[NA-Discuss] ICANN Fellowship and US Terrritories

[Janice Douma Lange]

Hi Glenn and all..
Over the past few years it has been my pleasure to work with you and others
in At Large on these worthy initiatives towards broader engagement with
communities that seem to be not as accessible to ICANN or ICANN accessible
to them as other nations.

In this particular case, as Save has already pointed out, each of the
nations that you have noted are eligible for the Fellowship Program, as we
use both the World Economic Bank and the SIDN UN listing and they all fall
under that criteria.

I have attached the most recent list of eligible countries for the
Fellowship program; I check our application list against the World Bank and
SIDN list prior to each Fellowship application launch to make sure a country
has not been added or taken off the list before the new application goes
live.

Hope this is what you were looking for, although a trip to any of the
islands would be grand :)
janice

From:  Glenn Mcknight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
Date:  Monday, 16 March 2015 09:51
To:  NA Discuss <na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Janice Douma Lange
<janice.lange at icann.org>, Robert Hoggarth <robert.hoggarth at icann.org>
Subject:  ICANN Fellowship and US Terrritories

Hi Janice 

I hope all is well 

In the past  under  Garth's leadership we have tried to reach out to the  US
territories for  their  involvement with ICANN.  ie. NARALO
In research we discovered that these  US  terrioritories  live in a limbo
situation with regards to their  political status.  On one hand they are US
territory but the citizens  do not have  the right to vote.  My concern is
that they according to the  UN  research exist in a situation that  places
them as  US property but they have income similar to least  developed states

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?menu=1523

The  list  from  UN Listing of  Small Island Developing Nations

American  Samoa
Federated State of Micronesia
Guam 
Marianas
Marshall Islands

These  five locations  have unique  Internet access issues. Among of which
is some of the most expensive  Internet  service  rates.

My understanding is that these  locations  do not qualify for an application
to the ICANN Fellowship program due to their  US  affiliation despite their
low per capita income,  Is this correct?

Can you please provide us with clarification on this  issue.   What is the
process of rectifying this situation.

Happy to chat about this.  ( not looking for a trip to the islands)

Thanks 
Glenn




Glenn McKnight
mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
skype  gmcknight
twitter gmcknight
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   Hi Glenn and all..

   Over the past few years it has been my pleasure to work with you and
   others in At Large on these worthy initiatives towards broader
   engagement with communities that seem to be not as accessible to ICANN
   or ICANN accessible to them as other nations.

   In this particular case, as Save has already pointed out, each of the
   nations that you have noted are eligible for the Fellowship Program, as
   we use both the World Economic Bank and the SIDN UN listing and they
   all fall under that criteria.

   I have attached the most recent list of eligible countries for the
   Fellowship program; I check our application list against the World Bank
   and SIDN list prior to each Fellowship application launch to make sure
   a country has not been added or taken off the list before the new
   application goes live.

   Hope this is what you were looking for, although a trip to any of the
   islands would be grand :)

   janice

   From: Glenn Mcknight <[1]mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
   Date: Monday, 16 March 2015 09:51
   To: NA Discuss <[2]na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Janice Douma
   Lange <[3]janice.lange at icann.org>, Robert Hoggarth
   <[4]robert.hoggarth at icann.org>
   Subject: ICANN Fellowship and US Terrritories

   Hi Janice
   I hope all is well
   In the past  under  Garth's leadership we have tried to reach out to
   the  US territories for  their  involvement with ICANN.  ie. NARALO
   In research we discovered that these  US  terrioritories  live in a
   limbo situation with regards to their  political status.  On one hand
   they are US  territory but the citizens  do not have  the right to
   vote.  My concern is that they according to the  UN  research exist in
   a situation that  places them as  US property but they have income
   similar to least  developed states
   [5]https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?menu=1523
   The  list  from  UN Listing of  Small Island Developing Nations
   American  Samoa
   Federated State of Micronesia
   Guam
   Marianas
   Marshall Islands
   These  five locations  have unique  Internet access issues. Among of
   which is some of the most expensive  Internet  service  rates.
   My understanding is that these  locations  do not qualify for an
   application to the ICANN Fellowship program due to their  US
   affiliation despite their  low per capita income,  Is this correct?
   Can you please provide us with clarification on this  issue.   What is
   the process of rectifying this situation.
   Happy to chat about this.  ( not looking for a trip to the islands
   [cid:330 at goomoji.gmail] )
   Thanks
   Glenn
   Glenn McKnight
   [6]mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
   skype  gmcknight
   twitter gmcknight
   .

References

   1. mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
   2. mailto:na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
   3. mailto:janice.lange at icann.org
   4. mailto:robert.hoggarth at icann.org
   5. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?menu=1523
   6. mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
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