<div dir="auto">Hi everyone,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Being a member of the fellowship family for last three years in the capacity of a fellow, fellows coach, mentor and fellowship program lead, I can confirm that nobody is ever forced to be part of any specific communication medium. However, in order to make the encourage the group communication, being part of the Facebook group is advised. I know many fellows who never joined the Facebook group and their choice has always been respected. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We should also keep in mind that the actual communication of fellowship happens between the fellows and their respective coaches and they are free to decide the mode of communication that they feel appropriate.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto">Naveed -</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 28, 2017 01:19, "Glenn McKnight" <<a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Stephanie<div>We have a Technology Taskforce Meeting next week and I will alert this issue to Dev and Judith the cochairs to work on alternatives other than FACEBOOK. I know lots of folks are looking at alternatives to SKYPE as well. </div><div>I assume that the group also use WHATSAPP as well. <br>Glenn</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_9012435833077564700gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Glenn McKnight<br><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br>skype gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight</div><div><a href="tel:(289)%20830-6259" value="+12898306259" target="_blank">289-830 6259</a><br>.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></font><div class="elided-text">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Stephanie Perrin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.<wbr>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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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I totally agree,
nobody should have to join Facebook. They can find another
way to communicate. I am quite surprised, as I am also
surprised to find that Siranush Vardanyan is now ICANN staff.
So how do we best argue with this policy?<span class="m_9012435833077564700HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie Perrin</font></font><br>
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<pre>Hi Dina,
Thanks very much for bringing this to our attention. You raise a very
interesting issue - and I agree, in principle, that signing up for
Facebook should not be a required component of participating in an
ICANN Fellowship program.
Would you feel comfortable forwarding or screenshot-ing the email in
its entirety, just so we can see the full context as a means of
informing this discussion?
In the interim, and while this discussion goes on, it may be useful if
you wanted to raise your concerns directly with Siranush, if you
haven't already. Your objection would seem to me to be a valid one, so
it might be interesting to see how ICANN might respond.
Best,
Michael Karanicolas
On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 4:23 PM, thomascovenant
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<pre>Hello,
I am writing about a general matter that can still be quite important to
some.
I respectfully disagree with making Facebook obligatory for ICANN
Fellowship program participation, yet it doesn't seem possible
to question this decision.
Further, the decision to deny fellowship to those who do not comply with
Facebook demand makes no sense to me.
I would welcome diverse participation of FOSS community, privacy
activists and ethical hacking communities in ICANN work. It can be very
valuable.
I don't want any single fellow be forced to compromise their principles
in order to make volunteer contribution to ICANN work (please read the
links below).
At the moment this is solved by forcing to register under a false name,
which is not the right thing to do on behalf of a large organization.
Alternative means of communication should be easily available to those
who ask for them, minor detail of communication platform should not be
the reason to discourage volunteer work.
We also have Chinese and Iranian fellows. Some countries impose FB
cencorship (wiki link below), which can also be an issue...
What are your thoughts on this general subject? And how a good solution
can be found?
Best regards,
Dina Solveig Jalkanen,
grateful for technical fellowship to ICANN60
Resources:
FB Censorship: <a class="m_9012435833077564700m_326166747640533289moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Censorship_of_Facebook</a>
Some information about Facebook from Richard Stallman:
<a class="m_9012435833077564700m_326166747640533289moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://stallman.org/facebook.htm" target="_blank">https://stallman.org/facebook.<wbr>htm</a>
<a class="m_9012435833077564700m_326166747640533289moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.salimvirani.com/facebook" target="_blank">http://www.salimvirani.com/fac<wbr>ebook</a>
>From public Fellowship emails by Siranush Vardanyan
Fellowship Program Manager, Public Responsibility Support, ICANN:
"Last but not least: Social Media I will be creating an ICANN60 Facebook
page which is a required participation for this program.
Those who do not have Facebook page, please, create one, as you will be
asked to join ICANN60 Facebook page."
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Friendly geek in Amsterdam, FSFE Fellow
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