[NCUC-EC] Call for Candidates of ICANN Mentor Pilot Program

[Mueller, Milton L]

NCUC EC members:

I looked at the documentation of this mentor program and it appears to me that we are already WAY off schedule. The notification and call for volunteers is supposed to start 10-12 weeks before the meeting, and it’s now slightly less than 6 weeks before the meeting. I don’t understand how we are supposed to a) issue a call, b) collect a list of volunteers, c) make a selection, d) get them set up for travel and e) meet all the preparatory requirements.

Further, I was considering volunteering to be a mentor but the staff have overloaded this program with enormous overhead. I don’t mind spending time at the meeting and a bit of time preparing for the meeting, but they want to create a bloody Skype channel, they want people to “create an account”, they want notes, they want formal reports. Do they not understand that this is all quite over-engineered? An idea dreamed up by people who get paid to do this shit full time that just doesn’t work for volunteers with real lives and other jobs? Neither mentor nor mentee are likely to be able to fulfill this.

Mentoring a newbie at a meeting is not that difficult to do. I’ve done it, for example, for .Asia’s youth program a couple of times. But if you load all this stuff on to it no one experienced and engaged is going to volunteer, and the mentee is going to waste a lot of time dealing with needless overhead. As structured, the program is bound to fail.

--MM

From: Ncuc-discuss [mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org] On Behalf Of Peter Green
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 9:14 AM
To: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Call for Candidates of ICANN Mentor Pilot Program

Dear NCUCers,

ICANN is doing a Mentor Pilot Program, which will be starting in Marrakesh.

Now NCUC has to call for TWO candidates within the Constituency, one Mentor and one Mentee, i.e. 1 vs 1.

ICANN would provide travel support for selected candidates of the Program for the Marrakesh meeting.

Please find the attached introduction document of the Mentor Pilot Program.

The Program aims to seek those who have strong wish to learn and get involved with ICANN as soon as possible and those who have strong wish to coach, educate.

​Requirements:

1. Time (for both the Mentor and Mentee)

Under the instructions of the ICANN staff, each week both the Mentor and Mentee should allocate one or two hours meeting online in their agreed-upon timeframe.
So candidates must ensure they have time.

2. Good Knowledge about ICANN (for the Mentor only)

According to the Mentor Pilot Program, we need one Mentor, who is an ICANN  veteran.  We need one who has strong wish to educate and mentor new guys and could come up with an idea of coaching, for instance, a specific area or subject.

3. Without Knowledge about ICANN  (for the Mentee only)

Newbies, unfamiliar with ICANN, are welcome. We need him/her to be engaged with enthusiam and sustained interest about ICANN.

4. Diversity (for the Mentor)

In terms of diversity, Mentee candidates from Africa, MEMA region or the Latin region are preferred. In case, there are more candidates, ladies are preferred.

5. A Brief Report (for the Mentor only)

We need the Mentor to draft a brief coaching report which could tell us what the Mentor has done for coaching the Mentee. It could be brief.

6. The final decision regarding selection of the Mentor and Mentee candidates rests upon the EC.

When the EC makes the final selection, it would deliver its rationale.

ICANN may provide travel support for Mentors and Mentees  for future meetings.
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As time is a little bit urgent, please respond by 20:00 UTC, Monday, 24th, Jan, 2016.

The Executive Committee will be announcing the selection results by 12:00 UTC,  Monday, 25th, Jan, 2016 and then deliver the results to ICANN staff.

Best Regards



Zuan/Peter



NCUC-EC Asia/the Pacific Representative
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