<div dir="auto"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Farell FOLLY</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:farell@benin2point0.org">farell@benin2point0.org</a>></span><br>Date: qui, 2 de ago de 2018 05:30<br>Subject: Re: Travel support call for ICANN63 - apply by 8 Aug<br>To: Renata Aquino Ribeiro <<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com">raquino@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: Maryam Bakoshi <<a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div>Dear Chair,</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to apply for this new travel support opportunity to attend the<span class="m_-6024380168113826081Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span> ICANN63 meeting in Barcelona, which would be my first AG Meeting within ICANN..</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to the diversity and the multi-stakeholder characteristic that the Internet governance requires, <span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.333333015441895px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">attending an ICANN meeting is always a good opportunity  to meet with  great people including mentors, leaders and governments representatives, and discuss key topics for Internet development.</span></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#212121" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ICANN63  could be my first Assembly General Meeting and as an NCUC representative to the NCSG Policy </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Committee, it would be a good thing to have the chance to physically attend many policy-related meetings. This will help me aid in ensuring that our positions in general and our public comments, in particular, are heard within the WG discussions. </span></font></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Arial;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><font color="#212121" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Recently in ICANN61, I participated in the Policy Writing Course and even drafted </span></font><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1-Kuw_nS6uul7f3P-z6C3EopU8s3QP_BZhS0PRnm0o/edit" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">a template</a><font color="#212121" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> for writing our public comments in the future. I am also associated with many submitted or ongoing Public Comments and will be glad to share views and experiences with participants during the event, especially regarding the new launched EPDP process for which </span></font><font color="#212121" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">I was part of both the NCSG team that commented on its charter and the selection team that selected our reps to the EPDP Working Group.</span></font></div><div><font color="#212121" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><span id="m_-6024380168113826081docs-internal-guid-a2a869d6-b8ac-46d2-2639-2849748ce9ab"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">During my stay in Barcelona I will be available to attend every NCUC meeting and any other that will a positive impact on our community. I will also provide a report after the meeting. No doubt that I will stay engaged before and after, and I will also work closely with an assigned mentor. If needed, I can be rapporteur for a few workshops so as to improve our archive and share lessons learned with people who wouldn’t have been able to attend the meeting.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I will stay engaged within our working groups, as I always do within the Policy Committee, within the Buddy Programme where I recently help in translation all overview in French to allow French speakers to have a better understanding.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The total expense  is estimated 1928 $ US, including :</span></div><div style="line-hei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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 2 Aug 2018, at 06:06, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <<a href="mailto:raquino@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">raquino@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-6024380168113826081Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Hi everyone,<br><br><br>It’s time to receive candidates for sponsored travellers at ICANN63.<br><br><br>This is a call for NCSG supported travellers - NCUC, NPOC and NCSG<br>independent members are eligible.<br><br><br>The budget is for 2 attendees who wish to be more involved with<br>activities of the stakeholder group, as you can see in the travel<br>policy (<a href="https://www.ncuc.org/get-involved/travel-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.ncuc.org/get-involved/travel-policy/</a>) .<br><br><br>The next meeting is in Barcelona - Spain, and we ask you to be ready<br>to be mindful of visa requirements and prepare all your documentation<br>to attend.<br><br><br>Meeting dates: 20-25 October 2018<br><br><br>The selected candidate should participate in all meeting days<br><br><br>This opportunity offers a budget of 2000 USD maximum per traveller.<br>Funds will be reimbursed to you upon conclusion of your trip and<br>delivery of a report (which may be published as a blog post) and<br>relevant receipts.<br><br><br>Consider the following points in your statement.<br><br>1. Why do you want to attend the meeting? Which Working groups or<br>policy discussions you have been involved with and would like to be<br>involved further. If you have not been involved in policy discussions,<br>which policy discussion(s) will  get involved with? (please provide<br>links to your mailing list contributions and your record of attendance<br>in WG meetings)<br><br>2. How much support do you need? Indicate airfare, hotel, visa<br>expenses (Remember that we want to support as many mentees as<br>possible, so the less you ask for the more likely you are to receive<br>funding - of course, it also depends on your motivation letter- and we<br>don't offer per diem.)<br><br>3. How much time, effort and work will you spend studying policy<br>topics before, during and after the meeting? And will you stay engaged<br>or volunteer to mentor future NCSG members? If you have been a part of<br>NCUC Buddy Pilot program or plan to participate in this or other<br>training programs within NCSG, NCUC or NPOC please mention.<br><br>Please note that if you do not get engaged satisfactorily with NCSG<br>and ICANN policymaking, your fellowship might be revoked.<br><br>Names of successful applicants would be posted in NCSG main list<br><br><br>Please send in your application to<br><br><br><a href="mailto:chair@ncuc.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">chair@ncuc.org</a><br><br><br><a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">maryam.bakoshi@icann.com</a><br><br><br>Deadline to apply: 8 Aug 2018<br><br><br>Applications will be reviewed by our Executive Committee and<br>successful candidates will be announced 22 Aug 2018 this call or as<br>soon as EC concludes deliberation.<br><br><br>This selected candidates can be from NCSG (Independent Members), NPOC<br>or NCUC. After the applications are received, NCUC EC is open to<br>receive advice via email on the profile of applicants to examine the<br>qualifications accordingly from NPOC Chair and NCSG Chair.<br><br><br>Thank you<br><br><br>PS: I had sent this to the wrong list so we can consider extending the<br>deadline but as the meeting is upcoming and visa is needed for many<br>countries, I`d appreciate it if we can keep Aug 8.<br><br>Thanks<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>