<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Councillors,<div><br></div><div>Please see the follow-up message below from Olivier.</div><div><br></div><div>I would be happy to follow this group on behalf of the Council if everyone is OK with that.</div><div><br></div><div>Would anyone be opposed to me representing the Council on this group?</div><div><br></div><div>As a reminder, we have a discussion point on Alac's ICANN academy scheduled for our next teleconference call.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br><div>
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<div><br><div>Début du message réexpédié :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>De : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Objet : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Rép : Invitation to ICANN Academy WG</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">4 mai 2012 19:37:59 HAEC<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>À : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com">stephane.vangelder@indom.com</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>>, sandra hoferichter <<a href="mailto:info@hoferichter.eu">info@hoferichter.eu</a>>, Heidi Ullrich <<a href="mailto:Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org">Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div>Dear Stéphane,<br><br>I am following-up on my email below. As we discussed, it is important<br>that people from the different SO/ACs/SGs are represented in this<br>working group. I gather it must have been confusing that I email both<br>you and Jeff separately -- and the council separately to each SG -- but<br>this is because I think that there should be someone (one? more?) from<br>the Council in the WG to explain the point of view of councillors, as<br>opposed to SG Chairs who have a different point of view, not from the<br>Council.<br>I look forward for you to make suggestions on a volunteer after you have<br>discussed it with your councillors.<br>Warmest regards,<br><br>Olivier<br><br>On 21/04/2012 15:49, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote :<br><blockquote type="cite">Dear Stéphane,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">During the ICANN meeting in San Jose, the ALAC presented the proposal<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">for an ICANN Academy, a program for people selected by the various ICANN<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">communities and the NomCom to be more effective when they take their<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">position and that would complement other ICANN capacity building<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">activities. As part of that presentation, I announced that we would be<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">inviting all ICANN communities to participate in the further development<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">of this proposal.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The initiative for the ICANN Academy was initially conceived by At-Large<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">members as a comprehensive stand-alone project, which would include a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">variety of educational offerings for all ICANN participants. On review<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">of various options and based on the existence of the current ongoing<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">other efforts such as Fellowship Program, Newcomers’ Tracks and Lounge,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">ICANN staff expressed an immediate need to provide a capacity building<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">program for the future leaders of ICANN, those whose term starts at the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">end of 2012 AGM in Toronto. The ALAC formed a Working Group to develop a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">program to respond to this specific need and organized it as a pilot<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">operation.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The first draft of this pilot program for new ICANN leaders was<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">presented recently at the ICANN meeting in San Jose. While the feedback<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">was favorable, it also supported that there was a growing need for<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">learning opportunities also among other constituencies<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The At-Large community views the ICANN Academy as an ICANN project<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">initiated by At-Large that needs further community support in order to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">realize its full potential. As a result, we wish to invite members of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">other advisory committees, the supporting organizations and the various<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">constituencies in the GNSO to join us in the Academy Working Group, to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">contribute actively in furthering the concept and curriculum.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Therefore, I kindly invite you to consider the inclusion of some<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">interested members of your community in the Academy Working Group to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">finalize a proposed curriculum and the faculty for this pilot operation,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">and to continue later on developing the aspects of the comprehensive<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">project together with ICANN Staff.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">It is absolutely vital that at least one person from your constituency<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">takes part in the designing of the academic program. Just as the best<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">source of information about ALAC matters is an At-Large community<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">member, we believe that the best source of information for your<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">constituency's work is someone from your constituency. This will ensure<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">a *fair and balanced point of view* expressed to Academy participants -<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">a foundation feature of the ICANN Academy.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I look forward to hearing from you about a volunteer from your community<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to take part in the working group as soon as possible, but certainly<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">before 30 April 2012.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Warmest regards,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Olivier Crépin-Leblond,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">ALAC Chair<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br>-- <br>Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD<br><a href="http://www.gih.com/ocl.html">http://www.gih.com/ocl.html</a><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>