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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I am sorry, but this request is way out of the bounds of what NCUC is supposed to be doing.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Michael is a bright young guy who has promise, and I wish him the best, but NCUC cannot be in the business of funding people’s graduate education. We need to
be very firm about this, as people seem to be getting the idea that NCUC can fund whatever they want to do. A clear line should be drawn between CROPP-like requests (which ICANN and ICANN only should fund), and NCUC’s own meeting travel grants.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I believe that in these kinds of cases, Rafik, you should not even be forwarding these requests to the EC.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rafik Dammak<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 24, 2016 7:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NCUC-EC] Travel support request to attend Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">we got this request for NCUC support, outside ICANN meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rafik<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: <b>Michael Oghia</b> <<a href="mailto:mike.oghia@gmail.com">mike.oghia@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: 2016-04-24 14:51 GMT+09:00<br>
Subject: Re: Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute Decision<br>
To: Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rafik, I meant to say that this can include travel support as well as providing outreach during the program for ICANN's activities, such as giving a session on ICANN's work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:47 AM, Michael Oghia <<a href="mailto:mike.oghia@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.oghia@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How are you? I hope all is well! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a question for you regarding ICANN/NCUC funding. Some good news is that I was accepted into a two-week
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summer program</a> at Oxford regarding media policy (including internet governance). Unfortunately, they couldn't offer me any financial aid, but the course itself is not too expensive -- $1,500. Do you think ICANN or NCUC provide any kind of financial support
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<p class="MsoNormal">If not, that is ok too, but I figured I would ask. <o:p></o:p></p>
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From: <b>Alexandra Esenler</b> <<a href="mailto:aesenler@asc.upenn.edu" target="_blank">aesenler@asc.upenn.edu</a>><br>
Date: Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 1:01 AM<br>
Subject: Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute Decision<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:mike.oghia@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.oghia@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:mike.oghia@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.oghia@gmail.com</a>><br>
Cc: Laura Schwartz-Henderson <<a href="mailto:lschwartzhenderson@asc.upenn.edu" target="_blank">lschwartzhenderson@asc.upenn.edu</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Congratulations! We would like to inform you that you have been accepted as a participant in the Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute, held at Oxford University from June
27 – July 8. This year’s applicants were the most competitive group that we have seen in the past 18 years, and we are thrilled to be able to invite such a high-level and amazing group of scholars and practitioners from around the world. Due to limited scholarship
funding, at this time we are unable to offer you financial assistance for the program. Therefore, we ask for you to confirm that you are able to obtain external funding before confirming your acceptance.
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website for more information about applying for your UK visa: <a href="http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/do-you-need-a-visa/" target="_blank">
www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/do-you-need-a-visa/</a>. Do let us know if you have any questions as you move forward with the visa process, as we are happy to help in any way we can.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Please send us a confirmation of your acceptance as soon as possible as well as a 1-2 paragraph biography and photo to be included in conference materials.<o:p></o:p></p>
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