<div dir="ltr">Let us agree that among the responsibilities for being a mentor is related to actual policy work. But are we trying to say it is only those with council experience that have experience in the policy process? I don't think so.<div><br></div><div>Here is the document that gives more information on the mentoring program - <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/nextgen-mentoring-guidelines-13sep23-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/nextgen-mentoring-guidelines-13sep23-en.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>I suggest we open the opportunity to those who dont even have council experience, especially when the NextGen programme introduces new people to the ICANN family. Hope you agree 😊</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Raymond Mamattah<br></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymond-selorm-mamattah/" target="_blank"><img alt="linkedin" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zJBMfzJBi21uhWntdn5WK2I6PXdyzL-FgLoLpjBwUOs60qPRAC8YqkCSCy5x6kFF6F288uuB8" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/selorm.mamattah" target="_blank"><img alt="facebook" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wlqS6znbMR590sPSQriMRrL8bdIAAMVMkUm7EBllRK6F9tpTzFCkmjeagracYKJDMsnNGHt0o" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RMamattah" target="_blank"><img alt="twitter" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4w2hCVBiDNU1zyYMtabeF6VmXZMChuY2cbRWB_6u2avipVsmx1mc2Ffp890Z4NYdXbVtOs2PIA"></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span></div><div>Accra, Ghana <br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 3:12 PM Johan Helsingius via NCSG-PC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is">ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is</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">On 18/09/2024 16:54, Raymond Mamattah wrote:<br>
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> I thought the person should rather have been a NextGen before. That will <br>
> allow the person to speak from experience on how the program is all about.<br>
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That is a good point, but I guess it depends on what kind of support/<br>
experience/guidance the mentor is supposed to provide - support for<br>
being on the nextgen program or support in actual policy work in ICANN.<br>
<br>
        Julf<br>
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