Fwd: [ICANN Community Leaders] Proposed ICANN Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program Pilot for ICANN69

[Stephanie E Perrin]

I am pleased to forward this announcement.  As members may recall, we 
have been asking for bandwidth support, since many of our members are 
finding the all-virtual world unaffordable, given what they have to pay 
for bandwidth.  We will forward the details as soon as we hear them.  
Please let us know if there are missing elements in the program once it 
is announced, the time to fine tune is always as-soon-as-possible.

Cheers

Stephanie Perrin

NCSG Chair



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Subject: 	[ICANN Community Leaders] Proposed ICANN Pandemic Internet 
Access Reimbursement Program Pilot for ICANN69
Date: 	Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:07:07 +0000
From: 	David Olive <david.olive at icann.org>
To: 	so-ac-sg-cleaders at icann.org <so-ac-sg-cleaders at icann.org>
CC: 	Executive Team <executive-team at icann.org>, Sally Costerton 
<sally.costerton at icann.org>, Sally Newell Cohen 
<sally.newellcohen at icann.org>



Dear Community Leaders:

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and associated 
international travel restrictions, ICANN Public Meetings will be held 
virtually for the foreseeable future. During these virtual meetings, 
ICANN community members attend substantially more teleconferences, 
webinars, and other online sessions, resulting in significant increases 
in the amount of data consumed. Many ICANN community members live in 
underserved or under-connected regions with high connectivity costs and 
limited bandwidth and transfer rates.

Following community input received during ICANN67 and ICANN68, ICANN 
President and CEO Göran Marby directed ICANN org to explore options for 
providing financial assistance to community members with limited 
Internet capacity. The result of this effort is the *ICANN Pandemic 
Internet Access Reimbursement Program Pilot*. Based on the structure of 
the recent Childcare Grant Pilot Program, the goal of this pilot is to 
make it more feasible for some ICANN community members to fully and 
meaningfully participate during the upcoming ICANN69 Virtual Annual 
General Meeting.

ICANN org recently briefed the ICANN Board on this proposed pilot and 
received positive feedback. The Board will formally consider the program 
on Thursday 27 August. Pending approval, ICANN org will publish an 
announcement with details about the pilot program including eligibility, 
how to apply, what expenses are allowed, how to submit reimbursement, 
and other terms and conditions.

ICANN org hopes the pilot program eases the financial hardship of ICANN 
community members who have constrained access to Internet bandwidth that 
limits their ability to participate in virtual ICANN Public Meetings. 
After ICANN69, ICANN org will evaluate the viability of continuing this 
program throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Best Regards,       David

David A. Olive
Senior Vice President

Policy Development Support

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Washington, D.C.

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