Dear Council Co-Chairs and Members, Please see comment below on the ICANN Grant Program Guidebook from Vanda Scartezini. Anne Anne Aikman-Scalese GNSO Councilor NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2024 anneicanngnso@gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Vanda Scartezini <vanda@scartezini.org> Date: Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 12:28 PM Subject: [FormerMembersCCWG-AP] ICANN Grant Program Applicant Guide To: Giovanni Seppia <giovanni.seppia@icann.org> Cc: FormerMembersCCWG-AP@icann.org <FormerMembersCCWG-AP@icann.org> Dear Giovanni, Xavier, former members First of all, again Happy New year, with huge success to you all. Thank you Giovanni and Xavier for your work on delivering the Grant Program guide book! Appreciate. I would like to raise the following question: Why members of Auction Proceed, who that never been involved with the details of the application guide book are not able to participate? We have worked as volunteers and our work have finished defining the model ICANN could have to manage such Grant program. We didn’t go further in defining any other requirements for the applicants. I am sure I didn’t. The DNS Women group where I am CEO would like to participate due to the kind of activities we perform among women in several countries related to the DNS. Auction Proceed members have dedicated their time to the Auction Proceed Working Group for years and we never have in mind this would be a reason for being excluded from this Program. Will it be the same restriction, for instance for everyone that has been participating in the new gTLD round ?? it was not the case in 2012! I really cannot see any conflict of interest based on the ICANN bylaws that prevent the volunteer members to participate in this new Grant pilot. Of course, if any former member had participated on the definition of this guidebook, then there would be conflict, otherwise, I certainly do not see any conflict and would like to know the reasons this impediment was stated. I appreciate your feedback! Thanks again for this new program !! *Vanda Scartezini * *Polo Consultores Associados * *São Paulo, Brazil* *vanda@scartezini.org <vanda@scartezini.org>* *Mobile: + 55 11 98181-1464* *From: *FormerMembersCCWG-AP <formermembersccwg-ap-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Giovanni Seppia <giovanni.seppia@icann.org> *Date: *Monday, 8 January 2024 at 17:41 *To: *FormerMembersCCWG-AP@icann.org <FormerMembersCCWG-AP@icann.org> *Subject: *[FormerMembersCCWG-AP] ICANN Grant Program Applicant Guide Dear former members of the CCWG-AP, I would like to inform you that the ICANN Grant Program Applicant Guide has been published at: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/icann-grant-program-applicant-gu... The Grant Program webpage has been updated with the Applicant Guide as well as the FAQs and timeline: https://www.icann.org/grant-program-en Kind regards, Giovanni _______________________________________________ FormerMembersCCWG-AP mailing list FormerMembersCCWG-AP@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/formermembersccwg-ap _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.