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<div>Thanks for sharing this, Mamadou. Mama J has proposed some very sensible changes to the Fellowship programme here. I will review the supporting documents more closely over the coming weeks and respond to the consultation activity in my personal capacity, but I would hope that this renewed mandate and focus of the Fellowship programme is something we as the NCSG are able to support. From a cursory glance at the documents, I'm glad to see that we now acknowledge that there are factors other than nationality which contribute to inequality — so trying to bring voices in from women, indigenous people, the LGBT community, and those with disabilities is a push we need. I would also suggest that linguistic barriers remain in this proposal (I believe Fellows must speak English to participate?), but that's a much harder obstacle to overcome and I certainly don't have any solutions. The proposed changes to the Fellowship programme will see it being more goal-driven and merit-based: it has my support.</div><div><br></div><div>- Ayden</div><img align="left" width="0" height="0" style="border:0; width:0px; height:0px;" src="https://app.mixmax.com/api/track/v2/czvDLW8BP3pcaty5N/i02bj5SZulGblRmclZGQu5WYjlmI/gI1RWZuIXez5idyV2c0NXasB0UTV1QTlERtc0UD5kI/?sc=false" alt="">
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 12:52 PM, Mamadou LO <span dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:alfamamadou@HOTMAIL.COM" target="_blank">alfamamadou@HOTMAIL.COM</a></span>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Wednesday, June 15, 2016 3:15 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Fellowship Program Application Process Review</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-06-14-en" target="_BLANK">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-06-14-en</a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Leading up to the ten-year anniversary of ICANN's Fellowship program, the organization has evaluated this successful initiative in order to address the needs of the
global community and provide appropriate enhancements to ensure that the program will continue to thrive while addressing today's ICANN and its capacity-building needs. In this regard, the ICANN staff have identified areas of improvement, mainly to the language
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fellowship-application-process-review-2016-06-14-en" target="_BLANK">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fellowship-application-process-review-2016-06-14-en</a></span></p>
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