagues who expressed willingness to support younger generation from the business community, but also support others who think there should be a proper mechanism for the future. Regards, Omar
On Nov 13, 2017, at 8:01 PM, Jimson Olufuye <jolufuye@kontemporary.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Many thanks to Andrew, Marilyn and Lawrence for their impactful interventions at the just concluded AfICTA Summit 2017. BC had a great Session with remote participation by Pierre Dandjinou, ICANN VP Stakeholder engagement in Africa. Chris Mondini, VP ICANN Global Business Engagement and Richard Lamb of ICANN Security Team spoke as well. All messages were well received. Thanks to the Outreach team for your support.
Yes, we have some funding earmarked for Europe that could cover Mark's request. However, I just received a message from Nivaldo that his company will cover that funding need.
Cheers,
JO --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 From: "amack" <amack@amglobal.com> Date: 11/10/17 4:34 pm To: "Marilyn Cade" <marilynscade@hotmail.com> Cc: "bc-outreach@icann.org" <bc-outreach@icann.org>
Marilyn and team (taking Mark off since he's the requester),
I agree we should look at who else will be there, but I am leaning pretty strongly in favor of this request for a few reasons: its a relatively small request it will hit an audience we want to reach more, where we often don't have much contact (youth) -- an audience that is often a target for other advocates like governments, NCUC, others whose views aren't as pro-biz as ours are. no matter how compelling we are, a younger person talking to youth is effective. Mark has done a ton for the BC -- meeting attendance, contributing to comments, translation, etc -- and especially in light of the coming LAC meetings, he can be an asset. I think we want to encourage him to keep building his participation he can effectively support other BC members in attendance -- he's a good communicator/advocate for the BC with a distinct global south voice. My thought is go forward unless there's a compelling reason to say no. My concern is that by the time we get back info from everyone on their IGF attendance, tickets might have gone up by a few hundred $. I know December airfares can get pricey.
Can we get everyone's thoughts quickly -- perhaps day or two? Jimson, I believe we have adequate budget, yes?
Thanks, Andrew From: bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org [bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org] on behalf of Mark W. D. [markwdt@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 8:04 AM To: Marilyn Cade Cc: bc-outreach@icann.org Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017
Thank you fore the prompt reply, Marilyn, I would expect no less than a high competitivity environment, and I am ready to defend my case and make clear my counterpart, including providing onsite support of any kind to BC members and promoting parallel initiatives. Best,
On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com <mailto:marilynscade@hotmail.com>> wrote: Mark,
We have several requests from others also to attend the IGF.
Perhaps we can start with understanding who is attending the IGF, and then we can see if BC has the ability to fund.
Marilyn
From: bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org <mailto:bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org> <bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org <mailto:bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org>> on behalf of Mark W. D. <markwdt@gmail.com <mailto:markwdt@gmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:02 PM To: bc-outreach@icann.org <mailto:bc-outreach@icann.org> Subject: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017
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 _______________________________________________ Bc-outreach mailing list Bc-outreach@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/bc-outreach _______________________________________________ Bc-outreach mailing list Bc-outreach@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/bc-outreach
Hi Omar, Good intervention! But we do have an Outreach Criteria (see attached). We just need to update it. Cheers, JO --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 From: "Omar Mansoor Ansari" <oansari@technation.af> Date: 11/15/17 11:34 pm To: "Jimson Olufuye" <jolufuye@kontemporary.net> Cc: "amack" <amack@amglobal.com>, "marilynscade@hotmail.com" <marilynscade@hotmail.com>, "bc-outreach@icann.org" <bc-outreach@icann.org> Hi Andrew, and all, I am sorry for my delayed response. If, based on Jimson, Mark's funding issue was resolved then I assume we won't need to contribute to his travel, right? Also, as a general rule, I would suggest we work on a criteria on how the future funding requests should be handled, Having a criteria will make it easy for us to evaluate requests and make decisions faster. Some proposed items for the criteria can be: 1) BC membership status- whether the applicant is a member of BC, is in good standing; 2) Clear plan and outcomes defined; 3) The recipient has the needed knowledge of and experience with the BC and its work, and whether he/she be able to influence recruitments. A regional balance on funding can also be one of the items. In the meantime, to support the younger fellows/ potential members from among the youth, I would suggest working on a BC Fellowship Program- I think previously also suggested by Marilyn-(NCUC has been running its own fellowship program) to work hand in hand with the ICANN Fellowship and ICANN Community Onboarding Program, as well as with the senior BC members/ officers. This could give them a good opportunity to learn, in depth, about how BC works, what the issues of concern for its membership are, and how they can add meaning to their ICANN/BC experience. We can also work on a BC Ambassador Program (similar to the ISOC Ambassador Program), through which we can take 2-4 young folks (I'd suggest they be business owners/ entrepreneurs with their companies not being less than 3 years old/ annual turnover no less than $200k) to learn more about the IG ecosystem, and our work. I am suggesting numbers as part of the criteria for the BC Fellowship/ Ambassadorship, because when I was doing some analysts on the past ICANN Fellows from “business” only a few have had returned, and most of the ones who returned were owners/ sr. executives of their companies. Junior staff or other employees who came through the ICANN Fellowship Program (under the “business” category) either changed jobs, were not given the permission to travel again, or changed their stakeholder group. I good example is one of my mentees at ICANN60, who received a fellowship as “business” but later changed to NCUC, because she had quit her private sector job between her fellowship application and the ICANN meeting. I do agree with most of our colleagues who expressed willingness to support younger generation from the business community, but also support others who think there should be a proper mechanism for the future. Regards, Omar On Nov 13, 2017, at 8:01 PM, Jimson Olufuye <jolufuye@kontemporary.net> wrote: Hi all, Many thanks to Andrew, Marilyn and Lawrence for their impactful interventions at the just concluded AfICTA Summit 2017. BC had a great Session with remote participation by Pierre Dandjinou, ICANN VP Stakeholder engagement in Africa. Chris Mondini, VP ICANN Global Business Engagement and Richard Lamb of ICANN Security Team spoke as well. All messages were well received. Thanks to the Outreach team for your support. Yes, we have some funding earmarked for Europe that could cover Mark's request. However, I just received a message from Nivaldo that his company will cover that funding need. Cheers, JO --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 From: "amack" <amack@amglobal.com> Date: 11/10/17 4:34 pm To: "Marilyn Cade" <marilynscade@hotmail.com> Cc: "bc-outreach@icann.org" <bc-outreach@icann.org> Marilyn and team (taking Mark off since he's the requester), I agree we should look at who else will be there, but I am leaning pretty strongly in favor of this request for a few reasons: + its a relatively small request + it will hit an audience we want to reach more, where we often don't have much contact (youth) -- an audience that is often a target for other advocates like governments, NCUC, others whose views aren't as pro-biz as ours are. no matter how compelling we are, a younger person talking to youth is effective. + Mark has done a ton for the BC -- meeting attendance, contributing to comments, translation, etc -- and especially in light of the coming LAC meetings, he can be an asset. I think we want to encourage him to keep building his participation + he can effectively support other BC members in attendance -- he's a good communicator/advocate for the BC with a distinct global south voice. My thought is go forward unless there's a compelling reason to say no. My concern is that by the time we get back info from everyone on their IGF attendance, tickets might have gone up by a few hundred $. I know December airfares can get pricey. Can we get everyone's thoughts quickly -- perhaps day or two? Jimson, I believe we have adequate budget, yes? Thanks, Andrew From: bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org [bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org] on behalf of Mark W. D. [markwdt@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 8:04 AM To: Marilyn Cade Cc: bc-outreach@icann.org Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 Thank you fore the prompt reply, Marilyn, I would expect no less than a high competitivity environment, and I am ready to defend my case and make clear my counterpart, including providing onsite support of any kind to BC members and promoting parallel initiatives. Best, On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com> wrote: Mark, We have several requests from others also to attend the IGF. Perhaps we can start with understanding who is attending the IGF, and then we can see if BC has the ability to fund. Marilyn From: bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org <bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Mark W. D. <markwdt@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:02 PM To: bc-outreach@icann.org Subject: [Bc-outreach] IGF 2017 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 _______________________________________________ Bc-outreach mailing list Bc-outreach@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/bc-outreach _______________________________________________ Bc-outreach mailing list Bc-outreach@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/bc-outreach
participants (7)
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amack -
Gabriela Szlak -
Jimson Olufuye -
Lawrence OlaWale-Roberts -
Marilyn Cade -
Mark W. D. -
Omar Mansoor Ansari