[ALAC] Statement on changes to the Fellowship Program

[Carlton Samuels]

The statement in its last iteration should work.

I endorse the process in developing and congratulate Ariel for stepping up.

-Carlton


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Carlton A Samuels
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On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
wrote:

> As discussed during the ALAC call earlier this week, there is a Public
> Comment just about to close on changes to the ICANN Fellowship Program.
>
> Some people in At-Large have been (rightfully) VERY vocal about perceived
> problems in the Fellowship program, specifically:
>
> - people from some countries (such as Argentina) have recently become
> ineligible to participate in the Fellowship Program because the country has
> had its status upgraded in the World Bank list of development status (based
> on income);
> - some people, particularly from some island territories were not eligible.
>
> In both cases, the status of the overall economy might not have met the
> criteria, but that did not alter the perception that the people were not
> well represented in ICANN.
>
> The proposed changes to the Fellowship Program address these problems and
> more.
>
> Unfortunately, no one chose to volunteer to draft a brief statement of
> support for the changes.
>
> At the ALAC Leadership Team meeting yesterday, it was decided that the
> Fellowship Program is sufficiently important to At-Large, the people we
> represent, and to ICANN in general that we MUST submit something.
> Accordingly, I drafted a set of notes which Ariel Liang ably transformed
> into a statement to be submitted.
>
> The statement can be found at https://community.icann.org/x/LiOOAw.
>
> The deadline for submission is tomorrow, Friday, 29 July at 23:59 UTC. I
> will conduct a Consensus Call for formally ratify the statement next week,
> but if anyone has any concern with the statement, please bring that concern
> to my attention immediately.
>
> Alan
>
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