<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hi </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Here is the response from ICANN:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">***</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt">ICANN GSE European region staff reviewed the ABR and suggest you select someone to attend ICANN63 from one of the following countries:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Staff looked at economic measurements, NCSG membership, and general review of the DNS sector and ICANN community in Europe, this list is the result.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u>****</u><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u><br></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Renata has suggested that if we don't find applicants from these countries, perhaps it might be an option that we also open it to those who are from developing countries but reside in Europe. I can ask ICANN if that is possible. </span></p><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_3787346651710352870gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 2:11 PM Raoul Plommer <<a href="mailto:plommer@gmail.com" target="_blank">plommer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Yes, I would like to know the countries too that are "<span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">the undeserved under represented regions in Europe". After that we can see what are our options.</span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">-Raoul</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 July 2018 at 20:51, farzaneh badii via NCSG-EC <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">Robin </div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The sooner the better but I am waiting for Icann staff to instruct me on the undeserved under represented regions in Europe. Because that is the requirement in the abr. As soon as I get the info we draft something and give the members a week to apply. I think we need to take action soon otherwise constituency travel won't be happy. </div><div class="m_3787346651710352870m_6852382473174608035HOEnZb"><div class="m_3787346651710352870m_6852382473174608035h5"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 1:37 PM Robin Gross <<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org" target="_blank">robin@ipjustice.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">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><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Robin<br><div><br></div><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jul 9, 2018, at 9:06 AM, farzaneh badii via NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_3787346651710352870m_6852382473174608035m_-7328078017583360425m_2241965216114678642Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">NCSG EC,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></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></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></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></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)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">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)"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">(Yes)(10,045)(to be managed by Benedetta Rossi, Manager for Policy Support & Community Services, ICANN Policy Development Support)<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">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> </span><a href="mailto:sbr-outcomes@icann.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">sbr-outcomes@icann.org</a><span> </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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