[governance] Fwd: Postel Network Operator's Scholarship 2008

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

This would be very useful indeed for the more technically qualified
civil society members around


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Randy Bush <randy at psg.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Subject: Postel Network Operator's Scholarship 2008
To: Asia Pacific Net Ops <apops at apops.net>, AfNOG <afnog at afnog.org>,
PacNOG <pacnog at pacnog.org>, ALyC NOG <lacnog at lacnic.net>, North
American Network Operators Group <nanog at merit.edu>



 <http://www.nanog.org/postel-scholarship.html>

 Overview

 NANOG and ARIN have been been unique and successful cooperative fora for
 Internet builders in North America and other parts of the world.  Senior
 practitioners from around the world contribute their time to NANOG and
 ARIN as presenters, teachers and trainers, to produce consistent
 non-commercial conferences of high-quality.

 Since 2007, the generosity of an anonymous donor and the administration
 of the Internet Society, have allowed NANOG and ARIN to provide
 financial support to a person from a developing country to participate
 in the October joint NANOG/ARIN meeting.

 The Postel Network Operator's Scholarship Committee cordially invite
 suitable applicants to apply for fellowship funding to participate in
 the October 2008 joint NANOG/ARIN meeting.

 Target Audience

 The Postel Network Operator's Scholarship targets personnel from
 developing countries who are actively involved in Internet development,
 in any of the following roles:

  * Engineers (Network Builders)
  * Operational and Infrastructure Support Personnel
  * Educators, Teachers, and Trainers

 Award Package

 Successful applicants will be provided with transportation to and from
 the meetings and a reasonable (local host standard) allowance for food
 and accommodation. In addition all fees for participation in the
 conferences, tutorials, and social events will be waived.  The final
 grant size is determined according to final costs and available funding,
 and will be advised to successful applicants.

 Criteria for Selection

 The Postel Network Operator's Scholarship Committee will select the
 fellow according to following criteria.

  * Membership in the Target Audience listed above
  * Residency in a developing country
  * Demonstrated ability to utilize the experiences gained from
    NANOG/ARIN within their country, region, ...
  * Evaluation of an abstract of a presentation to be given at
    the meeting.

 Applicants from any part of the world will be considered.

 Fellowship Selection Committee

 The Fellowship Section Committee is a joint activity of the Steering
 Committee of NANOG and the Board of Trustees of ARIN.

 Application for Fellowships

 The deadline for application is 1 June 2008, and the awardee will be
 informed by 1 July 2008.

 To apply for the fellowship please read
 <http://www.nanog.org/postel-scholarship.html> and submit your
 application via email to <PostelNOS at nanog.org>.

 Please be sure to include an abstract, and even possibly some slides,
 from the presentation you would give at the meetings.

 Thank you.

 randy, for the Fellowship Section Committee
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