<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks, Farzi, yes I agree with you, and look forward to seeing what regional leader we can bring to ICANN63 in Barcelona. Do we have a deadline by when we must make the selection?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Robin<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 9, 2018, at 9:06 AM, farzaneh badii via NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" class="">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">NCSG EC,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Our ABR to have travel support for a leader from a developing country to go to an ICANN meeting has been approved and we need to initiate the call as soon as possible. The ABR says that the candidate has to be from an underrepresented underserved region but within the applicable ICANN meeting region. So it means for ICANN 63, the person we select has to be from Europe but from underserved region of Europe which immediately makes me think, South East Europe (SEE). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I think we need to draft a call to that effect and send it to the list. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><b class=""><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)" 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></b><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)" class="">(Yes)(10,045)(to be managed by Benedetta Rossi, Manager for Policy Support & Community Services, ICANN Policy Development Support)<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)" 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 underserved 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=""> </span><a href="mailto:sbr-outcomes@icann.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" class="">sbr-outcomes@icann.org</a><span class=""> </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></div>
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