[NCUC-DISCUSS] [Call for Applications] Onboarding Program - 1 New Mentee Slot

[Renata Aquino Ribeiro]

Hi All,

ICANN has a great program called The Onboarding Program which connects
experienced Mentors to Mentees from Constituencies and Advisory
Committees. NCUC was a founding member of the pilot program and now we
seek a New Mentee to join us!


The Onboarding Program aims at helping Members of NCUC (newcomers or
longtime members) engage more deeply in the policy-making process of
ICANN.

These Members of NCUC  who have already some professional or academic
background and contributions which make them familiar with ICANN’s
policy-making work. You should be interested in one or more areas of
policy development currently taking place.


The team is formed by 2 mentees and 1 mentor, we are currently looking
for 1 mentee (the rest of the team is formed by Kathy Kleinman
(mentor) and Louise Hurel (mentee)), the team meets for a day before
the ICANN meeting starts with the full Onboarding Program of ICANN,
and then continues its discussions and work as an NCUC team between
meetings.


Any NCUC member interested, please send in your application until Dec
8 to raquino at gmail.com and maryam.bakoshi at icann.org. We ask you to
include:

A summary of your background and areas of experience,

Your areas of interest in policy development of ICANN, and

Your work-to-date in policy development at ICANN, including what
Working Groups you are have joined (as a member or observer) and what
comments you have written (in whole or participated in).


If you want to “dig deeper” in the ICANN policy making process, please
let us know!


See more below,


Thanks


Renata


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ICANN61 Call for Nominations

Community Onboarding Pilot Program Call for Nominations by SOs/ACs

ICANN is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the
Community Onboarding Pilot (COP) Program for ICANN61. The COP seeks to
improve ICANN community newcomer engagement and retention rates
through mentorship and knowledge and experience sharing.

Interested Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees
(ACs) should nominate two representatives: one individual shall serve
in the role of mentor and the other in the role of mentee.

The program defines a mentor as an experienced member of the community
best suited to share knowledge of and experience in ICANN. A mentee is
defined as a relatively new member of the community who has
demonstrated both the potential and desire to actively engage and
participate in ICANN’s advice and policymaking activities.

The COP can accommodate up to three participants from each community.

Both the process and the decisions concerning the selection of program
participants will be determined by each respective community. COP
participants are expected to contribute in the following ways:

Actively participate in calls and discussions leading up to ICANN61

Attend face-to-face meeting on 10 March 2018 in Puerto Rico

Develop materials and tools to support community newcomers

Engage in capacity development activities

Share knowledge and experience

More information https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-11-20-en