<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><div>"This is a means- tested program. Applicants must either be citizens of eligible countries listed in the World Bank classification as low, lower-middle, and upper-middle economies, or listed in one of the three (3) UN groupings of developing and least developed nations: the AIMS, Pacific and Caribbean which are all Members of SIDN and eligible for consideration in the Program. The UN Listing of SIDN is based on distinctly different criteria that stretch beyond the World Bank's economically deterministic view."<br /><br />Why is ICANN adhering to the rules of the World Bank? Who decided that and why? ICANN can and should be capable of thinking for itself as an organization at all times. A vote to abandon any adherence to the World Bank which has nothing to do with ICANN should be brought forth, to rewrite this policy asap. ICANN members and participants are not employees of
the World Bank, there is no partnership between ICANN and the World Bank. What the fellowship policy amounts to is laziness to otherwise think of an independent metric.<br /><br />Ron</div></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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<td valign="top"><div>Glenn:</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Thank you for sharing a great summary of the reality of U.S. Territories. Precisely, here in Puerto Rico we ave been having many dialogues among ISOCPR constituents on how equality in treatment when dealing with grant submission occurs. Puerto Rico is a great example when we talk about who we are representing in ISOC versus ICANN.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">When we apply for grants and fellowships it is sometimes difficult to give a reality check to those seeing us as U.S. citizens without the full stnading (rights) as "continental" citizens.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Great point made when some see us as "inmigrants" in U.S. when we actually have a U.S . passport
that states that we are "American citizens", and by the way "not national - but full american citizens".</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Again, thanks for sharing...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my "iPad Air"<div><br clear="none"><div>Alfredo Calderón </div><div>Email: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:calderon.alfredo@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">calderon.alfredo@gmail.com</a></div></div><div>Twylah: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.twylah.com/acalderon52">http://www.twylah.com/acalderon52</a></div><div>Twitter: acalderon52</div><div>Skype: Alfredo_1212</div><div>Business card: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://myonepage.com/">http://myonepage.com/</a> acalderon</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://scoop.it">Scoop.it</a>: <a
rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.scoop.it/t/aprendiendo-a-distancia">http://www.scoop.it/t/aprendiendo-a-distancia</a></div><div>Blog: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://aprendizajedistancia.blogspot.com">http://aprendizajedistancia.blogspot.com</a></div><div>Twitter news: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://paper.li/">http://paper.li/</a> acalderon52</div></div><div class="yqt7546581849" id="yqt90708"><div><br clear="none">On Nov 6, 2015, at 11:03 PM, Glenn McKnight <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>We have raising the issue for a couple of years of the unfairness of those US territories left out our the ICANN fellowship program. Interesting these
locations have more issues with their own government <br clear="none"></div>Here is John Oliver's piece on the more on the inequity<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CesHr99ezWE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CesHr99ezWE</a><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Glenn McKnight<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br clear="none">skype gmcknight<br clear="none">twitter gmcknight<br clear="none">.</div></div></div>
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