[NCUC-EC] NCUC and Policy Practicum

[Renata Aquino Ribeiro]

Hi David

Thanks. I thought of APC too but they only fund member organizations.

Em 21 de ago de 2017 1:39 AM, "David Cake" <dave at davecake.net> escreveu:

> 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/, 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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