[NCSG-PC] Fwd: Travel slot for ICANN80

[Johan Helsingius]

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Subject: Re: Travel slot for ICANN80
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:39:35 -0400
From: Kathy Kleiman <kathy at dnrc.tech>
To: Johan Helsingius <julf at JULF.COM>
CC: Andrea Glandon <andrea.glandon at icann.org>

Dear Julf and Andrea,

I hereby submit my Motivation Statement to NCSG to attend ICANN80. 
Please find it attached.

Best regards,

Kathy

On 4/10/2024 10:18 AM, Johan Helsingius wrote:
> Seems Stephanie Perrin can't make it to Kigali.
>
> According to our operating procedures I am hereby asking interested
> persons to send me their motivation statements, copying Andrea
> (andrea.glandon at icann.org).
>
> Here is the relevant part from the NCSG operating procedures:
>
> If a Council member or a funded NCSG Executive Committee cannot attend 
> the meeting, the following process should be invoked to decide upon 
> the travel slot transfer:
>
>     The NCSG chair announces the opportunity on the NCSG-Discuss list 
> and requests that the interested members send their Motivation 
> Statement privately to the Chair and copy in ICANN support staff.
>
>     The Motivation Statement must explain in detail why the applicant 
> would like to attend the meeting, provide evidence of full and 
> verifiable engagement in Domain Name System policy deliberations, 
> proof that the applicant has previously attended calls and contributed 
> to PDPs, NCSG Policy Committee meetings and other relevant policy and 
> related meetings, and explain why their physical presence is important 
> for this meeting, mentioning specific tasks they commit to carry out 
> on behalf of the NCSG. The tasks must be related to the NCSG and 
> advance the NCSG’s interests at that specific ICANN meeting.
>
>     If the applicant is to be an alternate to a GNSO Councillor, he or 
> she should have an understanding of how the Council works and have 
> observed their meetings beforehand. They must provide a letter of 
> recommendation from either a) the Chair of the NCSG Policy Committee, 
> or (b) a serving member of the Council in his or her second term.
>
>     While Execeutive Committee’ travel slots may be allocated to 
> newcomers, newcomers should commit to attending  sessions of the NCSG 
> leading up to the ICANN meeting, as well as undertaking revision and 
> background reading on at least one internal governance document and a 
> PDP.
>
>     The applicant must commit to attending the ICANN meeting fully, be 
> at the meeting venue every day, and be present to the greatest extent 
> possible at all NCSG meetings, constituency meetings, GNSO Council 
> meetings, and PDP sessions for which they have expressed interest in 
> their Motivation Statement. If the selected applicant does not appear 
> to be present at the venue without justification, s/he will not be 
> eligible to be allocated a travel slot in the future. The decision of 
> such ineligibility will be made by the NCSG Executive Committee (in 
> the evaluation of at least two members).
>
>     Julf

-- 
Kathy Kleiman
Past President, Domain Name Rights Coalition
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