<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>I fully support Edward's point about producing someone who is actively engaged in NCUC processes and ready to jump head-first into the work needed to be done.<br><br></div><div>On a different note, I couldn't agree more with Ayden's points. As a new NCUC member myself (as well as a relatively newcomer to the IG community as a whole), I'm trying to get my head around everything. I've not been a fellow yet and, truthfully, the DNS and other ICANN-specific aspects of the Internet are not something I am very familiar with. Having a more detailed resources explaining how to get involved or learn more can definitely be advantageous to spurring involvement of new members.</div><div><br></div><div>With that said, I can absolutely affirm that having am ISOC-appointed mentor at the IGF last year (my first IGF as well) was invaluable to my experience, and helped me understand both the micro and macro processes that were happening. While this may seem self-evident to anyone who has been involved in this work for some time, it's not only intimidating for newcomers but utterly overwhelming.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I look forward to seeing how this idea progresses!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">-Michael</font><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">__________________</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Michael J. Oghia<br>Istanbul, Turkey</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">2015 ISOC IGF Ambassador</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.bateconsult.com/category/tck-chat/" target="_blank">#TCKchat</a></font> co-host, 1st session</font></div></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Skype: mikeoghia</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank">Twitter</a></font> <b>|</b> <font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></font></font></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Ayden Fabien Férdeline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ayden@ferdeline.com" target="_blank">ayden@ferdeline.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Hello everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm really excited to see that this programme is being piloted, and am very grateful to ICANN’s Development and Public Responsibility Department for making this opportunity available to our constituency. I agree with Edward in that this programme needs to be a mutually beneficial arrangement for the mentor, mentee, and the NCUC. How we go about achieving that balance — and measuring how successful the programme is so we can justify either an expansion, continuation, or, if so necessary, a <span style="line-height:1.31">cessation</span><span style="line-height:1.31"> — is worth thinking about.</span></div><div><br></div><div>In reading through the applications sent to this public inbox from other members of our constituency, I saw that many of us - and disclosure: myself included here - applied to be paired with a mentor primarily because we want to be helpful but don't yet know how we can best contribute to the great work that the NCUC is doing. </div><div><br></div><div>To that effect, I know that I would have found it useful when I joined the NCUC to have received a paragraph of information on what our current priorities or projects were, and where there might have been an opportunity for me or someone I know to join in. Or maybe we just need something as simple as a page on the <a href="https://links.mixmax.com/b/Y7fjWW3wCc0aZSUTh?rn=&re=IyZy9mLjV3Yu5yc0NXasB0czV3YzlGZtMWdj5mI" target="_blank">NCUC Wiki</a> with some suggestions on how new members could be useful? </div><div><br></div><div>I don't yet have the institutional knowledge to draft something like this myself, but in all organisations, information can sometimes be a little fragmented, so I'm sure many members of the NCUC community who are new or less active would find it very useful to know how we could be of service. (I appreciate that the NCSG <i>does</i> have such a <a href="https://links.mixmax.com/b/BOOJTNsRwguFW8xMT?rn=&re=IyZy9mLjV3Yu5yc0NXasB0czV3YzlGZtMWdj5mI" target="_blank">page</a>, so maybe we could consider including a link to this helpful resource in future Welcome emails to new NCUC members?)</div><div><br></div><div>To extend upon what Farzaneh said, “there is a potential to have a group even without funding [to] exchange knowledge with those who want to get more involved”, I would like to add my strong support to this suggestion. If there might be a way to informally pair mentors and mentees with one another (some people may even decide to do this informally off-list), it may widen the reach of this programme and allow more people to participate remotely. I would not like to see this as a replacement for the great programme that the DPRD is piloting, but as a little something on the side — minus, I would suggest, the more stringent record keeping requirements imposed as part of the pilot programme but maintaining the same level of respect for the mentor's time...</div><div><br></div><div>(I know that Stephanie mentioned the existence of a group Skype channel; while this sounds like a wonderful resource, in my experience I have found one-on-one mentoring to be more useful than one-to-many mentoring. But undoubtedly others learn differently to me and may find the revitalisation of this resource to be useful.)</div><div><br></div><div>I'm thinking, if we move forward with the funded mentor/mentee programme after ICANN 55, might we be able to think strategically about what projects the NCUC will be discussing at the coming meeting and try to pair mentors with mentees with a stronger skillset in those areas where we need talent but perhaps where the talent lacks knowledge of how the agenda is set and decisions are made within the context of the NCSG/GSNO/NCUC? I see little point in us replicating the Fellowship or NextGen programme — we need to take people who already have enough theoretical knowledge of what ICANN is doing and bring them up to speed quickly on what <i>we</i> are doing for <i>our</i> benefit.</div><div><br></div><div>I look forward to hearing your thoughts.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Ayden Férdeline</div><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 2:40 AM, Stephanie Perrin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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We did set up a skype channel a while ago, and several of us
volunteered to answer questions. It has fallen dead....still
exists. Perhaps we should try again to revitalize that?<br>
cheers steph<br>
PS I am always happy to mentor, although I am a newbie as well, only
here 3 years. I have funding for the next 9 months so did not
volunteer for this as it is a pilot with Mentor funding as well.<div><div><br>
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<div>Thank you. that's a good recommendation and I will put that
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<div>I also think that as we have received interests mostly from
mentees, there is a potential to have a group even without
funding and exchange knowledge with those who want to get more
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 25 January 2016 at 16:16, Avri Doria
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I thought this was a pilot?<br>
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Though if the pilot goes well, then trying to get something
into the<br>
budget for the future might be interesting. But would also
be a<br>
challenge given the huge fellowship program that already
exist. Perhaps<br>
something NCUC can raise funds for among registries,
registrars and<br>
resellers.<br>
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By the way, as a pilot, I hope we also add a requirement
that both the<br>
mentee and mentor write up reports at the end on what worked
and what<br>
didn't with recommendations for how a program might be
structured.<br>
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avri<br>
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On 25-Jan-16 10:03, Stephanie Perrin wrote:<br>
> Clearly, we are going to have a number of excellent
candidates as<br>
> mentees. Is there any possibility of springing more
money from ICANN<br>
> to go to the end users? There is a big budget now
for outreach....<br>
> cheers stephanie<br>
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