Dear Council Colleagues, I received the below invitation to the Leadership Program 2024 earlier this week and missed forwarding it – thank you Terri for reminding me –. This is the program we sent Manju and Mark to last year, if you are interested please reach out to them for all the insider details. Last year we were exceptionally allowed to send 2 candidates following the pandemic hiatus, this year we are back to one. Given that this single seat open for Council is for a 2-day event in 4 months, the organisers are also asking us to nominate an alternate, all by 15 November. Please review and raise your hand if you are interested. PS. Can I kindly ask our Staff colleagues to make sure this gets to our incoming Councillors too? Kindly, Sebastien Ducos GoDaddy Registry | Senior Client Services Manager [signature_1701927588] +33612284445 France & Australia sebastien@registry.godaddy<mailto:sebastien@registry.godaddy> From: Public Responsibility Support <prs@icann.org> Date: Monday, 9 October 2023 at 3:04 pm To: gnso-chairs@icann.org <gnso-chairs@icann.org>, Sebastien Ducos <sebastien@registry.godaddy> Cc: Sandra Hoferichter <info@hoferichter.eu>, Ergys Ramaj <ergys.ramaj@icann.org>, Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org>, Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org> Subject: Invitation - RSVP - ICANN Leadership Program (LP) 2024 You don't often get email from prs@icann.org. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Caution: This email is from an external sender. Please do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Forward suspicious emails to isitbad@. Dear Sebastien, We are now preparing for the 8th edition of the ICANN Academy Leadership Program (LP), which is scheduled to take place 29 February - 1 March 2024, two days prior to the official start of ICANN79 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For this program, one seat is reserved for a representative from the GNSO Council. The program is designed for current and incoming leaders, helping to increase understanding of the complexity of ICANN and to develop facilitation skills, as well as building a network with other leaders. We are aware that understanding ICANN as an organization, the topics discussed within ICANN, and interaction within other stakeholder groups can be challenging for incoming leaders, but sometimes also for experienced leaders. ICANN and the community are making considerable efforts in order to help incoming leaders have a good start to their terms and to provide current leaders the opportunity to strengthen their leadership and facilitation skills. Opportunities for Leadership Program participants include the following: * Meet leaders from the other SOs/ACs and get an insight of the functionality and issues in other groups * Discuss current ICANN topics in an in-depth manner * Deepen the understanding of key ICANN processes * Develop facilitation and leadership skills, focused personal effectiveness to run meetings and foster processes A preliminary agenda is attached to this email. Kindly note that this is subject to change. Accommodation for participants will be covered between Wednesday and Thursday, 28-29 February 2024, and participants will receive a stipend. Please note that flights will NOT be covered under this program, as incoming and current leaders are normally covered by the regular ICANN travel support. Please ensure that the leaders you select are being covered by ICANN Travel Support for their flights to San Juan for ICANN79. We would like to ask you to identify one incoming or current leader from your stakeholder group who is interested and available to participate in this program. We recommend that you also identify an alternate candidate. Kindly forward us the names and email addresses of the endorsed individuals no later than Wednesday, 15 November 2023, and ask them to register here<https://forms.gle/cvr6qt5jRXGQKQNo6> by Friday, 17 November 2023. We hope this program will meet the needs of your community. All participants will be encouraged to partake in an open exchange of their views, as this will help facilitate cross-constituency collaboration during their terms. We are happy to answer any questions you may have and look forward to having your group’s participants confirmed. If you would like to learn more about the program, Sandra can give a short presentation at the upcoming ICANN78 meeting at a time that is convenient for your group. Kind regards, Sandra Hoferichter, Chair of the ICANN Academy Working Group Fernanda Iunes, ICANN Capacity Development Program Manager
