[ICANN Academy WG] WG: post to list regarding pilot SO/AC Leadership training in Toronto

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I appreciate Filiz's email.

I do not think, however, tha it conradicts my impresson.

I came to the meeting thinking that the Extended At-Large organized Academy group was going to spend the hour discussing how to create a pilot for the academy project to be run in Toronto. At Large had presented a basic structure of a curriculum  and I thought we were going to take that and start getting specific about defining the details on the Toronto event.

Instead I found that ICANN staff has decided to  create its own program, a leadership orientation and training program, and that it intends to run a pilot of this program in Toronto.  I understand that this staff program is intersted in perhaps reusing some of the work the At Large Academy WG hard done and even welcomed the assistance of the Extended WG and its members, but that clearly this was not a pilot of the Academy program.

This is ok with me personally, I just found it important to understand the situation.  Personally I was going to have make choices about what items I devoted attention to in preparation for Toronto.  I felt committed to working on the Pilot of the Academy program.  Now I know that I no longer have such a committement as there willnot be a pilot of the Academy prgram.  And that is a good thing to know at this point as I make my personal plans. 

As for the Extended At-Large organized Academy group assisting the staff in its program plans to the extent that we are permitted to do so, I think that we need to first hear about the constraints of the Staff's program, how long it is, who controls content, to what exent outside collaboration is intended etc...   Once we know the requirements of the Staff, we can decide as a group, and as individuals, whether we can best utilize our time, assisting the staff in its pilot leadership training and orientation program or by  getting back for  work on the academy's orignal goal of particpant education.  This is a decsion we have to make.  I think in making the decsion it is important to decide whether we want to work on our longer goals or on a one-off that is really beyond our bottom-up control.

Thanks again for the clarification.

Finally I apologze for leaving when I did, I was already half hour late for another meeting I needed to be at but had ditched in favor of work on the Academy pilot I had felt committed to.

avri


sandra hoferichter <info at hoferichter.eu> wrote:

>Resent: now including Filiz Yilmaz in the list
> 
>Dear all, as per request of Filiz Yilmaz I forward her message to the
>ICANN
>Academy WG in continuation of the discussion held in the meeting today.
>
>
> 
>
><Beginning of forwarded message>
>
> 
>
>Dear Sandra and Olivier,
>
> 
>
>Regarding some of the remarks made towards the end of the ICANN Academy
>WG
>session today, I feel the need to pass further information from Staff
>side
>about our view and the further steps until Toronto. I am not sure if I
>have
>posting rights to the e-mail list so if you could pass this mail to
>others
>on behalf of me, I will be most grateful.
>
> 
>
>While I have been putting effort in following the discussions of this
>group,
>I am not aware of any consolidated view of the group on  a possible
>curriculum or fundamentals of a Leadership Training and Orientation
>program
>or any similar work to date. As I mentioned during the session, such a
>pilot
>program is what is approved within the FY13 budget and I am willing to
>hear
>the groups' inputs on this issue so that as the lead staff for the
>project,
>I can consider recommendations and inputs of the group towards the
>pilot
>program in Toronto. And I am very happy to stay in contact and  willing
>to
>continue attending the meetings of the group to be able to build the
>initial
>effort in Toronto to the best within the limited time we have until
>then. 
>
> 
>
>I do hope the ICANN Academy WG can support the ICANN Staff in our
>implementation by providing guidance and recommendations for this
>important
>activity to have better informed and further engaged SO/AC Leadership
>in the
>benefit of the entire ICANN community. 
>
> 
>
>Kind regards
>
> 
>
>---
>
>Filiz Yilmaz
>
>Sr Dir Participation and Engagement
>
>ICANN
>
> 
>
><End of forwarded message>
>
> 
>
>Although we could not follow the proposed agenda,  consider the
>discussion
>as very important and fruitful and thank for the active and numerous
>participation. I like to underline that an agreement on a curriculum
>remains
>a key element for the implementation process for a pilot project in
>Toronto.
>I will start a discussion after the Prague meeting on this mailing list
>and
>consider another conference call as necessary. A proposed timeline will
>be
>forwarded to you.
>
> 
>
>Meanwhile I encourage you the continue the discussion on this mailing
>list
>and look forward to your inputs.
>
> 
>
>Best Sandra 
>
> 
>
> 
>
> 
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