<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi</div><div><br></div><div>Members interested in participating are strongly encouraged to apply…</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br>ICANN News Alert <br><<a href="http://www.icann.org/">http://www.icann.org/</a>><br>News Alert<br>http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-19sep12-en.htm<br><br>Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN 46 in Beijing, People's Republic<br>of China<br>19 September 2012<br><br>How Do I Apply for the Fellowship Program<br><br>The Fellowship Program has demonstrated success in its mission to build<br>capacity in the ICANN multi-stakeholder environment through focused<br>interactive engagement between newcomers to ICANN and community members at<br>each of the ICANN meetings. The program seeks to identify members of the<br>Internet community who either have not previously been able to participate in<br>ICANN processes and constituent organizations, or those who require further<br>exposure to the Internet community and its work but cannot travel and attend a<br>meeting without financial support. This outreach program seeks participants<br>from developing regions and countries of the world, in order to help create a<br>broader base of knowledgeable constituents who will become the new voice of<br>experience in their regions and beyond.<br><br>Applications to become an ICANN Fellow are assessed for each meeting by an<br>independent selection committee. Priority is given to applicants who: meet<br>minimum program requirements; are current residents of developing and least<br>developed nations in the five ICANN regions; and are interested in<br>participating in the ICANN multi-stakeholder process and its supporting<br>organizations, advisory committees or stakeholder groups. An effort will be<br>made to include participants from the Asia-Pacific region as the site of the<br>ICANN meeting.<br><br>All confirmed fellowship participants must comply with the terms and<br>conditions of the Fellowship program, as outlined at<br>http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships/terms-conditions. As<br>stated within these terms and conditions, ICANN is a California non-profit<br>public benefit corporation and must therefore comply with all the laws and<br>regulations of California and the United States. Fellows are responsible for<br>obtaining all travel visas once accepted into the program. ICANN will purchase<br>tickets for Fellows after all necessary documentation has been obtained and<br>Fellows demonstrate that they have obtained all necessary travel visas.<br><br>Once all of the requirements for travel are met, the Fellowship program<br>arranges for and covers the costs for airfare and hotel, as well as providing<br>a stipend to assist with some meeting and subsistence costs. The stipend is<br>provided after each selected candidate successfully completes the requirements<br>of the Fellowship program, Recipients will be expected to actively participate<br>in and contribute to ICANN processes during and after the meeting. As always,<br>registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend.<br><br>Find out more » <http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships><br><br><br><div>
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><br>***************************************************<br>William J. Drake<br>International Fellow & Lecturer<br>Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br>University of Zurich, Switzerland<br>william.drake@uzh.ch</div><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">www.williamdrake.org<br>****************************************************</div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>
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