<div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="border:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:8pt"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="1" style="width:596.364px;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr><td style="border:1pt solid rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt;background:rgb(248,248,248)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Open Date:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></td><td style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-top-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">14 June 2016</span></p></td><td style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-top-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt;background:rgb(248,248,248)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Close Date:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></td><td style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-top-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">29 July 2016</span></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-left-color:rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt;background:rgb(248,248,248)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Originating Organization:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Development and Public Responsibility Department</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-left-color:rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt;background:rgb(248,248,248)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Categories/Tags:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Reviews/Improvements</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-left-color:rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt;background:rgb(248,248,248)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Brief Overview:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Leading up to the ten-year anniversary of ICANN's Fellowship program, the organization has evaluated this successful initiative in order to address the needs of the global community and provide appropriate enhancements to ensure that the program will continue to thrive while addressing today's ICANN and its capacity-building needs. In this regard, the ICANN staff have identified areas of improvement, mainly to the language used to describe Applicant Selection Criteria and the application assessment process. In doing so, ICANN staff is looking to ensure that the Fellowship selection process remains accountable, transparent, and independent while continuing to strengthen the ICANN Multistakeholder Model.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-left-color:rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt;background:rgb(248,248,248)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Link:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(216,216,216);padding:6pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fellowship-application-process-review-2016-06-14-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fellowship-application-process-review-2016-06-14-en</a></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Glenn McKnight<br><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br>skype gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight<br>.</div></div></div>
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