[NCUC-EC] IGF Slots

[Michael Karanicolas]

I agree.

On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 1:34 PM, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
> what I am understanding from Renata and Tatiana's email is that we should
> allocate the travel support to Ayden to encourage people to hold the pen and
> draft proposals and help from the beginning. Ines says Ayden should apply.
>
> Michael and Dave please chime in on the above issue. please do so quickly.
> If I don't here back by Monday, we will allocate the third ICANN-NCUC to
> Ayden and inform the members about our decision.
>
> As to the criteria, I think we can just leave out priority given to outside
> of the region and base our decision on active members of strategic wgs and
> PDPs, and plans for helping with NCUC outreach. They should also have enough
> knowledge about what NCUC does and how ICANN works to hold the booth at IGF
> and explain things to the visitors. But I think it's a good idea to have the
> NCUC fellowship for inside the region. We just have to be fair in allocating
> the slots and be mindful of those who apply from outside of Europe.
>
> Expression of financial inability to fund them is implied in their
> application for travel support. So if we don't have a very good reason to
> keep it we should leave it.
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> So here is my suggestion for the criteria (Ines' modified version)
>
> A. ICANN-NCUC Travel slot for NCUC Workshop Panelists:
>
> - Must be a workshop panelist as per ICANN's condition (see
> https://features.icann.org/plan/project/59558465000bdb031e545e66753678d3?language=ru)
> + send link of selected workshop
> - Active NCUC member (mailing list, working groups, drafting materials, be
> involved with policy groups at ICANN)
> - Plans at the IGF for NCUC outreach/volunteering.
> - Enough knowledge about what NCUC does and how ICANN works to hold the
> booth at IGF and explain issues  to the visitors (in your statement you need
> to add a paragraph in your own words on what NCUC does at ICANN)
>
>
> B. CROP travel slot: (only 3 nights and 4 days covered)
>
> - Priority given BUT NOT NECESSARILY to workshop panelists to encourage
> professional development + send link of selected workshop
> - Active NCUC member (mailing list, working groups, drafting materials etc.)
> - Plans at the IGF for outreach/volunteering
> - Enough knowledge about what NCUC does and how ICANN works to hold the
> booth at IGF and explain issues  to the visitors (in your statement you need
> to add a paragraph in your own words on what NCUC does at ICANN)
>
>
>     C. NCUC Fellowship to the IGF (up to 2000 Dollars):
>
> -  workshop panelists to encourage professional development + send link of
> selected workshop.
> - Priority given but NOT NECESSARILY to candidates FROM THE IGF2017 REGION
> to maximise the NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES.
> - Priority given BUT NOT NECESSARILY to PARTIAL FUNDING: Airfare only, hotel
> only, bus, train etc. to maximise the NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES.
> - Active NCUC member (mailing list, working groups, drafting materials etc.)
> - Plans at the IGF for NCUC outreach/volunteering
> - Enough knowledge about what NCUC does and how ICANN works to hold the
> booth at IGF and explain issues  to the visitors (in your statement you need
> to add a paragraph in your own words on what NCUC does at ICANN)
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> Best
>
> Farzaneh
>
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> Farzaneh
>
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:46 PM, Tatiana Tropina <tatiana.tropina at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> All,
>> Am on holiday with somewhat limited connectivity but I would like to bring
>> this thread up as the decision has to be taken soon.
>> I fully support what Renata said in her last email. I would also like
>> really to add that even if the proposal drafted by Ayden didn't get through,
>> he is a co-submitter of the proposal that made it to the IGF. He worked
>> tirelessly with Farzaneh and me drafting several proposals -- we drafted 4
>> to have a back up option.
>> As the hotels in Geneva are crazily expensive the regionality is not the
>> primary factor. Let's issue the call for CROP and for NCUC funded traveler
>> soon as people have to make their arrangements and CROP has strict
>> deadlines.
>> Cheers,
>> Tanya
>>
>> On Mon 25. Sep 2017 at 12:12, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I'm in transit and w limited access but pls consider the following
>>>
>>> Civil society events at IGF start on 16th and Geneva will mostly be
>>> expensive on accomodation so regionality here may not be a factor
>>>
>>> Drafters/penholders of proposals are part of the team as panelists or
>>> not. This is sthg that can be reviewed in proposals and a penholder should
>>> not be penalized if 1 single proposal by organization was chosen by IGF.
>>> These are event rules.
>>>
>>> Last but most important, penholders of public comments, active members of
>>> strategic wgs and PDPs are the ones who this funding should have in mind.
>>> There's a lack of hands for policy work and IGF participation should be
>>> linked to that.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Em 24 de set de 2017 5:08 AM, "hfaiedh ines" <hfaiedh.ines2 at gmail.com>
>>> escreveu:
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I am happy to see that we have a nice number of opportunities to send an
>>>> NCUC member to the 2017 IGF. Awesome news !
>>>>
>>>> As per ICANN s FY18 in allocating those three travel slots and which was
>>>> well-mentioned by Farzaneh, the three NCUC funded travelers have to be
>>>> 'Three workshop panelists' (see
>>>> https://features.icann.org/plan/project/59558465000bdb031e545e66753678d3?language=ru)
>>>> which is the case of Farzaneh and Tatiana on the NCUC selected workshop, in
>>>> addition that they are from NCUC leadership and hope they can manage to also
>>>> include NCUC views on the matter. Ayden does not appear as a workshop
>>>> panelist here:(See
>>>> http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-ws-67-content-regulation-and-private-ordering-at-internet-governance-institutions).
>>>>
>>>> That said, Ayden is one of our most active members at NCUC level and can
>>>> apply to both CROP and NCUC Fellowship (up to 2000 Dollars) and I don't want
>>>> to anticipate neither the applications that we will receive nor our group
>>>> deliberations but my feeling is that Ayden has a big chance to be selected
>>>> as he deserves it.
>>>>
>>>> I hence suggest sending a call to the NCUC List with those three
>>>> opportunities to travel to the IGF:
>>>>
>>>>              A. ICANN-NCUC Travel slot for NCUC Workshop Panelists:
>>>>
>>>> - Must be a workshop panelist as per ICANN's condition (see
>>>> https://features.icann.org/plan/project/59558465000bdb031e545e66753678d3?language=ru)
>>>> + send link of selected workshop
>>>> - Priority given to candidates from outside the IGF2017 region to
>>>> maximise the use of this travel slot and help NCUC finances.
>>>> - Expression of financial limitations and unability to attend otherwise.
>>>> - Active NCUC member (mailing list, working groups, drafting materials
>>>> etc.)
>>>> - Plans at the IGF for outreach/volunteering.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>              B. CROP travel slot:
>>>>
>>>> - Priority given BUT NOT NECESSARILY to workshop panelists to encourage
>>>> professional development + send link of selected workshop
>>>> - Priority given BUT NOT NECESSARILY to candidates from outside the
>>>> IGF2017 region to maximise the use of this CROP travel slot and help NCUC
>>>> finances.
>>>> - Expression of financial limitations and unability to attend otherwise.
>>>> - Active NCUC member (mailing list, working groups, drafting materials
>>>> etc.)
>>>> - Plans at the IGF for outreach/volunteering
>>>>
>>>>         C. NCUC Fellowship to the IGF (up to 2000 Dollars):
>>>>
>>>> - Priority given BUT NOT NECESSARILY to workshop panelists to encourage
>>>> professional development + send link of selected workshop.
>>>> - Priority given but NOT NECESSARILY to candidates FROM THE IGF2017
>>>> REGION to maximise the NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES.
>>>> - Priority given BUT NOT NECESSARILY to PARTIAL FUNDING: Airfare only,
>>>> hotel only, bus, train etc. to maximise the NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES.
>>>> - Expression of financial limitations and unability to attend otherwise.
>>>> - Active NCUC member (mailing list, working groups, drafting materials
>>>> etc.)
>>>> - Plans at the IGF for outreach/volunteering
>>>>
>>>> Please notice that I am not suggesting the candidates fulfill all the
>>>> criteria neither am I putting these in order of importance but these would
>>>> be helpful in reviewing applications.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 21, 2017 22:01, "Renata Aquino Ribeiro" <raquino at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm in agreement
>>>>> The criteria should be involvement in working groups and drafting
>>>>> materials.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Renata
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 4:49 PM, farzaneh badii
>>>>> <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > Dear All,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > As you know we have three IGF slots granted to us by ICANN this year.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The condition based upon which these travel slots are granted are: 1.
>>>>> > Our
>>>>> > workshop(s) be accepted at IGF, 2. We speak at the workshop
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Tatiana and I submitted three workshop proposals (with the help of
>>>>> > Ayden).
>>>>> > The one that got accepted is the private ordering workshop which
>>>>> > Tatiana and
>>>>> > I are going to run so we will use two of those travel slots to travel
>>>>> > to
>>>>> > Geneva.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > We, fortunately, have reserved 3 travel slots unlike others who only
>>>>> > got two
>>>>> > because we wrote a very extensive ABR. So  I suggest the remaining
>>>>> > 3rd
>>>>> > travel slot goes to Ayden since he drafted one of the workshop
>>>>> > proposals
>>>>> > (although did not get accepted) and he also submitted all of our
>>>>> > proposals
>>>>> > and is very active in various policy groups at ICANN so can promote
>>>>> > NCUC
>>>>> > best.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > We have 5 CROPs and one can go to someone to attend IGF and they
>>>>> > don't have
>>>>> > to be in the region. We can issue a call for that on NCUC mailing
>>>>> > list but I
>>>>> > also suggest since we have been saving money on travel support we
>>>>> > allocate
>>>>> > 2000 USD for someone who wants to go so that in the end we fund 5
>>>>> > people.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I will inform the members about this decision next week. I'd like to
>>>>> > issue
>>>>> > the call for CROP-IGF and IGF-Travel Supp soon, preferably by next
>>>>> > week.
>>>>> > Please send your thoughts soon. We need to have good criteria for
>>>>> > selection
>>>>> > so that we can reward our most active members and those who will
>>>>> > contribute
>>>>> > to NCUC and IGF.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Best
>>>>> > Farzaneh
>>>>> >
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