[NCUC-DISCUSS] ICANN Mentor Pilot Programme Application

Mon Jan 25 17:15:27 CET 2016

 I agree with you Stephanie. We have a number of excellent candidates for 
both the menthe and mentor positions. This program has such promise so 
let's all hope the pilot is a success and it will be expanded in the 
future.

 Applications are still being accepted and perhaps we'll have a few more. 
All the better!

 I have taken notice of a number of posts endorsing and nominating Members 
for both the mentee and mentor positions. With that as precedent I'd like 
to 1) suggest one criteria I hope the EC will use in making the selection 
of a mentee and 2) positively comment on one particular application.

 This program needs to produce a worker bee for the NCUC. We do not need 
tourists, we do not need those who are interested in internet governance 
and might want to do something some day, we need someone who after our 
mentor has expended time and effort educating him or her will be here 
writing public comments, doing the nitty gritty in working groups and 
otherwise helping us with the substantive work in ICANN on behalf of the 
NCUC right now. NextGen and the Fellowship programs are good and help 
produce all sorts of volunteers. The mentor program needs, by its very 
nature, to produce a worker bee.

 Towards that end I would ask the EC to seriously consider Padmini. I'll be 
blunt: she probably is not going to be the life of the party. In Dublin, 
her first meeting, she almost harassed me, bombarding me with questions 
(many of which were so hard I couldn't answer) at times I was trying to 
rest and relax, at dinner, at receptions, in hallways, in meeting rooms. 
She was a general irritant. We need more like her. Our most effective 
advocates tend to be people just like that.

 Padmini has done more substantive work on the DIDP than anyone I know of 
in all of ICANN. You can view some of it here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M1gWBpa7tlxGPMWyB6xJryddahyZzjVIarSz
0RJswDM/edit?usp=sharing

http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/peering-behind-the-veil-of-ica
nn2019s-didp

http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/peering-behind-the-veil-of-ica
nns-didp-ii

I don't know all of the applicants. I trust the EC will take all variables 
into account when making its selection. All I ask is whoever you select is 
someone you have confidence will be able and willing to substantively 
contribute to our work during and after the mentorship program. We have a 
lot of work heading our way, we need help and we can't wait for help. WE 
need it now.  I'm convinced Padmini has the desire and talent to 
substantively help us in short order once she gains the knowledge and 
skills that the mentorship program would give her. I'm sure there are other 
applicants that would be able to do so as well. I wish you well in your 
deliberation and decision.

 Best,

 Ed

 From: "Stephanie Perrin" <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 3:03 PM
To: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] ICANN Mentor Pilot Programme Application
 Clearly, we are going to have a number of excellent candidates as mentees. 
 Is there any possibility of springing more money from ICANN to go to the 
end users?  There is a big budget now for outreach....
cheers stephanie

 On 2016-01-25 9:40, Padmini wrote:
Dear all

I would like to apply for the ICANN Mentor Pilot Program as a mentee. 
Please find below the details of my application.

I am currently a student of the law at the National Law School of India 
University, Bangalore, in my final year of study.

I was introduced to ICANN via my work for the Centre for Internet and 
Society, an activist and research organisation based out of Bangalore/New 
Delhi. I was fascinated by the idea of internet governance, especially 
given the fact that we stand on the brink of a transition of the likes that 
has no precedent. I am very eager to be a part of this process. I was 
fortunate enough to be able to raise my submissions at the ICANN 54 
conference at Dublin.
 My work for ICANN has included a detailed analysis of their Documentary 
Information Disclosure Policy, where I broke down all the DIDP responses 
made and tried to examine obstacles in the path of full and transparent 
disclosure. I have also been a part of discussions at the CCWG 
Accountability meetings and working groups, and have been following the 
transition process with keen interest as it unfolds. As a student of the 
law, the development of an entirely new system of regulating the internet 
is fascinating, and has gripped my attention

However, it cannot be denied that given my lack of a technical background, 
and the peculiar and unique nature of ICANN policy, there is still much 
about this ecosystem that is out of my reach. I would be extremely grateful 
if I were chosen to be a mentee as a part of this program as I am eager to 
participate fully and meaningfully at the deliberations in Marrakesh and 
beyond, through the mentorship of someone with experience who will be able 
to guide me through the process. As my work has shown, I am deeply invested 
in attempting to make clarity of the work I have done so far, especially 
towards creating a more representative, participatory and transparent Post 
Transition IANA.
 Padmini Baruah
V Year, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)
NLSIU, Bangalore

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 From: "Stephanie Perrin" <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 3:03 PM
To: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] ICANN Mentor Pilot Programme Application   
Clearly, we are going to have a number of excellent candidates as mentees.  
Is there any possibility of springing more money from ICANN to go to the 
end users?  There is a big budget now for outreach....
cheers stephanie
  On 2016-01-25 9:40, Padmini wrote:
  Dear all

I would like to apply for the ICANN Mentor Pilot Program as a mentee. 
Please find below the details of my application.

I am currently a student of the law at the National Law School of India 
University, Bangalore, in my final year of study.

I was introduced to ICANN via my work for the Centre for Internet and 
Society, an activist and research organisation based out of Bangalore/New 
Delhi. I was fascinated by the idea of internet governance, especially 
given the fact that we stand on the brink of a transition of the likes that 
has no precedent. I am very eager to be a part of this process. I was 
fortunate enough to be able to raise my submissions at the ICANN 54 
conference at Dublin.

My work for ICANN has included a detailed analysis of their Documentary 
Information Disclosure Policy, where I broke down all the DIDP responses 
made and tried to examine obstacles in the path of full and transparent 
disclosure. I have also been a part of discussions at the CCWG 
Accountability meetings and working groups, and have been following the 
transition process with keen interest as it unfolds. As a student of the 
law, the development of an entirely new system of regulating the internet 
is fascinating, and has gripped my attention

However, it cannot be denied that given my lack of a technical background, 
and the peculiar and unique nature of ICANN policy, there is still much 
about this ecosystem that is out of my reach. I would be extremely grateful 
if I were chosen to be a mentee as a part of this program as I am eager to 
participate fully and meaningfully at the deliberations in Marrakesh and 
beyond, through the mentorship of someone with experience who will be able 
to guide me through the process. As my work has shown, I am deeply invested 
in attempting to make clarity of the work I have done so far, especially 
towards creating a more representative, participatory and transparent Post 
Transition IANA.
      Padmini Baruah V Year, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)
 NLSIU, Bangalore

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