Hi Glenn,
Glad to see this discussion thread come up.    The Indigenous Fellowship is certainly a step in the right direction.  The male to female ratio certainly is not surprising but can see that trend evening out as time passes with more programs coming forth to encourage female youth to engage in technology.  As for engaging with persons with disabilities it would seem reasonable to connect with organizations that work with persons with disabilities.  Where I live in Nova Scotia there are a number of organizations that come to mind that are proactive looking for alternative options to engage with persons with disabilities.   Presumably there are broader reaching national/international bodies that could be engaged with be it CNIB or a host of others.  Did a quick look online and there are at first glance many organizations playing a supportive role to persons with disabilities(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disability_organizations). As to how to market to individuals and organizations is a challenge.  First thought there is to identify and amplify how becoming involved with NARALO or the ICAAN Fellowship programme can be beneficial to persons with disabilities and how it could potentially enrich their lives, work etc.

Will give this some more thought.

Dana

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 4:10 PM Glenn McKnight via NA-Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
Hi All 
We are working on submitting to ICANN staff our views on the current ICANN Fellowship programme.   Many of us have fought hard to include North Americans candidates for consideration ( innovation that only occurred a few years ago) and our special consideration via NARALO for an Indigenous Fellowship initiative.  We  are appealing to our membership to provide their thoughts. As a volunteer with DNS and Women I have made my views known that the gender imbalance exists for the Fellowship ( myself and Dev created the full database of the fellowship) and that men outnumber females by more than 2 to 1.   Judith has also expressed concerns about persons with disabilities.  In agreement with Judith it's a challenge to name a handful of persons with disabilities since its inception( none from North America)  
Please provide your thoughts and recommendations for more diversity and inclusion and any ideas on how to market to these communities
Thanks
Glenn
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