FW: [announce] Fellowships to Ensure Global Voices Heard at ICANN

[karen banks]

hi mawaki

>I'm struck with this distribution: 5 for Africa, and 15 for the
>Caribbean! I'm aware that there might sometimes be lack of
>interest or shortage of good candidatures from Africa; however, I
>did directly encouraged one candidature that is certainly a
>very valid and valuable one but not on the win list. I'm just noting
>and wondering what might be the reasons of such
>discrepancy.

why not send a note from the NCUC on the initiative? welcoming
(generally), inform that NCUC members have actively encouraged people
to apply (NCUC is a 'natural' community both as candidates and as one
that can outreach to potential candidates) asking about diversity
criteria, see if it can be better next time round?

karen

>Good initiative though, and good luck to the winning fellows.
>
>Mawaki
>
>--- karen banks <karenb at GN.APC.ORG> wrote:
>
> > hi
> >
> > >I would strongly encourage NCUC members from "the South" to
> > take
> > >advantage of these fellowships to attend upcoming ICANN
> > meetings
> >
> > i did encourage a few folk, but i don't think any of them were
> > selected..
> >
> > pretty impressive list:
> > http://www.icann.org/fellowships/san-juan-attendees-jun07.htm
> >
> > "Thirty-three fellows were selected from 125 applications
> > received.
> > 65% of the fellows and 68% of applicants had never attended an
> > ICANN
> > meeting. There were nine fellowship participants who were
> > approved
> > but decided to postpone taking part until the Los Angeles
> > meeting."
> >
> > 33 participants is not bad at all, and i really welcome the
> > initiative
> >
> > scanning the list, i do wonder if all really needed a grant
> > from
> > ICANN (ie, couldn't get from their organisations, governments,
> > ISOC
> > etc) but all in all, a good effort
> >
> > i'll certainly enoucourage people to apply again
> >
> > karen
> >
> > >--MM
> > >
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> > >Subject: [announce] Fellowships to Ensure Global Voices Heard
> > at ICANN
> > >
> > >
> > >Fellowships to Ensure Global Voices Heard at ICANN
> > >http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-02aug07.htm
> > >
> > >More voices from across the globe will be heard at ICANN's
> > 30th
> > >International Public Meeting in Los Angeles later this year
> > thanks to
> > >the global fellowships program being launched today.
> > >
> > >Please distribute this notice to constituency members and
> > others in view
> > >of the ICANN meetings in Los Angeles in October 2007.
> > >
> > >Thank you.
> > >Kind regards,
> > >
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