[NA-Discuss] Application Round Opens for Paris Meeting Fellowships

[Bret Fausett]

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> Date: December 7, 2007 4:34:34 PM PST
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> Subject: [alerts-text] ICANN News Alert -- Application Round Opens  
> for Paris Meeting Fellowships
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> Application Round Opens for Paris Meeting Fellowships
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> Program makes sure global voices heard at ICANN’s International  
> Public Meetings
>
> 7 December 2007
>
> MARINA DEL REY, Calif. : The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names  
> and Numbers is putting out the call for fellowship program  
> applications for its 32nd International Public Meeting to be held in  
> Paris from 22-27 June 2008.
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> "The fellowship program plays a key role in making sure that global  
> voices are heard at the ICANN meeting and in our various public  
> forums," said Theresa Swinehart, ICANN's Vice President, Global and  
> Strategic Partnerships.
>
> The 23 fellows from 22 countries who played an active role at the  
> Los Angeles meeting were chosen from 167 applications received. An  
> additional 10 candidates chosen in this round were deferred to the  
> New Delhi meeting in February. Of the fellows at the Los Angeles  
> meeting, had never attended an ICANN meeting before, and seven were  
> alumni from the inaugural program in San Juan this past June.
>
> Priority is given to applicants who are current residents of  
> developing and least developed nations and interested in  
> participating in ICANN and its supporting organizations, such as the  
> Governmental Advisory Committee, the Country Code Names Supporting  
> Organization, and the Generic Names Supporting Organization. The  
> fellowship will assist in covering airfare, hotel and a stipend.  
> Recipients will be expected to actively participate in and  
> contribute to ICANN processes. As always, registration for ICANN’s  
> meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend.
>
> Applications will be accepted from now until 1200 PDT (UTC -7) on 11  
> January 2008. More information, as well as a link to the application  
> for a fellowship, is available online at: http://www.icann.org/fellowships/
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