<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I am almost certain that NCSG has no member from those countries?, isn’t it? <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I encourage all African fellows who wish to attend to apply. This a kind of strategic actions that will help ensure/increase diversity. I am very glad that it exists and looks for encouraging people from underserved/underrepresented regions, indeed; if people are not aware they cannot contribute. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">However, it is now our turn to work together with the NCSG EC and regional reps within constituencies in order to increase awareness within the regional communities.<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 28 Feb 2019, at 02:38, Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA" class="">stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><font size="+2" face="Lucida Grande" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Dear All,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font><font face="Lucida Grande" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><font size="+2" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font><br class=""><font size="+2" class=""></font><br class=""><font size="+2" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Unfortunately we did not receive any applications from the three countries listed in the travel opportunity for under-served regions below. The NCSG Leadership, after consulting with ICANN staff, has decided to open the opportunity to an NCSG member in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Africa region</b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font><font size="+2" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Please apply for funding to participate in ICANN65 Marrakech, if you reside in any of the African countries. We are looking for members who are already engaged/leaders or newcomers/less active members who plan to become more active at NCSG and its constituencies and take part in policy discussion.</span><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: white; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></font><font size="+2" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font><font size="+2" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">A commitment to attend all NCSG meetings ( and the candidate's constituency meetings if the candidate belongs to a consistency) during ICANN65 is necessary. A written report is also required 30 days after the meeting.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font><br class=""><font size="+2" class=""></font><br class=""><font size="+2" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font><font size="+2" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Please send your Statement of Interest to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:chair@ncsg.is" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">chair@ncsg.is</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>by Sunday 03 March 2019 2359 UTC. We do apologize for the short notice.<font size="+1" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font><font size="+2" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></font><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><font size="+1" face="Lucida Grande" class="">The NCSG Excom will decide on applications within 3 days of the submission deadline.</font><o:p class=""></o:p></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: white; background-color: navy; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Text for the ABR and of the previous call for applications are below:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: white;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><blockquote style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">FY19-08-NCSG-Participation of Leaders from Developing Countries at ICANN Meetings NCSG request for support of leadership from developing countries at ICANN Public Meetings</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The success of similar pilot efforts and the opportunity presented for leadership recruitment from under served and underrepresented countries qualifies this request for support. Approval is granted for 1 traveller per ICANN Public Meeting in FY19 (i.e. ICANN63, 64, and 65) from an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>underserved<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and underrepresented country within the applicable ICANN meeting region. Approval of this request is contingent upon coordination with ICANN’s Policy Development Support Team and on the submission of a written report within 30 days of travel which addresses how the opportunity met the request objectives and each itemized metric as per the community request. The report is to be submitted to<span class="gmail-m8783750720713395627m7965066771761207275apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:sbr-outcomes@icann.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">sbr-outcomes@icann.org</span></a><span class="gmail-m8783750720713395627m7965066771761207275apple-converted-space"> </span>and is a condition of future resource allocations. Unused travel allocations may not be carried over to future meetings or the next fiscal year. Approved travel means economy airfare + hotel + per diem for 1 traveller as noted above.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></blockquote><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Stephanie Perrin<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca></a><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Tuesday, 12 February 2019 at 16:56<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>NCSG List<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu></a>, Maryam Bakoshi<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><maryam.bakoshi@icann.org></a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>[Ext] Participation of under-served countries in ICANN 65 in Marrakech<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class="">As some of you may recall, we have an approved additional budget request for 2018-19 to fund the participation of representatives from under-served countries, in the various ICANN meetings. ICANN 65 in Marrakech is coming up, and members are encouraged to apply for the funding if they are resident in the following countries:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="">Guinea Bissau</span><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="">Sao Tome and Principe</span><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="">Eritrea</span><o:p class=""></o:p></li></ul><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class="">This is a short list, and a short time frame as we are being asked to confirm our list of travellers by February 22nd. If you know members who might qualify and be interested, please bring it to their attention. Please forward statements of interest to myself and Maryam Bakoshi by COB February 21st.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class="">kind regards,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class="">Stephanie Perrin</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;" class="">NCSG Chair</span></p></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>