Dear All, During the Kick-off meeting, the first step in the process to select the GNSO-nominated Mentor and the Selection Committee Member to the ICANN Fellowship Program was identified as for all SSC members to complete a brief poll to help the Team organize their thoughts about the candidates. This will help support the discussion when the SSC meets to discuss the candidates on Wednesday, 22 January. Following yesterday’s EOI deadline (9 January), the poll is open today, 10 January, and will close a week later, on Friday, 17 January. Eleven (11) applications were received for the GNSO-nominated Mentor role to the ICANN Fellowship Program. You can find the list of candidates and materials on wiki here: https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/GNSO+Appointed+Mentor+-+ICANN+Fello... Only one (1) application was received for the GNSO-nominated Selection Committee Member role to the ICANN Fellowship Program. You can find the candidate material on wiki here: https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/GNSO+Appointed+Selection+Committee+... For both selection processes, Staff has opened the poll in the following links respectively: 1. Mentor - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CZ5MHLL 2. Selection Committee Member - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CZYZF5G Once you have reviewed the candidate materials, please complete the poll. As mentioned above, the poll will close on Friday, 17 January 23:59 UTC, in preparation for our Team meeting on Wednesday, 22 January. Please let us know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Julie and Saewon