ICANN Fellowships for Paris Meeting

[Robin Gross]

ICANN press release on fellowships for the Paris meeting:
   http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-07dec07.htm

Application Round Opens for Paris Meeting Fellowships
Program makes sure global voices heard at ICANN’s International  
Public Meetings

7 December 2007

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. : The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names  
and Numbers is putting out the call for fellowship program  
applications for its 32nd International Public Meeting to be held in  
Paris from 22-27 June 2008.

"The fellowship program plays a key role in making sure that global  
voices are heard at the ICANN meeting and in our various public  
forums," said Theresa Swinehart, ICANN's Vice President, Global and  
Strategic Partnerships.

The 23 fellows from 22 countries who played an active role at the Los  
Angeles meeting were chosen from 167 applications received. An  
additional 10 candidates chosen in this round were deferred to the  
New Delhi meeting in February. Of the fellows at the Los Angeles  
meeting, 10 had never attended an ICANN meeting before, and seven  
were alumni from the inaugural program in San Juan this past June.

Priority is given to applicants who are current residents of  
developing and least developed nations and interested in  
participating in ICANN and its supporting organizations, such as the  
Governmental Advisory Committee, the Country Code Names Supporting  
Organization, and the Generic Names Supporting Organization. The  
fellowship will assist in covering airfare, hotel and a stipend.  
Recipients will be expected to actively participate in and contribute  
to ICANN processes. As always, registration for ICANN’s meetings is  
free for anyone wanting to attend.

Applications will be accepted from now until 1200 PDT ( UTC -7) on 11  
January 2008. More information, as well as a link to the application  
for a fellowship, is available online at: http://www.icann.org/ 
fellowships/

About ICANN:

ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's  
system of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum  
and country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of  
Internet protocols that help computers reach each other over the  
Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the  
Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly  
to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and  
stability. ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non- 
profit company. For more information please visit: www.icann.org.

Media Contacts:

Jason Keenan
Media Adviser, ICANN (USA)
Ph: +1 310 382 4004
E: jason.keenan at icann.org

International: Andrew Robertson
Edelman (London)
Ph: +44 7921 588 770
E: andrew.robertson at edelman.com


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