<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Houda Chihi<div> Thank you for reaching out and sharing your work and education history. Your credentials certainly will be of great value at NCUC. And it’s a delight to watch you step up.</div><div><br></div><div>The CROP funded travel slot is regional which means that you will be eligible for any ICANN meeting happening in Africa. And I encourage you to stay engaged in the NCUC community to avail of such similar opportunities.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides that, there are other opportunities available to attend ICANN meetings like the ICANN fellowship (unfortunately the applications for ICANN 76 are already closed). I highly urge you to keep an eye out for such similar opportunities and meanwhile participate and engage in policy and other discussions via the mailing list. </div><div><br></div><div>Both the NCUC EC and I are available to help guide you and support you in your endeavors and look forward to your active participation in ICANN activities. </div><div><br></div><div> <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--</font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="gmail_default"></span>With gratitude</span></div><div><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mili Semlani</font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Journalist & Engagement Manager </span></div><div><div style="line-height: 1.2; padding-bottom: 0px;"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Founder @ <a href="http://youth4ig.asia/" target="_blank">Youth4IG</a><br></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theuntraveller/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></font> | <font><font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/milisemlani/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></font></font></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 24-Jan-2023, at 12:41, Houda CHIHI <houda.chihi@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear Mili,<div><br></div><div>wishing you a good starting of the new year, i am from North Africa, Tunisia, PhD in telecom, leading cybersecurity group at Afroleadership very interested in attending ICANN 76 and want to know if can participate in the funding offer ?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards, </div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le jeu. 12 janv. 2023 à 06:02, Mili Semlani <<a href="mailto:milisemlani@gmail.com">milisemlani@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Hello everyone,
Happy new year. On behalf of the NCUC EC, I am happy to share that the CROP programme is back and will sponsor a community member to attend for ICANN76 to be held in Cancun, 10-17 March 2023.</font></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Who can apply</b>
According to the rules, the travel slot is <b>only available for
one attendee from the LAC region</b> who wishes to be more involved with activities of the stakeholder group. Please <a href="https://www.ncuc.org/get-involved/travel-policy/" target="_blank">check the Travel Policy</a> to see if you are eligible.</font></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Expectations</font></b></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The selected candidate should participate in all meeting days and will be assigned an onsite mentor. Additionally, the EC may choose to share outreach and other responsibilities with the attendee, onsite.</font></pre></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif">How to apply</font></b></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">If you wish to be considered, kindly send your application with the following information:
- Name
- State the departure and arrival dates/city (this specific call is only
open for members based in the LAC region for ICANN76)
- Short statement explaining why you would like to attend ICANN76
representing NCUC and a short project/plan of engagement with the
activities you plan to participate and also explaining which working
groups/policy discussions are you planning to be engaged with or wish to enhance your participation</font></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Consider the following points in your statement.
1. Why do you want to attend the meeting? Which Working groups or policy discussions you have been involved with and would like to be involved further. If you have not been involved in policy discussions, which policy discussion(s) will get involved with? (please provide links to your mailing list contributions and your record of attendance in WG meetings).
2. How much time, effort and work will you spend studying policy topics before, during and after the meeting? And will you stay engaged or volunteer to mentor future NCSG members? If you have been a part of NCUC Buddy Pilot program or plan to participate in this or other training programs within the NCUC or NCSG, please mention</font></pre></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Note: We ask you to be ready and attentive to all visa requirements and as you prepare the documentation to attend, should you be accepted.</font></pre><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Deadline</b></font></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Please send the application by January 19 to <a href="mailto:andrea.glandon@icann.org" target="_blank">andrea.glandon@icann.org</a>
Applications will be reviewed by our Executive Committee and successful
candidates will be notified by 21 Jan 2023 or as soon as EC concludes
deliberation.
Please feel free to reach out, should you have any further questions.
Good luck!</font></pre></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif">--</font></div><div><font color="#666666" face="verdana, sans-serif">With gratitude</font></div><div><font size="2" color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Mili Semlani</b></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Community specialist</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theuntraveller/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></font><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">|</span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"> </span><font color="#0000ff"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/milisemlani/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></font></font></font><br></font></div><div><div style="letter-spacing:0.13px;line-height:1.2;padding-bottom:0px"><div style="letter-spacing:normal"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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