[AFRI-Discuss] Request for additional travel support for African region ATLAS III participants

[Raymond Mamattah]

Dear all,


We the below mentioned Penholders, on behalf of the ATLAS III awardees,
refer to the announcement of the ATLAS III travel support selected
participants, among which are 19 people from Africa.



Aside being selected, the intended purpose of training future leaders for
At Large cannot be achieved if the selected participants can not get visas
to attend the scheduled conference and training during the ICANN 66 at
Montreal in Canada.  It must be indicated that getting visas to Canada from
our various embassies across Africa is cumbersome. In this regard, we wish
to make the following suggestions on behalf of all the African 19
delegates, which can make it easier for us to get our visas:



1.    ICANN or the host entity to write directly to the various embassies
of the selected participants well in advance to introduce the
participants.  There must be acknowledgement for receipt of this
introduction letters from the embassies.



2.    The various invitation letters must clearly indicate that ICANN is
fully sponsoring the participants, listing that airfare, accommodation and
stipend will be fully provided to each participant.



This is very important because the embassies would like to know if the
participants can have enough funds for the trip. In fact, it’s even a
requirement for the participants to provide their bank account statement
showing evidence of enough funds, hence if it’s indicated that the
participants are going to be fully sponsored the better.



It must be noted that acquiring the visa can take close to 12 weeks in some
countries, hence, the earlier the processes are started, including
implementing the above mentioned suggestions, the better for the African
delegates to get their visas and attend the trainings.



We are counting on your utmost support in this regard.



Raymond Selorm Mamattah

Remmy Nweke

Peters Omoragbon

(Penholders on behalf of Afralo ATLAS III awardees)
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