[NCUC-DISCUSS] Information on the community regional engagement program (CROPP)

[farzaneh badii]

Just a follow up on this announcement: If you would like to suggest
alternative meetings to RightsCon please do so by 20th Jan so that EC has
enough time to deliberate and decide on an event.

Best

Farzaneh

Farzaneh

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 11:28 PM, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear NCUC Members,
>
> The community regional engagement program (CROPP) is a program that
> supports regional outreach activities.
>
> The former EC asked for FY17 to use this program for one outreach event
> and two travel support to a conference for outreach. You can find the NCUC
> request here: https://community.icann.org/display/croppfy17/NCUC+
> Outreach+Strategic+Plan
>
>
> The outreach event provides funding to host or co-host an event, and
> possibly supporting a very limited number of travelers to the event.
>
> The current EC decided that the event should be held before ICANN meeting
> in Johannesburg. Nothing has been arranged yet, and we will discuss at EC
> how we will go forward with organizing the event. The budget for this event
> is 7500 USD. Please note that we cannot fund any other event with this
> budget. We can only spend it to organize a successful event in Johannesburg
> before ICANN meeting. If you would like to help to organize this event in
> Johannesburg, please let me know.
>
>
> As to the two travel support, the former EC allocated one travel slot to
> Aarti for APRIGF. One travel slot is left.  We discussed during EC meeting
> that RightsCon might be appropriate. We still don't know if NCUC proposal
> is accepted, but RightsCon is an option. You can suggest other events as
>  alternative, and if we receive suggestions that we believe are more
> beneficial for outreach than RightsCon, we will get back to you. You can
> also use the outreach form for providing suggestions. Http://bit.ly/
> ncucout <http://bit.ly/ncucout>
>
> The timeline for submitting requests is critical. The travel support
> request has to be submitted to us at least two months before the event. If
> you would like to suggest an event, please consider this timeline. Travel
> support only supports travel within the region of the event.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
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