Application Round Opens for Nairobi Meeting Fellowships

[Robin Gross]

I'd like to encourage NCUC members to apply for the Fellowship  
program.   Nairobi meeting fellowships are now open for application  
(until 6 Nov. 2009).

We need noncommercial users at ICANN meetings, and this could be one  
way of getting more noncommercial users to these expensively  
prohibitive meetings.

Thanks,
Robin


http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-29sep09-en.htm

Application Round Opens for Nairobi Meeting Fellowships
Program ensures global representation at ICANN’s International Public  
Meetings

29 September 2009

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. : The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names  
and Numbers has launched the ninth round of fellowship program  
applications for its 37th International Public Meeting to be held in  
Nairobi, Kenya from 7-12 March 2010.

“Just like the Internet, ICANN is global in scope in its operations,”  
said Theresa Swinehart , ICANN's Vice President, Global and Strategic  
Partnerships. “Our fellowship program, through the contribution of  
alumni from the previous 7 meetings, continues to experience success  
in making sure global voices are heard in the wide variety of public  
forums that it holds.”

For the upcoming Seoul Meeting, there are 35 fellows selected from 27  
countries, chosen from 132 applications received. 10 of the fellows  
are alumni from at least one of the past seven programmes; 21 fellows  
are first-time attendees to any ICANN meeting and 4 have attended  
past meetings, but are first time fellows. 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 for the meeting in Nairobi will be accepted from now  
until 1200 PDT (UTC -7) on 6 November 2009. More information, as well  
as a link to the application for a fellowship, is available online  
at: http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/








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