Dear all, The EOI for the GNSO nominated Mentor to the ICANN Fellowship Program is now closed. Seven applications were received. You can find the materials here: https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/GNSO+Appointed+Mentor+-+ICANN+Fello... Seeing no concerns raised about the draft poll format, staff has gone ahead and opened the poll: https://icann.getfeedback.com/r/CXtWgFT2 Once you have reviewed the candidate materials, please complete the poll. The poll will close 24 hours before our next call, which is still in the process of being scheduled, but will be in the second week of January. Once the call date and time is set, we’ll send out a precise deadline for the poll. Please let us know if you have any questions. Happy holidays and best wishes for 2023! Kind regards, Julie and Emily From: Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org> Date: Tuesday, 20 December 2022 at 15:39 To: "gnso-ssc@icann.org" <gnso-ssc@icann.org> Subject: Please review format by 21 Dec - draft poll - GNSO nominated Mentor to the ICANN Fellowship Program Dear all, Thanks for your participation on today’s SSC call. As noted on the call, we will soon kick-off the selection process for the GNSO nominated Mentor to the ICANN Fellowship Program. Details of the assignment are available here<https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/GNSO+Appointed+Mentor+-+ICANN+Fello...>. As noted on the call, the first step in the selection process will be for all SSC members to complete a brief poll to help them organize their thoughts about the candidates. This will help support the discussion when the SSC meets to discuss the candidates early next year. Here is a link to the draft poll (in “preview mode”) for use in supporting the upcoming selection process https://icann.getfeedback.com/preview/YwTN8tl0. The poll is based on the design of the poll used for previous Mentor selection processes, so it is hopefully still fit for purpose. For clarity, you are not being asked to complete the poll at this time. This is just a preview of the format and contents. If you enter responses in preview mode, they will not be recorded. If you have any concerns or feedback about the design of the draft poll, please share your comments no later than tomorrow, 21 December. The poll itself will open on 22 December, once the EOI deadline has passed. Kind regards, Julie and Emily Emily Barabas Policy Development Support Senior Manager Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976 www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>