<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi Milton</div>
<div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">You might consider passing these observations along to Chris Mondini. I suspect the introduction of funding led them to think layers of record keeping and ‘community accountability’ are required etc.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div>
<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 24, 2016, at 16:12, Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" class="">milton@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">NCUC EC members:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I looked at the documentation of this mentor program and it appears to me that we are already WAY off schedule. The notification and call for volunteers is supposed to start 10-12 weeks before the meeting, and it’s now slightly less than 6 weeks before the meeting. I don’t understand how we are supposed to a) issue a call, b) collect a list of volunteers, c) make a selection, d) get them set up for travel and e) meet all the preparatory requirements.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Further, I was considering volunteering to be a mentor but the staff have overloaded this program with enormous overhead. I don’t mind spending time at the meeting and a bit of time preparing for the meeting, but they want to create a bloody Skype channel, they want people to “create an account”, they want notes, they want formal reports. Do they not understand that this is all quite over-engineered? An idea dreamed up by people who get paid to do this shit full time that just doesn’t work for volunteers with real lives and other jobs? Neither mentor nor mentee are likely to be able to fulfill this.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Mentoring a newbie at a meeting is not that difficult to do. I’ve done it, for example, for .Asia’s youth program a couple of times. But if you load all this stuff on to it no one experienced and engaged is going to volunteer, and the mentee is going to waste a lot of time dealing with needless overhead. As structured, the program is bound to fail.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">--MM<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><a name="_MailEndCompose" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></a></div><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ncuc-discuss [<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Peter Green<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, January 23, 2016 9:14 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NCUC-DISCUSS] Call for Candidates of ICANN Mentor Pilot Program<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dear NCUCers,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN is doing a Mentor Pilot Program, which will be starting in Marrakesh.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Now NCUC has to call for TWO candidates within the Constituency, one Mentor and one Mentee, i.e. 1 vs 1.</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class="">ICANN would provide travel support for selected candidates of the Program for the Marrakesh meeting.</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class="">Please find the attached introduction document of the Mentor Pilot Program.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The Program aims to seek those who have strong wish to learn and get involved with ICANN as soon as possible and those who have strong wish to coach, educate.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""></span><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Requirements:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">1. Time (for both the Mentor and Mentee)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Under the instructions of the ICANN staff, each week both the Mentor and Mentee should allocate one or two hours meeting online in their agreed-upon timeframe.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">So candidates must ensure they have time.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">2. Good Knowledge about ICANN (for the Mentor only)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">According to the Mentor Pilot Program, we need one Mentor, who is an ICANN veteran. We need one who has strong wish to educate and mentor new guys and could come up with an idea of coaching, for instance, a specific area or subject.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">3. Without Knowledge about ICANN (for the Mentee only)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Newbies,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">unfamiliar with ICANN, </span>are welcome. We need him/her to be engaged with enthusiam and sustained interest about ICANN.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">4. Diversity (for the Mentor)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">In terms of diversity, Mentee candidates from Africa, MEMA region or the Latin region are preferred. In case, there are more candidates, ladies are preferred.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">5. A Brief Report (for the Mentor only)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">We need the Mentor to draft a brief coaching report which could tell us what the Mentor has done for coaching the Mentee. It could be brief.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">6. The final decision regarding selection of the Mentor and Mentee candidates rests upon the EC.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">When the EC makes the final selection, it would deliver its rationale.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN may provide travel support for Mentors and Mentees for future meetings.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">As time is a little bit urgent, please respond by 20:00 UTC, Monday, 24th, Jan, 2016. </span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The Executive Committee will be announcing the selection results by 12:00 UTC, Monday, 25th, Jan, 2016 and then deliver the results to ICANN staff.</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best Regards<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Zuan/Peter<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: SimSun; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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