<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Hi Zakir,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">CROP proposals are selected by the<span> </span></span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">EC</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>to conduct outreach inside a region. </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">There were 5 CROP slots for FY18, one had the possibility to be out of region.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">We have 5 regions: LAC, AP, AF, EU, NA.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">CROPS inregion were received for LAC, AF, EU, NA (</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">1 CROP Out of region was received)</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">So we have had no candidates for CROP AP this year.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">CROP proposal is granted only when approved by<span> </span></span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">EC</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">. That can happen </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">soon to the before mentioned candidates.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">As you know there is a budget comment going on and CROP is at risk. </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">However, there will be other opportunities for events in AP and<span> </span></span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">NCUC </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">will share them with members.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Fundraised and sponsored opportunities are always a challenge to civil </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">society but we work hard to always find ways to help our members </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">participate more.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Thanks,</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Elsa</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">--</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Zakir Syed <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zakirbinrehman@yahoo.com" target="_blank">zakirbinrehman@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48677">Hi Elsa, Thank you. Yes this definitely is a great opportunity for our our colleagues from the APAC region. <br></div><div id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48754"><br></div><div id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48712">We also have the CROP funding at ICANN which too provides an opportunity for folk. This just came to my mind after look into the CROP update on the NCUC-discuss list. <br></div><div id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48757"><br></div><div id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48759">thanks again.<br></div><div id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48749"><br></div><div id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48750">Best, <br></div><div id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48760">Zakir<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48681"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48683"><br></div><div id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48685"><span></span></div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731qtdSeparateBR" id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48686"><br><br></div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yahoo_quoted" id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48767" style="display:block">  <div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px" id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48766"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48765"> <div dir="ltr" id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48764"> <font id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48763" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48762" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Elsa S <<a href="mailto:elsa.saade@gmail.com" target="_blank">elsa.saade@gmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:ncuc-ap@lists.ncuc.org" target="_blank">ncuc-ap@lists.ncuc.org</a> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 14, 2018 3:21 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Ncuc-ap] Opportunity: Google for Education<br> </font> </div> <div class="m_-1569979379547874731y_msg_container" id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48772"><div><div class="h5"><br><div id="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130"><div dir="ltr" id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48771"><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small" id="m_-1569979379547874731yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518524535612_48770">Hey all,</div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Sharing this opportunity that could be of interest to those of us who are in India, Japan, or South Korea: </div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Google is offering travel and conference grants for selected conferences in Computer Science related fields.</div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">They have specific asks of each country applicant and a specific amount to be offered as well based on the country. For more details on the project, follow this link: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://edu.google.com/scholarships/google-travel-and-conference-grants/#!overview" target="_blank">https://edu.google.com/<wbr>scholarships/google-travel-<wbr>and-conference-grants/#!<wbr>overview</a></div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Our presence in conferences would be extremely encouraged so let me know if I can be of any help to those of you who are interested in this opportunity.</div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Best,</div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="m_-1569979379547874731yiv3031594130gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Elsa Saade</div>
</div></div></div></div>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>Ncuc-ap mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ncuc-ap@lists.ncuc.org" target="_blank">Ncuc-ap@lists.ncuc.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-ap" target="_blank">https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-<wbr>bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-ap</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div>  </div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">--<br><br>Elsa Saade<br>Human Rights Officer<br>Gulf Center for Human Rights<br>Beirut, Lebanon<br></div></div></div></div>
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