<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Dear Members,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As you know we have issued the travel support call for applicants for Copenhagen. Based on my past experience, I would like to give you a couple of points to consider if you are applying:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">1. If you are applying as an experienced member, you need to point out to the activities you have carried out at NCUC and ICANN. It is not simply enough to be active in broader Internet governance spaces such as IGF. What groups have you been involved with at NCUC or ICANN? What did you achieve or are trying to achieve? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">2. We do value activities at broad Internet governance fora and fields. But this travel support is for you to attend an ICANN meeting and be active at NCUC and ICANN by working on various NCUC and ICANN related issues, so when you write your application your main focus has to be on NCUC and ICANN. Tell us what you want to bring to NCUC and ICANN during Copenhagen meeting. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">3. If you are not experienced, do a little background research on NCUC. See what we have done in the past and how you can contribute to it. Look generally at the discussion list: are there calls for public comments that you would like to work on? Any other discussion you see about a working group you want to contribute to? If you don't find anything or feel lost, you can reach out to other members. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We also list policy focal points in the future. They can help you get involved.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thanks </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Farzaneh</div></div>
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