Dear Councillors,
This is a final reminder to those that have not yet selected their preferred candidates: aim is
to nominate one volunteer (1)
to serve as mentor in its Fellowship Program and one volunteer (1) to serve on the Fellowship Program Selection Committee. To date, less than 50% of the Councillors expressed
their preference.
The deadline to select your preferred candidates is tomorrow.
Friday, 15 January 2021 (23:59 UTC).
Councillors are expected to review the applications and select members based on how well the candidates meet the set of requirements. Further
instructions on how to express your preferences:
Thank you.
Best regards.
Joke Braeken
ccNSO Policy Advisor
joke.braeken@icann.org
From: Joke Braeken <joke.braeken@icann.org>
Date: Monday, 21 December 2020 at 10:19
To: ccnso-council <ccnso-council@icann.org>
Subject: Your action is required: Selection one volunteer (1) to serve as mentor in its Fellowship Program and one volunteer (1) to serve on the Fellowship Program Selection Committee
Dear Councillors,
ICANN invited its Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) to nominate
one volunteer (1) to serve as mentor in its Fellowship Program and one volunteer (1) to serve on the Fellowship Program Selection Committee.
The call for volunteers closed Friday, 18 December 2020 (23:59 UTC)
The ccNSO secretariat is now initiating the selection process. Councillors are expected to review the applications and select members
based on how well the candidates meet the set of requirements. Further instructions are included below. Please find the statements of interest by the candidates attached. Max Larson mentioned he would submit his
materials later.
2 candidates, for the role of
Fellowship Mentor:
4 candidates, for the role of
Fellowship Selection Committee member:
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Your action is required by Friday, 15 January 2021 (23:59 UTC)
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INSTRUCTIONS:
A kind reminder that the ccNSO Secretariat will track and publish for each council member its participation in an election process.
Based on each of the individual Councillor’s rankings, the Secretariat will prepare the overall ranking of all candidates and report the ranking to the ccNSO Council on Monday, 18 January 2021. The ccNSO Secretariat will
inform relevant ICANN staff latest on Friday, 22 January 2021 of the ccNSO appointed members.
Thank you and kind regards,
Joke Braeken
Selection Process
After closure of the call for volunteers, the materials submitted will be sent to the ccNSO Councillors eligible to select the
members for the roles of Fellowship Selection Committee member, and for the role of Fellowship Mentor. Based on each of the individual Councillor’s rankings, the Secretariat
will prepare the overall ranking of all candidates and report the ranking to the ccNSO Council on Monday, 18 January 2021. The ccNSO Secretariat will inform relevant ICANN staff latest on Friday, 22 January 2021 of the ccNSO appointed members.
Candidate qualification requirements
Further to the skillset included below, ccNSO candidates are expected to have the support of a ccTLD manager (whether members or non-member of the ccNSO).
Fellowship Program Mentors:
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Mentors generally must plan on a time commitment of approximately 30-40 hours before, during, and immediately after each ICANN Public Meeting. This includes extensive pre-meeting preparation, on-site support
for their assigned fellows, and post-meeting reporting.
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Each mentor will serve a term that includes three consecutive ICANN Public Meetings, beginning with ICANN72.
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Mentors are expected to follow Fellowship Program guidelines
[icann.org] to help ensure consistency in capacity development opportunities for fellows and to help fellows actively participate in ICANN's work.
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Mentors will receive travel funding support (if applicable).
·
For more information on the guidelines and expectations,
lease go here
[icann.org] for additional details on the Mentorship program
Fellowship Program Selection Committee:
·
Members should plan on a time commitment of approximately 30-40 hours over four to five weeks for each Public Meeting.
·
Selection Committee members will typically serve for two years, which encompasses six Public Meetings.
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Work for this role will begin in April 2021 to select fellows for ICANN72.
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For more information on the guidelines and expectations, please go here
[icann.org] for additional details on the Selection Committee.
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Mentors cannot serve on the Selection Committee while serving their terms as mentors.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Joke Braeken
ccNSO Policy Advisor
joke.braeken@icann.org