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    Dear Stéphane,<br>
    Dear John,<br>
    <br>
    thank you for considering our invitation. <br>
    In sending invitations both to Stéphane and to Chairs of stakeholder
    groups, I wanted to keep the door as open as possible to whoever
    wanted to volunteer to be part of the working group. I realise that
    my knowledge of GNSO Council procedures and GNSO stakeholder groups
    is limited, hence if you feel that someone from Council should take
    part, whilst at the same time, someone from each Stakeholder group
    should take part, that's okay with me.<br>
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    The rules in At-Large regarding working groups do not limit who can
    take part, especially if there is a specific invitation to other
    SOs/ACs to take part.<br>
    <br>
    To answer Stéphane's comment, when presenting the proposal at the
    ICANN Costa Rica conference, we received many comments of support
    but also heard concerns, hence the wish to involve the whole ICANN
    community as early as possible. Happy to discuss this at your
    leisure.<br>
    <br>
    Kindest regards,<br>
    <br>
    Olivier<br>
    <br>
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    On 23/04/2012 17:53, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote :
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          <div>Le 23 avr. 2012 à 17:33, <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com">john@crediblecontext.com</a>>
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                <div>I am unclear on the invitation.  Is Olivier asking
                  for "the inclusion of some interested members of your
                  community," by which I assume it means the GNSO
                  overall or "a volunteer from your community" by which
                  I assume he means the Council or the Registrars?</div>
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                <div>As it is a working group, are the rules in the
                  At-Large different from those in the GNSO and thereby
                  limits those who can participate?  <br>
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                <div>I have alerted the executive committee of the
                  Business Constituency to the opportunity.</div>
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                <div>Cheers,<br>
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                <div>John Berard</div>
                <div>Founder</div>
                <div>Credible Context</div>
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                    -------- Original Message --------<br>
                    Subject: [council] Re: Invitation to ICANN Academy
                    WG<br>
                    From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com">stephane.vangelder@indom.com</a>><br>
                    Date: Mon, April 23, 2012 2:15 am<br>
                    To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>>,
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                    "<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>
                    GNSO" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>>,
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                    <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:soac-chairs@icann.org">soac-chairs@icann.org</a><br>
                    Cc: sandra hoferichter <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:info@hoferichter.eu">info@hoferichter.eu</a>>,
                    Heidi Ullrich<br>
                    <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org">Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org</a>><br>
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                    Thanks Olivier,<br>
                    <br>
                    I am copying the GNSO Council on my response to you,
                    so that they are informed and can in turn inform
                    their respective groups and communities. I am also
                    copying the other SO and AC Chairs as I believe the
                    concept of an ICANN academy is relevant to all of
                    them.<br>
                    <br>
                    As an initial comment, I want to thank ALAC for
                    reaching out and for laying down the groundwork on
                    this concept.<br>
                    <br>
                    Although I think the idea of a WG on the academy is
                    great, I am surprised however that the mandate for
                    this WG should be "to finalize a proposed
                    curriculum" for the academy. It feels like we are
                    getting slightly ahead of ourselves if that's the
                    case and that the WG should start by looking to see
                    if the academy should happen at all. I understand
                    that ALAC thinks it should and has already worked
                    hard on it, but surely the other communities should
                    also be given a chance to either sign on or sign off
                    before ICANN as a whole moves ahead on this.<br>
                    <br>
                    Thanks,<br>
                    <br>
                    Stéphane<br>
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                    Le 21 avr. 2012 à 16:49, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond a
                    écrit :<br>
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                    > Dear Stéphane,<br>
                    > <br>
                    > During the ICANN meeting in San Jose, the ALAC
                    presented the proposal<br>
                    > for an ICANN Academy, a program for people
                    selected by the various ICANN<br>
                    > communities and the NomCom to be more effective
                    when they take their<br>
                    > position and that would complement other ICANN
                    capacity building<br>
                    > activities. As part of that presentation, I
                    announced that we would be<br>
                    > inviting all ICANN communities to participate
                    in the further development<br>
                    > of this proposal.<br>
                    > <br>
                    > The initiative for the ICANN Academy was
                    initially conceived by At-Large<br>
                    > members as a comprehensive stand-alone project,
                    which would include a<br>
                    > variety of educational offerings for all ICANN
                    participants. On review<br>
                    > of various options and based on the existence
                    of the current ongoing<br>
                    > other efforts such as Fellowship Program,
                    Newcomers’ Tracks and Lounge,<br>
                    > ICANN staff expressed an immediate need to
                    provide a capacity building<br>
                    > program for the future leaders of ICANN, those
                    whose term starts at the<br>
                    > end of 2012 AGM in Toronto. The ALAC formed a
                    Working Group to develop a<br>
                    > program to respond to this specific need and
                    organized it as a pilot<br>
                    > operation.<br>
                    > <br>
                    > The first draft of this pilot program for new
                    ICANN leaders was<br>
                    > presented recently at the ICANN meeting in San
                    Jose. While the feedback<br>
                    > was favorable, it also supported that there was
                    a growing need for<br>
                    > learning opportunities also among other
                    constituencies<br>
                    > <br>
                    > The At-Large community views the ICANN Academy
                    as an ICANN project<br>
                    > initiated by At-Large that needs further
                    community support in order to<br>
                    > realize its full potential. As a result, we
                    wish to invite members of<br>
                    > other advisory committees, the supporting
                    organizations and the various<br>
                    > constituencies in the GNSO to join us in the
                    Academy Working Group, to<br>
                    > contribute actively in furthering the concept
                    and curriculum.<br>
                    > <br>
                    > Therefore, I kindly invite you to consider the
                    inclusion of some<br>
                    > interested members of your community in the
                    Academy Working Group to<br>
                    > finalize a proposed curriculum and the faculty
                    for this pilot operation,<br>
                    > and to continue later on developing the aspects
                    of the comprehensive<br>
                    > project together with ICANN Staff.<br>
                    > It is absolutely vital that at least one person
                    from your constituency<br>
                    > takes part in the designing of the academic
                    program. Just as the best<br>
                    > source of information about ALAC matters is an
                    At-Large community<br>
                    > member, we believe that the best source of
                    information for your<br>
                    > constituency's work is someone from your
                    constituency. This will ensure<br>
                    > a *fair and balanced point of view* expressed
                    to Academy participants -<br>
                    > a foundation feature of the ICANN Academy.<br>
                    > I look forward to hearing from you about a
                    volunteer from your community<br>
                    > to take part in the working group as soon as
                    possible, but certainly<br>
                    > before 30 April 2012.<br>
                    > <br>
                    > Warmest regards,<br>
                    > <br>
                    > Olivier Crépin-Leblond,<br>
                    > ALAC Chair<br>
                    > <br>
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