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<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">Hello,</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">I have been a long-standing active member of the ICANN community in many capacities an in different SO, ACs and CCWGs, as well as supporting capacity development in the LAC region through initiatives like the South School on Internet Governance SSIG and Dominios LatinoAmerica. In all of my capacities, and based on my experience, I strongly believe that:</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35);min-height:15px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">- ICANN should continue to fund ICANNWiki and the service it provides to the community. They provide outreach, capacity development, and great content spread across all regions. Their role in the LAC region has been recognized by many and has been included in the LAC Strategy Renewal 2018-2020. The complete discontinuation of funding to ICANNWiki would be short-sighted and disregard the investment by both the community and ICANN itself that has built ICANNWiki into a critical part of the community over the years. </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35);min-height:15px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">- ICANN should keep and enhance the fellowship program, the on boarding program, the next gen program and very important also should keep and enhance the travel support for members of the SO and ACs. This travel support for both new comers and experienced and very active members of the ICANN community are of high importance for developing and least developed economies and essential to the policy work that ICANN does. It is the only way to ensure that a real international community is active and participating.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35);min-height:15px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">The travel support to SO and ACs and also the different program for newcomers  could be maintained and even enhanced by using creative ways of making them more sustainable. Some ideas: offer different types of fellowships, like partial funding (ticket or hotel), offer only full fellowship for those participants that do really need it to participate, let those who want to travel business and can afford it make an upgrade on their own, among other ideas that may come up.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35);min-height:15px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">Thanks for letting me send these comments.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35);min-height:15px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">Best regards</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35);min-height:15px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">Olga Cavalli</span></p>


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