[NCUC-EC] NCUC and Policy Practicum

[David Cake]

I would certainly agree that Maria Farrell would be terrific. I know Maria has done both policy and training work, and she knows ICANN and broader Internet governance very well indeed, and has a long history with NCUC and an even longer one with ICANN. I’m not sure if she is still in the training and policy business, but we can always ask. 

Another small firm that I am familiar with is Policy Australia Ltd. http://policyaustralia.com.au/ <http://policyaustralia.com.au/>, especially Carolyn Dalton. They do not, as far as I am aware, have specific experience with ICANN, but they have worked on a really wide range of Internet policy issues otherwise, and are particularly good on working with broad policy coalitions. I’ve worked with them on intellectual property reform campaigns and related issues.

I agree that working with a CSO might be useful, and the issue of discussing grants as well as policy documents in worth considering. 
Access Now and OpenTech would be good choices, APC might be another group worth talking to as I’m sure they have dealt with the issue of policy training themselves. 

David


> On 21 Aug 2017, at 11:01 am, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> Since the program really is about training in writing public comments
> it would be good to get someone who had experience in that
> 
> Maria Farrell sounds like a good idea since she is former NCUC and
> ICANN policy staff
> https://icannwiki.org/Maria_Farrell
> 
> Alternatively choosing a CSO which provides grants on policy and
> advocacy to do this training would be good too because it would also
> help NCUC focus on its growth as organization too.
> If so my suggestions would be OpenTech Fund or AccessNow.
> 
> Maybe we can do both, get a CSO and a consultant who could pair up in
> this project.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Renata
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 10:58 PM, farzaneh badii
> <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> As you know our additional budget request was approved for policy practicum
>> for NCUC for the amount of 20,000. I have copied and pasted the approval
>> text below.
>> 
>> They did not allocate any travel slots to this, but we could use the NCUC
>> travel support for people to attend the policy practicum. The most important
>> question now is: since we want to hire a consultant to train our members how
>> to write public comments and get involved with working groups, which
>> organizations are good for this task? We need to provide some suggestions to
>> ICANN but we will not be the decision makers over who will be the
>> consultant. But if you know of good policy advocacy training firms, let me
>> know very soon.
>> 
>> 
>> FY18-15- NCUC -  Policy Practicum and Policy Advocacy Training
>> 
>> Request for NCUC member training in policy writing skills for PDP
>> participation and contribution to ICANN public comment process.
>> 
>> (Yes)(20,000)(Duncan Burns)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The ICANN Communications Team and the ICANN Learn Team will collaborate with
>> the Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) leadership to develop content
>> and to hold preparatory webinars as required leading up to a pilot
>> face-to-face training course at ICANN61 with an external consultant during
>> the regular public meeting schedule. The face-to-face training at ICANN61
>> will focus on skills development for policy writing. Additional resources
>> flexibility is not available in FY18 to support additional travelers for the
>> travel component of this request, but the NCUC is encouraged to identify
>> interested community members who will already be attending the ICANN61
>> meeting to sign up for the face-to-face component of this training effort.
>> On a pilot basis, additional webinars could be incorporated into this
>> program as a substitute for students who cannot participate in the
>> face-to-face training.
>> 
>> Farzaneh
>> 
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