Hi all. <div><br></div><div>I was very excited about these fellowships and spoke to several of you about applying "offline". I went to start the application process and came across this line:</div><div><br></div>
<div> "<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">outreach program seeks participants from developing regions and countries of the world, in order to help create a broader base of knowledgeable constituents who will become the new voice of experience in their regions and beyond."</span></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Regardless, I thought I would plough ahead and started the application process only to find that the address section of the application actually limits the countries that people can apply from to "second and third tier" economic countries. As I live in the UK, we don't qualify. Although I have been involved in the NCSG for a while now and have been Dr Konstantinos Komaitis research assistant, and this could be a valuable part of my research, I can't apply for these.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Gripe over, but is there any other fellowships that someone like me that has a keen interest in this work and of the NCSG can get involved in ICANN? The mailing lists, which I rarely contribute to have proven to be a valuable tool for bringing up to speed with all the different issues at ICANN, but if I wanted to move it to the next level...? Anyone have any suggestions? </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Thanks in advance. </font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font><div>Sincerely, </div>
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<div>Mark Leiser</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Robin Gross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org" target="_blank">robin@ipjustice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org" target="_blank">Glen@icann.org</a>></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica">September 24, 2012 7:05:56 AM PDT</font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica">liaison6c <<a href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a>></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>[liaison6c] Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN 46 in Beijing, People's Republic of China</b></font></div>
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<div style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-19sep12-en.htm" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-19sep12-en.htm</a><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<h1 style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:24pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN 46 in Beijing, People's Republic of China<u></u><u></u></span></h1>
<div style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">19 September 2012</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">How Do I Apply for the Fellowship Program<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Fellowship Program has demonstrated success in its mission to build capacity in the ICANN multi-stakeholder environment through focused interactive engagement between newcomers to ICANN and community members at each of the ICANN meetings. The program seeks to identify members of the Internet community who either have not previously been able to participate in ICANN processes and constituent organizations, or those who require further exposure to the Internet community and its work but cannot travel and attend a meeting without financial support. This outreach program seeks participants from developing regions and countries of the world, in order to help create a broader base of knowledgeable constituents who will become the new voice of experience in their regions and beyond.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Applications to become an ICANN Fellow are assessed for each meeting by an independent selection committee. Priority is given to applicants who: meet minimum program requirements; are current residents of developing and least developed nations in the five ICANN regions; and are interested in participating in the ICANN multi-stakeholder process and its supporting organizations, advisory committees or stakeholder groups. An effort will be made to include participants from the Asia-Pacific region as the site of the ICANN meeting.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">All confirmed fellowship participants must comply with the terms and conditions of the Fellowship program, as outlined at<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships/terms-conditions" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships/terms-conditions</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. As stated within these terms and conditions, ICANN is a California non-profit public benefit corporation and must therefore comply with all the laws and regulations of California and the United States. Fellows are responsible for obtaining all travel visas once accepted into the program. ICANN will purchase tickets for Fellows after all necessary documentation has been obtained and Fellows demonstrate that they have obtained all necessary travel visas.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Once all of the requirements for travel are met, the Fellowship program arranges for and covers the costs for airfare and hotel, as well as providing a stipend to assist with some meeting and subsistence costs. The stipend is provided after each selected candidate successfully completes the requirements of the Fellowship program, Recipients will be expected to actively participate in and contribute to ICANN processes during and after the meeting. As always, registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Find out more »</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<br><br></div><div><br></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: <a href="tel:%2B1-415-553-6261" value="+14155536261" target="_blank">+1-415-553-6261</a> f: <a href="tel:%2B1-415-462-6451" value="+14154626451" target="_blank">+1-415-462-6451</a></div>
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