<div dir="auto">Hi all, <div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">Oh great news about Louise! Awesome! Very good for LAC, Renata! Congratulations! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Then it's a very easy decision: with having Louise on board already, I support giving funding to Aarti, Grace and Ming and hope Farz can take decision that would allow them all to attend. I think 1900-1300-800 USD looks like a fair distribution in accordance with their requests?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers </div><div dir="auto">Tanya </div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 Jan 2017 08:56, "Renata Aquino Ribeiro" <<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com">raquino@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi<br>
<br>
Louise is being integrated in other program for newcomers in ICANN.<br>
Therefore, this program may result in her participation in meetings so<br>
there may be the possibility of her coming already to Copenhagen<br>
through this program. It was a LAC inclusion effort, since ICANN has<br>
had less engagement from LAC since the move out of meeting schedule in<br>
2016 and 2017.<br>
<br>
So my vote goes for Aarti, Ming and Grace for the same reasons<br>
proposed here by other NCUC members. I believe even if partial funding<br>
to Ming and Grace, they'll still be able to attend. I understand the<br>
funding, even if partial, will be given in the amount decided by<br>
chair.<br>
<br>
Thanks Anna, David and Tatiana for bringing more relevant points to<br>
this discussion and also openness to mentoring. We'll also have NCUC<br>
members as fellows and it would be great to also reach them out for<br>
mentoring conversations.<br>
<br>
Best, Renata<br>
<br>
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 9:22 PM, Anna Loup <<a href="mailto:loupac5556@gmail.com">loupac5556@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I think having EC as mentors would be a great idea! I am open to being a<br>
> mentor as well. I can provide a nuanced understanding of what goes on behind<br>
> the scenes at ICANN.<br>
><br>
> Anna<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 10:03 AM, David Cake <<a href="mailto:dave@davecake.net">dave@davecake.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I think Aarti is a good choice and generally good to have at meetings. I<br>
>> don’t think she is a strong mentor, but perhaps we can compensate for that<br>
>> with some coordination between mentors - Aarti’s perspective as a recent<br>
>> newcomer can complement more experienced mentors.<br>
>><br>
>> Ming, Louise and Grace all look good to me. I agree with the point about<br>
>> relatively few SE Asian participants, its a historically weak area for both<br>
>> ICANN in general and NCUC.<br>
>><br>
>> I note and agree with Renata’s points about Wisdom - he is a government<br>
>> participant in the MAG, not sure how he will be participating in ICANN.<br>
>><br>
>> David<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 10 Jan. 2017, at 5:32 am, Tatiana Tropina <<a href="mailto:tatiana.tropina@gmail.com">tatiana.tropina@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi all,<br>
>><br>
>> I went through the applications. There are three submissions from<br>
>> newcomers that looked good to me: Louise, Grace and Ming.<br>
>> Then... It dawned on me that we have a very unique situation, when due to<br>
>> the fact that two of those three newcomers would be in Valencia, we can<br>
>> bring three people from regions: Latin America, Africa and Asia-Pacific -<br>
>> normally we would never afford bring three peopel from those regions at the<br>
>> same time due to the budget restrictions. Louise asked for 2000, Grage for<br>
>> 1343 and Ming for 200 USD for ticket + accommodation.<br>
>> I was thinking if we give 1800-1900 to Louis (as she travels from Brazil),<br>
>> 1300 to Grace and 800 to Ming we will bring three people from the regions<br>
>> whom we can mentor with the focal points - and all this within 4000 budget.<br>
>> Of course, they will have to engage before ICANN and demonstrate their<br>
>> willingness to contribute, as Farzy stated in her call (otherwise we reserve<br>
>> the right to revoke the fellowship), but I find the possibility to give the<br>
>> funding to people from three regions and see their engagement prior to ICANN<br>
>> meeting a great opportunity for us.<br>
>> What do you think?<br>
>> I am ready to consider other options, but this is my initial assessment.<br>
>> Cheers<br>
>> Tanya<br>
>><br>
>> On 9 January 2017 at 19:33, farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> All<br>
>>><br>
>>> Please find attached the application for travel support from NCUC<br>
>>> members.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I announced that we will decide by 15 Jan but I think we should be<br>
>>> quicker and decide within 3 days so that the selected members can start<br>
>>> getting engaged sooner.<br>
>>><br>
>>> We have received mentor applications from Aarti and Hago. Others will be<br>
>>> mentees. We do not have to select a mentor, they can all be mentees and then<br>
>>> we will put them in touch with our focal points on policy to mentor them or<br>
>>> EC members can do so.<br>
>>><br>
>>> There are no limit as to the number of travellers. There is a limit to<br>
>>> the budget, it should not go over 4000 USD.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Farzaneh<br>
>>><br>
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