<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Thanks Alan</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Well done</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">One small suggestion </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">To change the last word from model to organization </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">All the best</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">SeB<br><br>Envoyé de mon iPhone</div><div><br>Le 29 juil. 2016 à 21:06, Alan Greenberg <<a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a>> a écrit :<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
At 29/07/2016 06:36 AM, Seun Ojedeji wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">Hello Alan,<br><br>
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:<br><br>
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.</blockquote><br>
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.<br><br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">2. I suggest re-wording of the
third paragraph to the following:<br>
"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
"</blockquote><br>
I will make a change to this effect.<br><br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">Regards<br><br>
<br>
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Alan Greenberg
<<a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a>
> wrote:<br>
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<dd>To: ALAC
<<a href="mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org">
alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br>
</dd><dd>From: Alan Greenberg
<<a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a>
><br>
</dd><dd>Subject: Statement on changes to the Fellowship Program<br><br>
</dd><dd>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.<br><br>
</dd><dd>Some people in At-Large have been (rightfully) VERY vocal about
perceived problems in the Fellowship program, specifically:<br><br>
</dd><dd>- 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);<br>
</dd><dd>- some people, particularly from some island territories were not
eligible.<br><br>
</dd><dd>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.<br><br>
</dd><dd>The proposed changes to the Fellowship Program address these problems
and more.<br><br>
</dd><dd>Unfortunately, no one chose to volunteer to draft a brief statement
of support for the changes.<br><br>
</dd><dd>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.<br><br>
</dd><dd>The statement can be found at
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/LiOOAw">
https://community.icann.org/x/LiOOAw</a>.<br><br>
</dd><dd>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.<br><br>
</dd><dd>Alan<br><br>
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