<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi everyone,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">reminder about this call for application. the deadline the 21st April.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Rafik<br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-04-11 20:13 GMT+09:00 Rafik Dammak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dear NCUC members:</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">ICANN 56 will be held in Finland, Helsinki 27-30 June 2016. NCUC members can apply to receive funding to attend the meeting. The travel dates can be ideally from 26 June to 1st July.</font></span></div><div><font color="#000000" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12.8px">The budget for each meeting for travel support is maximum of $4,000. $4,000 is to be divided amongst the participants who are chosen to receive the support, i.e. not per person</font><font style="font-size:12.8px">. </font><span style="font-size:12.8px">Covered travel </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">expenses may include conference-related airfare, visas or related fees, lodging, and airport taxis. If the actual cost of these items is greater than $2,000 the member will be responsible for the difference. NCUC cannot provide a per diem or cover any other expenses. Selected travelers must make their own travel, accommodation,visa, and related arrangements and be reimbursed after the trip. NCUC cannot provide funds in advance of the meeting, or any administrative support. The recipients of NCUC travel support would be expected to send their blog posts within 4 weeks from the closure of ICANN meeting. </span></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">According to the NCUC Travel Support Policy, supported travelers could only be reimbursed once they have delivered meeting reports or blog posts.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12.8px">Interested members should read carefully the terms and conditions of the policy available at <a href="http://www.ncuc.org/participate/ncuc-travel-support/" target="_blank">http://www.ncuc.org/participate/ncuc-travel-support/</a> and send a proposal as to why they should receive funding to attend this ICANN meeting. They should also indicate the approximate amount of travel funding. Requests can be sent both for full funding and partial funding.Please apply by replying to Maryam (</font><font style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" target="_blank">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a></span></font><span style="font-size:12.8px">) and myself (<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>). </span></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">Since Sonigitu couldn't attend Marrakech meeting due to visa issue, his previous allocation was moved to Helsinki meeting. </font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The deadline for application is 21st April. regardless getting or not the travel support, you may consider applying for the visa asap (check details here</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/helsinki56" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://meetings.icann.org/en/helsinki56</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">) since the deadline from the host country to apply for visa is 31st May.</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">Best Regards,</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">Rafik Dammak</font></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">NCUC Chair </font></div>
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