[NCUC-DISCUSS] Fellows Announced for the BA Meeting

[Walid AL-SAQAF]

Following up on Bill's remark about the survey (at http://goo.gl/XlwyQL ),
I do urge everyone to fill it. It may appear long but the questions were
formulated in a way so that they could be answered rather quickly, plus
many are optional.

So far we have got around a dozen responses on the first day so a special
thank you to the early respondents.  Yet we're hoping to have many more in
the next days.

Sincerely,

Walid Al-Saqaf
On Mar 10, 2015 11:29 AM, "William Drake" <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Thanks Naveed for these interesting suggestions.  As you know, we sent out
> a questionnaire link yesterday where we are trying to gather input from
> members on precisely the sorts of points you raise under 1 and 2.  If you
> could fill that in with the same ideas we’ll have them in the right place
> to facilitate follow up discussion.
>
> As to BA, please don’t assume that a meeting is definitely on, we are just
> discussing, and there are many variable that have to be sorted out before a
> decision is reached.  Normally such events are geared toward exploring some
> current and contentious policy issues and getting civil society views on
> the table, so the target audience is more external than internal, but if
> something happens we could consider stapling onto it some sort of special
> NCUC briefing for newer members as well.
>
> Thanks much
>
> Bill
>
> On Mar 10, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Rao Naveed Bin Rais <naveedbinrais at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Bill and everyone,
>
> Thanks for your wishes. Following on the discussion, if I could provide my
> bit, I have following to propose:
>
> 1) As a recent member to join NCUC who is enthusiastic enough to
> contribute as well, I feel myself a bit lagging behind the stuff NCUC does
> even after around 1 years of following what is going on. As we have a
> number of new comers joining NCUC/NCSG almost after every meeting, I
> propose to have some kind of mentorship to associate 2-3 new members to
> each of the contributing members (volunteers, of course) who can be there
> to help new bees getting more knowledge about the stuff going on. This
> could be quite productive as it may allow new comers to learn about many
> things quite quickly.
>
> 2) Another thing that could be done to involve new people is to have a
> call for volunteers (for new members) to work on a specific task that
> NUCU/NCSG is dealing at present. This task may be a less important one but
> it will allow these members to get involved in the community process
> straightaway. I am not sure how realistic this idea is, but just a proposal.
>
> 3) As you are planning a pre-meeting in BA, it would be nice to have an
> orientation session in that pre-meeting or at any other point during ICANN
> meeting that gives more information about NCUC/NCSG and the policies they
> are dealing with currently. This not only will allow quick learning for new
> members, it could further attract more members for the constituency.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cheers,
> Naveed -
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 2:40 PM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I see a few current NCUC members on the list of people who will be
>> covered to attend the ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires in June, although per
>> usual they’re not always listed as such, a continuing puzzle:
>>
>> • Arsene Tungali Baguma – Democratic Republic of the Congo – Civil
>> Society / At Large
>> • Farzaneh Badiei – Islamic Republic of Iran – Academic
>> • Jia He – China – Academic
>> • Joao Carlos Rebello Caribe – Brazil – Civil Society / GNSO
>> • Rao Naveed Bin Rais – Pakistan – Academic / GNSO
>> • Walid Al-Saqaf – Yemen – Academic / GNSO
>>
>>
>> Full list is at  https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-03-06-en
>>
>> Congratulations to our Fellows, it will be great to have you with us in
>> BA.
>>
>> For other qualifying members, the application round for the Dublin
>> meeting in October will be 3 April to 15 May.  I heartily encourage people
>> to apply for this or future rounds.
>> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fellowships-2012-02-25-en?routing_type=path
>>
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>>
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