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    Dear Colleagues,<br>
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    please see below an email from Eduardo Diaz that proposed drafting a
    comment to support Global Indigenous Ambassadors using the
    fellowship programme. Please be so kind to comment as to whether
    EURALO should support such a request.<br>
    Kindest regards,<br>
    <br>
    Olivier<br>
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            <td>For Your Information -> Fwd: Consensus call: Global
              Indigenous Ambassador Program (GIAP)</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:58:07 -0400</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Eduardo Diaz <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com"><eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com></a></td>
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            <td>Satish Babu <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sb@inapp.com"><sb@inapp.com></a>, Olivier MJ
              Crepin-Leblond <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ocl@gih.com"><ocl@gih.com></a>, Mohamed El Bashir
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mbashir@isoc.sd"><mbashir@isoc.sd></a>, Humberto Carrasco
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:hcarrascob@gmail.com"><hcarrascob@gmail.com></a>, Mohamed El Bashir
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mbashir@mbash.net"><mbashir@mbash.net></a></td>
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            <td>Glenn McKnight <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com"><mcknight.glenn@gmail.com></a></td>
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Satish, Mohamed,
          Humberto & Olivier:</div>
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Saludos,</div>
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I just want to share
          the note that I sent today to the NARALO membership in
          relation to the GIAP and the ICANN Fellowship Program (IFP).</div>
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I encourage all of you
          to do something similar in your region as you see it fit.
          Closing date for comments is 27 July 2018.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
          From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Eduardo Diaz</b> <span
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              moz-do-not-send="true">eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
          Date: Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 3:01 PM<br>
          Subject: Consensus call: Global Indigenous Ambassador Program
          (GIAP)<br>
          To: NA Discuss <<a
            href="mailto:na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true">na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br>
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                  sans-serif">@All:<br>
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                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,
                  sans-serif">The I<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">CANN
                    Global Indigenous Ambassador Program (GIAP) did not
                    get any money under the recently approved ICANN FY
                    2019-2020 budget which came into effect 1<sup>st</sup>of
                    July 2018. As a result of this budget cut, the one
                    year old IGIAP is currently defunct.<span></span></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><font face="verdana,
                    sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,
                  sans-serif">As some of you may know, NARALO was key in
                  focusing efforts outside and within ICANN to outreach
                  to <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">underrepresented
                    indigenous communities </span>in our region. These
                  efforts were initially focused to US and Canada. In
                  July 14, 2017, <a
                    href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-06-14-en"
                    style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">ICANN announced</a> the
                  creation and adoption of a formally structured program
                  to outreach to these communities all over the world
                  and named the program the “<b><i>Global Indigenous
                      Ambassador Program” (GIAP). </i></b>During the
                  last year we saw fellows participating in ICANN
                  meetings from US, Canada, Columbia and Bolivia
                  indigenous communities. <span></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><font face="verdana,
                    sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,
                  sans-serif">NARALO member <a
                    href="https://rightscon2018.sched.com/judith4"
                    style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">Judith Hellerstein started to
                    promote</a> the program at an international level
                  during the RightsCon 2018 event with good results.<span></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><font face="verdana,
                    sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,
                  sans-serif">Having said that, <span
                    style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">there is a c</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">ommunity consultation
                    process to review the current ICANN Fellowship
                    Program (IFP) which is different in scope to the
                    GIAP. The comment period will be open until</span><span
                    style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> July 27, 2018
                      (see<span
                        class="gmail-m_6760938484805582208gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a
href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fellowship-proposal-2018-06-11-en"
                    style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                      style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">HERE</span></a><span
                    style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>). We have an
                      opportunity to raise our voice and suggest ideas
                      on how we can enhance the IFP with parts of the
                      currently defunct GIAP. </span><span
                      style="color:black"><span></span></span></span></font></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,
                  sans-serif">I proposed that NARALO puts forward the
                  following comment directly into the <a
href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fellowship-proposal-2018-06-11-en"
                    style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">IFP consultation process</a>:<span></span></font></p>
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              <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><i><font
                      face="verdana, sans-serif">“NARALO encourage the
                      existing ICANN Fellowship Program (IFP) to
                      actively outreach to global indigenous communities
                      and designate two fellowships to these communities
                      from their IFP total allocation until such time as
                      the original Global Indigenous Ambassador Program
                      (GIAP) program is reinstated. These communities
                      exist throughout the world.  We believe that this
                      abides to the wishes of ICANN to be inclusive and
                      demonstrative that they include this sector of our
                      society as part of the ICANN multi-stakeholder
                      community.”<span></span></font></i></b></p>
              <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><i><span><font
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt"><font
                  face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span>I
                      have received preliminary feedback about this
                      proposal indicating that what is being asked is
                      for a quota for two IFP slots. This might seem
                      like such but it is not permanent since we are
                      asking for these slots  </span></font><b
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>“… </i></b><b
                    style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>until such time as the
                      original Global Indigenous Ambassador Program
                      (GIAP) program is reinstated“ </i></b><font
                    color="#000000">to address this issue. <span></span></font></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,
                  sans-serif">ALAC will be submitting, as part of a <a
href="https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Workspace%3A+Draft+Proposal+of+the+New+Fellowship+Program+Approach?focusedCommentId=88574955#comment-88574955"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">long list of
                    suggestions</a>, the following comment to the IFP:<i>“</i><i><span
                      style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">There should be
                      consideration given to applicants from global
                      indigenous communities to apply as first time
                      Fellows. Subsequently, they would have to meet the
                      criteria for returning fellowships, along with
                      other second/third-time Fellows.”<span></span></span></i></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,
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                    </span></i></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm
                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,
                  sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">The
                    comment that I am proposing supports and enhances
                    the ALAC comment by suggesting <b><i>“…</i></b></span><b><i>to
                      actively outreach to global indigenous
                      communities, designate two fellowships to these
                      communities from their IFP total allocation and
                      until such time as the original Global Indigenous
                      Ambassador Program (GIAP) program is reinstated. </i></b><span
                    style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">After all, the GIAP was
                    up and running for a year before it got trashed.<span></span></span></font></p>
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                0.0001pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
                  style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="verdana,
                    sans-serif">Please let me know if you have any
                    objections to my proposal. If I do not receive more
                    than three objections, I will proceed to submit the
                    comment as proposed. Otherwise, I will submit the
                    comment directly from me as a member of NARALO.<span></span></font></span></p>
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                    Thursday, October 26, 2018 @ UTC: 16:00.<span
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