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Subject: [council] Re: Invitation to ICANN Academy
WG
From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <
stephane.vangelder@indom.com>
Date: Mon, April 23, 2012 2:15 am
To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <
ocl@gih.com>,
"
council@gnso.icann.org
GNSO" <
council@gnso.icann.org>,
soac-chairs@icann.org
Cc: sandra hoferichter <
info@hoferichter.eu>,
Heidi Ullrich
<
Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org>
Thanks Olivier,
I am copying the GNSO Council on my response to you,
so that they are informed and can in turn inform
their respective groups and communities. I am also
copying the other SO and AC Chairs as I believe the
concept of an ICANN academy is relevant to all of
them.
As an initial comment, I want to thank ALAC for
reaching out and for laying down the groundwork on
this concept.
Although I think the idea of a WG on the academy is
great, I am surprised however that the mandate for
this WG should be "to finalize a proposed
curriculum" for the academy. It feels like we are
getting slightly ahead of ourselves if that's the
case and that the WG should start by looking to see
if the academy should happen at all. I understand
that ALAC thinks it should and has already worked
hard on it, but surely the other communities should
also be given a chance to either sign on or sign off
before ICANN as a whole moves ahead on this.
Thanks,
Stéphane
Le 21 avr. 2012 à 16:49, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond a
écrit :
> Dear Stéphane,
>
> During the ICANN meeting in San Jose, the ALAC
presented the proposal
> for an ICANN Academy, a program for people
selected by the various ICANN
> communities and the NomCom to be more effective
when they take their
> position and that would complement other ICANN
capacity building
> activities. As part of that presentation, I
announced that we would be
> inviting all ICANN communities to participate
in the further development
> of this proposal.
>
> The initiative for the ICANN Academy was
initially conceived by At-Large
> members as a comprehensive stand-alone project,
which would include a
> variety of educational offerings for all ICANN
participants. On review
> of various options and based on the existence
of the current ongoing
> other efforts such as Fellowship Program,
Newcomers’ Tracks and Lounge,
> ICANN staff expressed an immediate need to
provide a capacity building
> program for the future leaders of ICANN, those
whose term starts at the
> end of 2012 AGM in Toronto. The ALAC formed a
Working Group to develop a
> program to respond to this specific need and
organized it as a pilot
> operation.
>
> The first draft of this pilot program for new
ICANN leaders was
> presented recently at the ICANN meeting in San
Jose. While the feedback
> was favorable, it also supported that there was
a growing need for
> learning opportunities also among other
constituencies
>
> The At-Large community views the ICANN Academy
as an ICANN project
> initiated by At-Large that needs further
community support in order to
> realize its full potential. As a result, we
wish to invite members of
> other advisory committees, the supporting
organizations and the various
> constituencies in the GNSO to join us in the
Academy Working Group, to
> contribute actively in furthering the concept
and curriculum.
>
> Therefore, I kindly invite you to consider the
inclusion of some
> interested members of your community in the
Academy Working Group to
> finalize a proposed curriculum and the faculty
for this pilot operation,
> and to continue later on developing the aspects
of the comprehensive
> project together with ICANN Staff.
> It is absolutely vital that at least one person
from your constituency
> takes part in the designing of the academic
program. Just as the best
> source of information about ALAC matters is an
At-Large community
> member, we believe that the best source of
information for your
> constituency's work is someone from your
constituency. This will ensure
> a *fair and balanced point of view* expressed
to Academy participants -
> a foundation feature of the ICANN Academy.
> I look forward to hearing from you about a
volunteer from your community
> to take part in the working group as soon as
possible, but certainly
> before 30 April 2012.
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> Olivier Crépin-Leblond,
> ALAC Chair
>