[liaison6c] Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN 46 in Beijing, People's Republic of China

[Mark Leiser]

Hi all.

I was very excited about these fellowships and spoke to several of you
about applying "offline". I went to start the application process and came
across  this line:

 "outreach program seeks participants from developing regions and countries
of the world, in order to help create a broader base of knowledgeable
constituents who will become the new voice of experience in their regions
and beyond."

Regardless, I thought I would plough ahead and started the application
process only to find that the address section of the application actually
limits the countries that people can apply from to "second and third tier"
economic countries. As I live in the UK, we don't qualify.  Although I have
been involved in the NCSG for a while now and have been Dr Konstantinos
Komaitis research assistant, and this could be a valuable part of my
research, I can't apply for these.

Gripe over, but is there any other fellowships that someone like me that
has a keen interest in this work and of the NCSG can get involved in ICANN?
The mailing lists, which I rarely contribute to have proven to be a
valuable tool for bringing up to speed with all the different issues at
ICANN, but if I wanted to move it to the next level...? Anyone have any
suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,


Mark Leiser

Mark R. Leiser, Phd Student
School of Law, Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty
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University of Strathclyde
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:

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> *From: *Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
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> *Subject: **[liaison6c] Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN 46
> in Beijing, People's Republic of China*
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>  http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-19sep12-en.htm***
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> Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN 46 in Beijing, People's
> Republic of China****
> 19 September 2012****
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> How Do I Apply for the Fellowship Program****
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> The Fellowship Program has demonstrated success in its mission to build
> capacity in the ICANN multi-stakeholder environment through focused
> interactive engagement between newcomers to ICANN and community members at
> each of the ICANN meetings. The program seeks to identify members of the
> Internet community who either have not previously been able to participate
> in ICANN processes and constituent organizations, or those who require
> further exposure to the Internet community and its work but cannot travel
> and attend a meeting without financial support. This outreach program seeks
> participants from developing regions and countries of the world, in order
> to help create a broader base of knowledgeable constituents who will become
> the new voice of experience in their regions and beyond.****
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> Applications to become an ICANN Fellow are assessed for each meeting by an
> independent selection committee. Priority is given to applicants who: meet
> minimum program requirements; are current residents of developing and least
> developed nations in the five ICANN regions; and are interested in
> participating in the ICANN multi-stakeholder process and its supporting
> organizations, advisory committees or stakeholder groups. An effort will be
> made to include participants from the Asia-Pacific region as the site of
> the ICANN meeting.****
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> All confirmed fellowship participants must comply with the terms and
> conditions of the Fellowship program, as outlined at
> http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships/terms-conditions.
> As stated within these terms and conditions, ICANN is a California
> non-profit public benefit corporation and must therefore comply with all
> the laws and regulations of California and the United States. Fellows are
> responsible for obtaining all travel visas once accepted into the program.
> ICANN will purchase tickets for Fellows after all necessary documentation
> has been obtained and Fellows demonstrate that they have obtained all
> necessary travel visas.****
>
> Once all of the requirements for travel are met, the Fellowship program
> arranges for and covers the costs for airfare and hotel, as well as
> providing a stipend to assist with some meeting and subsistence costs. The
> stipend is provided after each selected candidate successfully completes
> the requirements of the Fellowship program, Recipients will be expected to
> actively participate in and contribute to ICANN processes during and after
> the meeting. As always, registration for ICANN's meetings is free for
> anyone wanting to attend.****
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