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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I agree with Arsene's
basic comment here and Michael's response. Personally, it
concerns me greatly from a competition point of view that
developing countries are relying on platforms for Internet
access, and not the DNS. In numerous countries there are no
local registrars, and meanwhile the market is consolidating.
However, that is not our primary focus at NCSG, although it is
certainly a goal to have fair competition in the marketplace.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">It would be
unrealistic to expect the registrars to go out looking for
competition, so I think it falls to ICANN outreach and GDD to
do that work.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Thanks for this
interesting thread!<br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">cheers Stephanie</font></font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2018-07-23 10:22, Michael J. Oghia
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Arsene,
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 4:04 PM,
Arsène Tungali <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">arsenebaguma@gmail.com</a>></span>
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However, our comments seem to ask that the whole
Fellowship program<br>
brings solely people who will be doing DNS policy though
ICANN is not<br>
only about policy. I believe there are so many other
things happening<br>
at ICANN including the security aspect of the DNS where
there is a<br>
need for people, etc. The GNSO is the only place for
policy<br>
development but other SO/AC do not solely do policy, there
is a need<br>
for fellows who will also be interested in that part of
ICANN.<br>
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<div>MO: I strongly agree with you here.</div>
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I also believe ICANN Org needs to be present all over the
world to<br>
ensure everyone is aware of its work within the Internet
ecosystem.<br>
Hence the need to bring in fellows who might also help it
meet that<br>
objective. These people might not be interested at the end
in doing<br>
policy but they might be interested in being involved for
example into<br>
the DNS business or into advocacy to help their countries
better<br>
manage their ccTLD etc and this is all ICANN.<br>
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<div>MO: I do think it's important for such individuals to
be involved in the ICANN process, or at least, I can
definitely see the added-value. At the same time, though,
I don't think it's the role of the Fellowship program to
provide that. To me, the program should foster ongoing
involvement in some form or another, whether it's
GNSO-level policy development, or engagement in another
SO/AC. Simply sponsoring someone to introduce them to the
program is not good enough (bear in mind, I'm not accusing
you of insinuating such). I think that the global
stakeholder engagement (GSE) teams along with the program
coordinators / application reviewers can always take into
account the circumstances of certain applicants,
especially if they are involved in other areas of ICANN's
work (such as DNS businesses or ccTLD operations). Note
that there's<span
style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> also
a much bigger push with the recommendations to have the
GSE teams more engaged (at least in the comments I've
seen).</span></div>
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<div>I support the idea that the program should be focused,
however, and keep the scope as refined and narrow as
possible (without being wholly exclusive).</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>-Michael</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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11:49 UTC+02:00, Ayden Férdeline <<a
href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" moz-do-not-send="true">icann@ferdeline.com</a>>:<br>
<span class="">> Dear all,<br>
><br>
> Over the past few weeks a small team has been
drafting an NCSG comment on<br>
> the proposed changes to the ICANN Fellowship
Program. We now have a first<br>
> draft ready for your review:<br>
><br>
> <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rUjAgOGtp3FLX6AsrGpmqC6mnQ17qNRkqQJHpvPYh-Q/edit?usp=sharing"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/<wbr>1rUjAgOGtp3FLX6AsrGpmqC6mnQ17q<wbr>NRkqQJHpvPYh-Q/edit?usp=<wbr>sharing</a><br>
><br>
> We are open to constructive edits that address the
[proposal put forward by<br>
> ICANN org in this<br>
</span>> document](<a
href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-proposal-new-fellowship-11jun18-en.pdf"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.icann.<wbr>org/en/system/files/files/<wbr>draft-proposal-new-fellowship-<wbr>11jun18-en.pdf</a>).<br>
<span class="">> Please propose edits directly into our
Google Doc (preferred method), or on<br>
> this mailing list, by COB in your timezone on
Wednesday 25 July.<br>
><br>
> On Thursday the statement, and any input received,
will be shared with the<br>
> NCSG Policy Committee for its review and potential
endorsement. The deadline<br>
> for submission of comments on this issue is Friday
27 July.<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your time.<br>
><br>
> Best wishes,<br>
> Ayden Férdeline<br>
<br>
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