Action required_NCSG Draft Comment on Draft Proposal for NextGen at ICANN Program Improvements

[Poncelet Ileleji]

Fully concur with @Liz opinion  +1 , that diverse group has to be
maintained.
Kind Regards

Poncelet

On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 09:12, Liz Orembo <lizorembo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for this Olga. You have highlighted very important points for the
> team to consider.
>
> Having gone through the program and having been part of the selection
> committee, I would say that the program gets exceptional applicants. I
> don't know why we don't retain them, and I totally wouldn't blame them.
>
> Nextgen is somewhat an enclosed program during ICANN meetings and the
> participants get limited interactions with the ICANN community. So one
> meeting is not enough for them to get integrated into ICANN policy
> processes. I think that's why ambassadorship in. The idea of mentors would
> help to get the nextgeners into some of the policy conversations months
> prior to ICANN meeting. Of course ICANN learn should also be included as a
> mandatory part of their application, just like the fellowship program.
>
> Finally, if the program should take an academic approach (requiring that
> the applicants are enrolled in academic institutions), then the purpose of
> the program should be to encourage students to choose ICANN topics for
> their academic work. But i'm not sure how this will work out in terms of
> adding participation in PDP processes. I'm also worried about the program
> adding a pool of pure academics rather than a diverse group.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 6:23 PM Olga Kyryliuk <olga_kyryliuk at ukr.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> We have prepared a draft NCSG comment
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ROKgY91Eerirw6sDLcDkgyRsYaIpU5b2pxE4cU78iaQ/edit>to
>> the Draft Proposal for NextGen at ICANN Program Improvements. The deadline
>> for submission is 31 March. We also need to leave some time for the PC to
>> approve the comment.
>>
>> Please, take a moment to review the draft and leave your edits/comments
>> in track changes for easier reference. We will be waiting for your
>> contributions *till Friday, 27 March, end of the day*.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Best,
>> Olga
>>
>
>
> --
>
> Best regards.
> Liz.
>
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>


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