[ALAC] [ALAC-Announce] Fwd: Statement on changes to the Fellowship Program

[Alan Greenberg]

I have made the change, but not sure of Ariel has already submitted it.

Alan
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On July 29, 2016 7:09:01 PM EDT, "Sébastien Bachollet" <sebastien at bachollet.com> wrote:
>Thanks Alan
>Well done
>One small suggestion 
>To change the last word from model to organization 
>All the best
>SeB
>
>Envoyé de mon iPhone
>
>> Le 29 juil. 2016 à 21:06, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> a
>écrit :
>> 
>> At 29/07/2016 06:36 AM, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
>>> Hello Alan,
>>> 
>>> Oh so a statement of support was also going to be helpful, was
>thinking it was if we had concerns. Thanks for the draft and  My +1 to
>the statement at it currently stand, if its not too late, you may
>consider a few minor comments below:
>>> 
>>> 1. Can "They play an impactful role in their respective countries
>to...." be updated to "They play an impactful role in their respective
>countries and within ICANN to...." I think emphasizing the impact of
>atlarge within ICANN is quite important. I have always been of the
>opinion that atlarge defending the interest of end-users within ICANN
>is of more importance than what they do outside of it. Ofcourse not
>that, that is also not important.
>> 
>> In my mind, what we do inside of ICANN is why we are here! The rest
>should be a facilitater to make the internal effrots more effective and
>better reflect what users need.
>> 
>> 
>>> 2. I suggest re-wording of the third paragraph to the following:
>>> "The ALAC recognizes that these changes may make the process of
>selecting candidates more difficult, but believes ICANN is making a
>wise choice in doing this and would ensure to maintain fairness and
>balance in the selection process, especially towards improving
>representation of under-served/under developed countries/territories
>within ICANN processes "
>> 
>> I will make a change to this effect.
>> 
>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Alan Greenberg
><alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca > wrote:
>>> 
>>> To: ALAC < alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
>>> From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca >
>>> Subject: Statement on changes to the Fellowship Program
>>> 
>>> 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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>>> 
>>> -- 
>>>
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>>> Seun Ojedeji,
>>> Federal University Oye-Ekiti
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>>> 
>>> Bringing another down does not take you up - think about your
>action!
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