<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="">I think Aarti is a good choice and generally good to have at meetings. I don’t think she is a strong mentor, but perhaps we can compensate for that with some coordination between mentors - Aarti’s perspective as a recent newcomer can complement more experienced mentors. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ming, Louise and Grace all look good to me. I agree with the point about relatively few SE Asian participants, its a historically weak area for both ICANN in general and NCUC. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I note and agree with Renata’s points about Wisdom - he is a government participant in the MAG, not sure how he will be participating in ICANN. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Jan. 2017, at 5:32 am, Tatiana Tropina <<a href="mailto:tatiana.tropina@gmail.com" class="">tatiana.tropina@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi all,<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">I went through the applications. There are three submissions from newcomers that looked good to me: Louise, Grace and Ming. </div><div class="">Then... It dawned on me that we have a very unique situation, when due to the fact that two of those three newcomers would be in Valencia, we can bring three people from regions: Latin America, Africa and Asia-Pacific - normally we would never afford bring three peopel from those regions at the same time due to the budget restrictions. Louise asked for 2000, Grage for 1343 and Ming for 200 USD for ticket + accommodation. </div><div class="">I was thinking if we give 1800-1900 to Louis (as she travels from Brazil), 1300 to Grace and 800 to Ming we will bring three people from the regions whom we can mentor with the focal points - and all this within 4000 budget. </div><div class="">Of course, they will have to engage before ICANN and demonstrate their willingness to contribute, as Farzy stated in her call (otherwise we reserve the right to revoke the fellowship), but I find the possibility to give the funding to people from three regions and see their engagement prior to ICANN meeting a great opportunity for us.</div><div class="">What do you think?</div><div class="">I am ready to consider other options, but this is my initial assessment.</div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class="">Tanya </div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 January 2017 at 19:33, farzaneh badii <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">All</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Please find attached the application for travel support from NCUC members.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I announced that we will decide by 15 Jan but I think we should be quicker and decide within 3 days so that the selected members can start getting engaged sooner.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We have received mentor applications from Aarti and Hago. Others will be mentees. We do not have to select a mentor, they can all be mentees and then we will put them in touch with our focal points on policy to mentor them or EC members can do so. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">There are no limit as to the number of travellers. There is a limit to the budget, it should not go over 4000 USD. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thanks </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </div><div class=""><div class="m_1437021620389644377gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div>
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