[governance] The ICANN Fellowship Program

Eric Dierker cogitoergosum at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jan 12 14:44:14 EST 2010 

I have been critical of the Fellowship program since it's inception.  I would like to believe that the critiques thrashed out in the GNSO and particularly the GA over the last five years have aided in defining and restructuring of the program.
 
I do not like what I think is "tokenism" in the program.  
 
But make no mistake, it is a very good program and has done a lot of very good work.  Engaging in the program and applying and supporting it is a very good idea.
 
Eric

--- On Tue, 1/12/10, Avri Doria <avri at psg.com> wrote:


From: Avri Doria <avri at psg.com>
Subject: Re: [governance] The ICANN Fellowship Program
To: "IGC" <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 3:40 PM


Hi,

Well said. 

As someone who has not been terribly shy about saying all kinds of mean things in my blog about ICANN and some of its actions, i think this program, whatever you call it is very serious and very real - a lot more then just a ticket.  And a good thing run by a very dedicated ICANN staffer

I have spoken with many fellows and they are serious and take their fellowship in ICANN seriously and as a continuing thing.  And I have seen several of them take up various leadership positons either around ICANN and its contributing bodies or in related areas.

I hope no one is dissuaded from applying for this opportunity and recommend that anyone who has been reading about ICANN and who is invovled in IG, think about applying

a.

PS. sure having the application material in the 6 UN languages would be  good idea.

On 12 Jan 2010, at 15:56, Gao Mosweu wrote:

> The ICANN Fellowship Program,
> 
> For me it is all really a matter of semantics Fellowship, sponsorship -  the past participants being called fellowship alumni... Really I think we should look at the good things that this initiative has done  - the cup is half full, that is how I look at it.
> 
> I was one of the participants from the first fellowship round for the San Juan Meeting in June 2007. From that meeting alone, I learnt so much about ICANN, its processes, the community of people that make it all happen.
> 
> For me it even became a launching pad for me to find my voice within my local community. It opened my eyes that a lot of people in my country do not know about Internet Governance, let alone the tremendous work that ICANN does.
> 
> I became much more involved at the local community level, organised workshops on IG issues.
> 
> I have since organised IPv6 training for local technicians, and made a presentation about ICANN at this training in the last year.  
> 
> I teach a group of part time students Ecommerce, and every year since I got involved with ICANN, each of them graduates from the course knowing at least about ICANN and its work around the world.
> 
> Subsequent to the San Juan Meeting, I was at the Los Angeles meeting, and at the Paris Meeting as a mentor to first time fellows.
> 
> I have also been able to get involved with the re-delegation process for our ccTLD – the .bw domain. I have been able to gather enough courage to walk up to the authorities in charge and challenge them to do something about it.
> 
> I can tell you now that last year I submitted recommendations about the management or administration of the .bw domain... Guess what? Apparently a consultant from the west (a European country I think) had been hired previously to look into this specific issue, and came up with a 300 page document. It apparently did not render much in the way of way forward that was comprehensible, so in the end that same document I had prepared became the guiding document for further discussions! And the 300 page document had been shelved because nobody could really make sense of it. I personally think it was unfair for my country to have paid so much money for a report that they ultimately could not make sense of!
> 
> No, I could not have done it without having been involved with ICANN... You could say that ICANN helped me to be the voice and the change I wanted to see. It helped me to gain enough confidence to tackle issues relating to the internet community in Botswana.
> 
> Imagine, if it could help Botswana in the way it has, what about other countries?
> 
> ICANN has helped me and my country in a phenomenal way through my fellowship participation!
> 
> --- On Tue, 1/12/10, Rui Correia <correia.rui at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Rui Correia <correia.rui at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [governance] TR: ICANN Fellowship Program
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, "Adam Peake" <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>
> Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 3:30 PM
> 
> Adam,
> 
> Fair enough.
> 
> However, and using an example I was personally involved with - at
> Highway Africa (largest annual gathering of journalists from across
> Africa), a similar procedure is used, with people applying to attend
> with cost covered and some to take part in 5-day long professional
> courses after the conference (total 9-10 days), and yet, it is called
> merely a sponsorship. I could understand a three-month stint being
> called a fellowship - not the 3-day ICANN event.
> 
> It is PR gold-spraying.
> 
> As for the document being only in English, for EUR 4,500 ICANN could
> have had it translated into all 11 languages that are displayed in bar
> of the said document. In fact, EUR 3,000 would be enough, it it left
> out the part about "what is ICANN".
> 
> Rui
> 
> 2010/1/12 Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>:
> > I suspect the intention has been to create something more than just a travel
> > support grant. The "fellows" are required to attend daily briefings while at
> > the ICANN meeting and to be active in meeting sessions, write a report, show
> > value they have taken back from the meeting.  By take back, I mean something
> > that has an input to a larger group (ccTLD, government, some community) so
> > their participation isn't just a one-off personal benefit. At least that's
> > my understanding.
> >
> > Very easy to give someone a ticket and cover their hotel costs and not put
> > any support programmes in place, and ICANN did that for a couple of years in
> > the early part of the decade (it had some value, but could have done more, I
> > know a few on this list who benefited.)  The Fellowship Program is trying to
> > do something more, and has good feedback so perhaps it's working.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> >
> >> [Vanda - this is not directed at you; I can see it comes from the PR]
> >>
> >> I wonder who came up with this idiotic use o the word "fellowship"
> >> when referring to what is in fact a sponsorship to cover travel and
> >> accommodation (and "a stipend"). Then just to crown it, those who get
> >> the fellowships are called "alumni"!
> >>
> >> Must come from the same bright linguist who decided it was fine to use
> >> the word "itinerary" for an event programme! "Itinerary > Day 1 > Day
> >> 2" etc, all in the same venue!
> >>
> >> Rui
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2010/1/12 Vanda UOL <vanda at uol.com.br>:
> >>>
> >>>  Dear all, Estimados amigos, Chers Amis
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  Please access
> >>
> >>  >   http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11jan10-en.htm  to
> >>>
> >>>  analyze the opportunity to join ICANN meeting in Brussels next June.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  Por favor vean en
> >>>  http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11jan10-en.htm la
> >>>  oportunidad de participar en la conferencia de ICANN en Bruselas el
> >>> próximo
> >>>  Junio
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  Svp accès
> >>>  http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11jan10-en.htm
> >>>  pour analyser l'occasion de joindre la réunion d'ICANN à Bruxelles juin
> >>>  prochain.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  Thank you for your attention / Gracias por su atención / Merci pour
> >>> votre
> >>>  attention
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  Vanda Scartezini
> >>>
> >>>  Fellowship Program Committee
> >>>
> >>>  ICANN Board  ALAC Liaison
> >>>
> >>>  www.executivasdeti.blogspot.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  -----Original Message-----
> >>>  From: Sébastien Bachollet [mailto:sebastien.bachollet at free.fr]
> >>>  Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:39 AM
> >>>  To: Sébastien Bachollet
> >>>  Subject: [governance] TR: [ALAC-Announce] Director White Paper - Request
> >>> for
> >>>  Comments
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  Dear all,
> >>>
> >>>  It is my pleasure to forward you this message of the At-Large advisory
> >>>  committee of ICANN.
> >>>
> >>>  Your comments are welcome preferably using the wiki comments (link in
> >>> the
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> >>>
> >>>  Please forward it to you pears.
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> >>>  All the best
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  Chers amis,
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> >>>  *La versión española está abajo
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  Dear All,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  At its 22 December 2009 teleconference, the ALAC charged a small group
> >>> with
> >>>  the task of creating an initial white paper on the proposed process for
> >>> the
> >>>  selection of an ICANN At-Large Board Member to be distributed for
> >>>  wide-spread comment early in January 2010.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> The
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?director_white_paper.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  All members of the At-Large community are encouraged to comment on the
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> >>>  Selection Process to be scheduled between 27-29 January 2010 (a Doodle
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  **
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> >>>  Cher tous,
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  À sa téléconférence du 22 décembre 2009, l'ALAC a chargé un petit groupe
> >>> de
> >>>  la tâche de créer un premier livre blanc sur le procédé proposé pour le
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> >>>
> >>>  27-29 janvier 2010 (un Doodle sera envoyé sous peu).
> >>>
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> >>>  En su teleconferencia del 22 de diciembre de 2009, el ALAC encargó a un
> >>>  pequeño grupo de la tarea de crear un Libro Blanco inicial en el proceso
> >>>  propuesto para la selección de un miembro del Consejo At-Large de ICANN
> >>> que
> >>>  se distribuirá para el comentario extenso temprano en enero de 2010.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>  Encuentre por favor ató una copia del director Libro Blanco en el EN y
> >>> el
> >>>  franco para la revisión. El documento español estará disponible en los
> >>>  próximos días.
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>> las
> >>>  páginas del wiki. El page porta del `está disponible en:
> >>>
> >>>  https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?director_white_paper.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> al
> >>>  director Libro Blanco antes de la llamada siguiente de la comunidad en
> >>> el
> >>>  proceso de selección At-Large que se programará entre el 27-29 de enero
> >>> de
> >>>  2010 (un Doodle será enviado pronto).
> >>>
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> >>>  Se pide además que los miembros de la Comunidad At-Large transmiten a
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> >>>  comentarios sobre el director Libro Blanco tan extensamente como sea
> >>>  posible.
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> >>>  Respetos,
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn
> >>> Vernon,
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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