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: 

• Isabel Cristina De Avila Benitez (.co)
• Jenifer Lopez (.pa)

4 candidates, for the role of Fellowship Selection Committee member:

• Max Larson Henry (.ht)
• Boyoung Kim (.kr)
• Eberhard Lisse (.na)
• Margarita Valdes (.cl)

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Your action is required by Friday, 15 January 2021 (23:59 UTC) 

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INSTRUCTIONS:

• Please review the application material and select your preferred candidate – taking into account the candidate qualification requirements – by sending an email to joke.braeken@icann.org , no later than Friday, 15 January 2021 (23:59 UTC) 
• For the role of Fellowship Mentor: Your most preferred candidate should receive two (2) points, the second and least preferred candidate one (1) point. If you believe a candidate does not meet the criteria: please assign zero (0) points.
• For the role of Fellowship Selection Committee member: Your most preferred candidate should receive four (4) points, the third candidate three (3) points, the second candidate two (2) points, and the third and least preferred candidate one (1) point. If you believe a candidate does not meet the criteria: please assign zero (0) points.

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:

· 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.

· Each mentor will serve a term that includes three consecutive ICANN Public Meetings, beginning with ICANN72.

· Mentors are expected to follow Fellowship Program guidelines to help ensure consistency in capacity development opportunities for fellows and to help fellows actively participate in ICANN's work.

· Mentors will receive travel funding support (if applicable).

· For more information on the guidelines and expectations, lease go here 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.

· Work for this role will begin in April 2021 to select fellows for ICANN72.

· For more information on the guidelines and expectations, please go  here for additional details on the Selection Committee.

· 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