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<div>Please find below CROP trip request from Liz Orembo, to attend Africa Internet Summit. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Many thanks,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Maryam Bakoshi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">SO/AC Collaboration Services Sr. Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: Maryam.bakoshi.icann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Telephone: <a href="tel:+44%207737698036" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">+44
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<div><b>From:</b> Liz Orembo <<a href="mailto:lizorembo@gmail.com">lizorembo@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> 7 February 2018 at 12:47:05 GMT<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:chair@ncuc.org">chair@ncuc.org</a>, <a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org">
maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>[Ext] CROP Application for Africa Internet Summit</b><br>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Chair and Maryam</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm
sending a CROP application for Africa Internet Summit and appreciate your evaluation.
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I've
been involved in NCUC for more than a year, in outreach, working groups and comments and hope to deepen my understanding and bring new members.
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you</span></font></p>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Name of Event</b>: Africa Internet Summit</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__internetsummitafrica.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=1A9IIOkJia11FXDmJ1R4Jn7wGT4ExHiVuBF89mvNt_Q&m=k7oNPlWpcA5GjflsbSv6BNUFg5JlWXwBhjvnEHsxprc&s=D0jX_tYjYpZuVFaiBcSUajbpS1xWbR4-B6JWJ-OGOhg&e=" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://internetsummitafrica.<wbr>org/</span>[internetsummitafrica.org]</a></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="m_-7378816702614280650gmail-kix-line-break">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Date:</b> AIS starts from 29th April to 11th May
with Afnog. But considering the maximum funding days, I plan to attend the last week of policy sessions. So that will be 8th-11th May.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="m_-7378816702614280650gmail-kix-line-break">
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</span><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How you plan to outreach for NCUC at the event?</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="m_-7378816702614280650gmail-kix-line-break">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In last year's AIS, I was a volunteer in ICANN regional
outreach by coordinating the information desk. I mobilized the ICANN WIKI trainees I had mentored during and after training to help with the outreach desk.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="m_-7378816702614280650gmail-kix-line-break">
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</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This time I plan to work with the regional engagement
teams on ICANN sessions, main focus this time will be on NCUC and its role at ICANN.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="m_-7378816702614280650gmail-kix-line-break">
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm
also planning on sending a presentation proposal. Until 2 March this can be done. I'll try to build this presentation with NCUC members.
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There
are also fellowship opportunities to AIS. </span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As
I have been a volunteer to the event before, it could be I do not get the fellowship so CROP would be important for my attendance.
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</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Why you think your application should be considered?</b>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am effective at ICANN outreach activities
and I have a good understanding of how the NCUC works and its role in ICANN. I have also helped facilitate NCUC outreach meetings in Nairobi, with the engagement office.
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</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">My objective for this meeting is to get more stakeholders
from different backgrounds to bring in their divergent views in NCUC and also interact with the Africa ICANN community, share views on our roles and contributions in the ICANN ecosystem and find intersecting points with NCUC works.</span></font></p>
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from Kenya and interested in advocacy and policy in digital rights. I've also participated in global events such as IGF and others on the topic. I've also contributed to NCUC proposals to events such as the WSIS 2018 one. At NCUC Africa list in preparing for
content a regional calls, I'm also always following developments and participating.
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ICANNWiki profile:</span></font></p>
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am an observer of the (now less active) CCWG Accessibility and GNSO RPM. I've also participated in comment drafting including a current attempt at pen holding currently under review of Nomcom Review comment.
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