<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d">I'm really excited by the acceptance and enthusiasm shown for this move by discussants here. Notwithstanding the difficulties people in different ends are having with connectivity and using some online tools in the meantime, the Internet have interesting ROI capabilities that needs to be tested and proved. Enabling larger and more inclusive meetings is one. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d"><span style="background-color:rgb(249,203,156)">Arsene:</span> <span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">> Also, how are the fellowship/nextgen programs going to be handled? Most</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">> of these participants are not used to using Zoom or other remote<br>> participation tools. <br></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(159,197,232)">Julf:</span> I guess it is a great chance to learn the most important tools for</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">participating in ICANN policy work.</span> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font color="#20124d">Yes, Julf. I think fellowship programs were necessitated by the reality that some potential leaders/change makers would be unable to contribute to and learn from significant discussions because of the monetary costs involved in attending onsite meetings and so they need to be sponsored. </font><b style=""><font color="#0000ff">If people will need to be helped to afford better connectivity and to learn to use online meeting tools, that will be worth investing in, and I think it's cost effective.</font></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#20124d"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large"> <img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1aICl_2Q5Q5K6Y4wJOWTaVfZt34Dg-brN&revid=0B577ZHXalqL8UU9NYkZETTBLSmRsMlFRb012bFBSU1B4ZHQwPQ" width="96" height="96"></span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">Chris Prince Udochukwu </span><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><font size="4" color="#0b5394">Njọkụ</font></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">, Ph.D.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">Computer Communications Centre</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:large">@DrCPUNjoku</span></div><div><p><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:small"><font style="font-size:8.66667px"> </font></span><span style="background-color:blue;color:white"><font size="4">We mustn't remain with old ways of doing things,</font></span></font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:blue;color:white"><font size="4">especially if they're not yielding optimum results.</font></span></font><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:11 PM Johan Helsingius <<a href="mailto:julf@julf.com">julf@julf.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 20-02-2020 20:38, Arsène Tungali (via governance Mailing List) wrote:<br>
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> Also, how are the fellowship/nextgen programs going to be handled? Most<br>
> of these participants are not used to using Zoom or other remote<br>
> participation tools.<br>
<br>
I guess it is a great chance to learn the most important tools for<br>
participating in ICANN policy work.<br>
<br>
Julf<br>
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