[NCUC-EC] Selection of funded EC to ICANN63

[Michael Karanicolas]

Hi - forgot to include my SOI, which is available at:
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Michael+Karanicolas+SOI

On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 12:26 PM, Michael Karanicolas <
mkaranicolas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Please accept this as my request for support to attend ICANN63 in
> Barcelona. I did not receive travel funds to attend ICANN62, and only
> received partial support for my hotel at ICANN61, so this will be my first
> time in 2018 requesting an EC slot. As an independent consultant, I have no
> other sources of travel support that I could draw on to attend this meeting.
>
> I expect that ICANN63 will be important for a number of projects that I am
> contributing to at ICANN. This includes Workstream 2, where I am the
> Rapporteur for the Transparency subgroup, whose final report is expected to
> be approved in Barcelona. I am also the Co-Chair for the Cross-Community
> Working Party on Human Rights, and an active participant in the RPMs
> working group, both of whom have substantial activities planned for ICANN63.
>
> In terms of my engagement with NCUC work specifically, since I am one of
> the only members of the EC who has been through a chair transition before,
> I think it would be useful to have me there for those discussions, and of
> course I am very happy to do whatever I can to help with inreach/outreach,
> hosting membership discussions, etc. Indeed, since I was unable to
> participate in these processes at ICANN62, due to the time zone
> differences, I would very much look forward to getting back into it.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Michael
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 8:23 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear EC
>>
>> I have to send until 18 July the name of selected EC to Barcelona meeting.
>>
>> Please see below the procedures for EC funding allocation from our
>> travel policy and send your application to the list until 13 July
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Renata
>>
>>
>> Procedures for EC funding allocation
>>
>>  – ICANN Meetings funding allocation for Executive Committee
>> representatives
>>
>> –  Executive Committee representatives travel support allocations
>>
>> For each ICANN Meeting, the NCUC leadership team is allocated three
>> travel slots. One of these travel slots must be assigned to the NCUC
>> Chair. The remaining two travel slots, or a reallocation of the
>> Chair’s travel slot if he or she relinquishes it, will be assigned to
>> representatives who fulfill the following criteria:
>>
>> The representative develops an activity plan that he or she will carry
>> out in the ICANN meeting. This plan must contain a detailed account of
>> the representative’s current engagement in ICANN activities, their
>> plan of engagement at the face-to-face meeting, and explain why and
>> how their physical presence in that meeting is important for achieving
>> the NCUC’s objectives and mission. The timeline for the submission of
>> this application will follow the procedure described in the NCUC
>> Travel Support Policy unless initiated sooner by the NCUC Chair at his
>> or her discretion. The EC travel funding allocation should precede
>> NCUC travel support programme.
>> The representative must observe all criteria for eligibility as
>> described in the NCUC Travel policy session above, highlighting the
>> participation on NCSG and NCUC activities.
>> In case of a tie between applicants, the Chair will ask
>> representatives to make reasonable efforts to find an alternative
>> source of funding. Evidence must be provided to the Chair of these
>> attempts. If a representative seeks alternative funding but is
>> declined or rejected, this will not be held against them.
>> Representatives who make no reasonable efforts to find alternative
>> funding will receive lower priority for NCUC resources than those who
>> make reasonable efforts;
>> Where there are more candidates for a slot than there are slots
>> available, the regional designation of the EC representative may be a
>> factor weighing in its allocation. The EC representative must send a
>> detailed action plan outlining their plans for inreach/outreach of
>> membership within their region;
>> As described in Eligibility criteria, EC who have received travel
>> support for the previous meeting cannot apply again.
>> In receiving funding for a meeting, travellers agree to write daily
>> reports during the meeting to update the membership on the proceedings
>> . At his or her discretion, the NCUC Chair may choose to publish these
>> reports as a blog post, or may request that the representative convert
>> their report into a blog post.
>> If a representative receives support, and does not meet their
>> commitments as outlined above, they will be ineligible to receive
>> further NCUC resources.
>>
>> References:
>>
>> NCUC Operating Procedures
>>
>> https://www.ncuc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/NCUC-Operati
>> ng-Procedures-Sept-2017.pdf
>>
>> (Noting item III Travel support selection and VI Outreach and VII Funding)
>>
>> NCUC Bylaws (Esp. Item XI.A on Transparency)
>>
>> https://www.ncuc.org/bylaws/
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