Dear All,

Please find below a message in relation to the ICANN Leadership Training Programme. In addition to the candidates that are selected by the GNSO Stakeholder Groups, the Council is also able to select one representative. Note that 'the programme is designed for current and incoming leaders, helping them to better understand the complexity of ICANN and elaborate their facilitation skills’. If you or a member of your SG/C is interested in being considered for this slot, please submit your/their expression of interest to the Council mailing list as soon as possible. The official deadline for nominations has already passed, but the organisers of the Leadership Training Programme are aware that many of the leadership positions in the GNSO are still in the process of being filled. If more than one expression of interest is received, the Council may need to consider the process for selecting its representative for this training programme. For further information, please see below and attached.

Best regards,

Marika

From: At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org>
Date: Thursday, 23 July 2015 23:48
To: Jonathan Robinson <jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com>
Cc: Glen De Saint Gery <glen@icann.org>, sandra hoferichter <info@hoferichter.eu>, At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org>
Subject: Invitation - RSVP - ICANN Leadership Training Programme (LTP) 2015

Dear Jonathan,

With this email, we follow up on the presentation in Buenos Aires about the 2015 Leadership Training Programme scheduled to take place in Dublin, 14 through 16 October, one week prior to the ICANN 54 Meeting.

For this programme, ONE seat is reserved for a representative from your stakeholder group. The programme is designed for current and incoming leaders, helping them to better understand the complexity of ICANN and elaborate their facilitation skills. We are aware that understanding ICANN as an organisation, the topics discussed within ICANN and interaction within the other stakeholder groups is challenging for incoming leaders, but sometimes also for experienced leaders. ICANN and the community are undertaking considerable effort in order to help incoming leaders have a good start in their term and provide current leaders the opportunity to strengthen their leadership and facilitation skills.

Participants will have the chance to:

· meet leaders from the other AC/SOs,

· discuss ICANN hot policy 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

· facilitate a session on a topic of their expertise and in accordance to the curriculum (experienced leaders only)

The preliminary programme is attached .

Accommodation for participants will be covered and participants will receive a stipend. Please note that flights will NOT be covered under this programme as incoming 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 Dublin for the ICANN 54 Meeting.

We would like to ask you to identify an incoming or current leader from your stakeholder group, which are interested and available to participate in this programme and ask them to register at: https://community.icann.org/display/LTP/Leadership+Training+Program+Home by Monday, 31 August.

We hope this pilot programme will meet the needs of your community. It is an offer for incoming leaders to get on board easier and should provide current leaders the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of ICANN policies and hone their facilitation and leadership skills. All participants will be encouraged to partake in an open exchange of their views as this will facilitate cross-constituency collaboration later during their terms.

We are very happy to answer any questions you may have on this exciting Leadership Training Programme and look forward to having your group’s participants confirmed.

Kind regards,

Sandra Hoferichter, Chair of the ICANN Academy WG
Heidi Ullrich, Director for At-Large, Staff support for the LTP