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Either I win or learn" (Nelson Mandela)<br></span></font></i></div><div><i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(165,3,16)"><br></span></font></i></div><i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"></font></i></div><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"></font></i></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM Johan Helsingius <<a href="mailto:00001963cc94b85a-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu">00001963cc94b85a-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">There were many deserving applicants for the travel slot, but<br>
after deliberation and considering all the Motivation Statements<br>
and circumstances, the NCSG EC has decided to allocate the travel<br>
slot to Kathy Kleiman, allowing her to hold a training workshop<br>
on policy writing for interested NCSG members in Kigali.<br>
<br>
Many thanks to everyone who expressed their interest!<br>
<br>
Julf<br>
<br>
<br>
On 10/04/2024 16:18, Johan Helsingius wrote:<br>
> Seems Stephanie Perrin can't make it to Kigali.<br>
> <br>
> According to our operating procedures I am hereby asking interested<br>
> persons to send me their motivation statements, copying Andrea<br>
> (<a href="mailto:andrea.glandon@icann.org" target="_blank">andrea.glandon@icann.org</a>).<br>
> <br>
> Here is the relevant part from the NCSG operating procedures:<br>
> <br>
> If a Council member or a funded NCSG Executive Committee cannot attend<br>
> the meeting, the following process should be invoked to decide upon the<br>
> travel slot transfer:<br>
> <br>
> The NCSG chair announces the opportunity on the NCSG-Discuss list<br>
> and requests that the interested members send their Motivation Statement<br>
> privately to the Chair and copy in ICANN support staff.<br>
> <br>
> The Motivation Statement must explain in detail why the applicant<br>
> would like to attend the meeting, provide evidence of full and<br>
> verifiable engagement in Domain Name System policy deliberations, proof<br>
> that the applicant has previously attended calls and contributed to<br>
> PDPs, NCSG Policy Committee meetings and other relevant policy and<br>
> related meetings, and explain why their physical presence is important<br>
> for this meeting, mentioning specific tasks they commit to carry out on<br>
> behalf of the NCSG. The tasks must be related to the NCSG and advance<br>
> the NCSG’s interests at that specific ICANN meeting.<br>
> <br>
> If the applicant is to be an alternate to a GNSO Councillor, he or<br>
> she should have an understanding of how the Council works and have<br>
> observed their meetings beforehand. They must provide a letter of<br>
> recommendation from either a) the Chair of the NCSG Policy Committee, or<br>
> (b) a serving member of the Council in his or her second term.<br>
> <br>
> While Execeutive Committee’ travel slots may be allocated to<br>
> newcomers, newcomers should commit to attending sessions of the NCSG<br>
> leading up to the ICANN meeting, as well as undertaking revision and<br>
> background reading on at least one internal governance document and a PDP.<br>
> <br>
> The applicant must commit to attending the ICANN meeting fully, be<br>
> at the meeting venue every day, and be present to the greatest extent<br>
> possible at all NCSG meetings, constituency meetings, GNSO Council<br>
> meetings, and PDP sessions for which they have expressed interest in<br>
> their Motivation Statement. If the selected applicant does not appear to<br>
> be present at the venue without justification, s/he will not be eligible<br>
> to be allocated a travel slot in the future. The decision of such<br>
> ineligibility will be made by the NCSG Executive Committee (in the<br>
> evaluation of at least two members).<br>
> <br>
> Julf<br>
</blockquote></div>