[council] [EXTERNAL] Re: On the Fellowship program

Tue Mar 20 20:55:02 UTC 2018

Hi Donna,

please find attached the word version of the comment presented last week
and the background paper about the consultation.

Best,

Rafik

2018-03-20 19:59 GMT+00:00 Austin, Donna via council <council at gnso.icann.org
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> Hi Ayden, all
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> I’m unable to find the beginning of this thread, the questionnaire and
> draft responses. Is it possible to have the original information resent to
> the council list.
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> Thanks
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> Donna
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> *From:* council [mailto:council-bounces at gnso.icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Ayden
> Férdeline
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2018 9:37 AM
> *To:* Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* GNSO Council List <council at gnso.icann.org>
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [council] On the Fellowship program
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> I would like to express my support for the questionnaire responses which
> were presented to the Council by Rafik yesterday.
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> Many thanks,
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> Ayden Férdeline
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> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
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> On 15 March 2018 3:50 PM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi colleagues,
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> I am taking this opportunity to contribute to this draft as submitted by
> our colleagues. I would like to thank the small group for coming up with
> these answers. Please see bellow my comments and suggested edits.
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> As much as I see value for us, as a Council, to respond but I also think
> it would be difficult for us to agree on this as it would be difficult
> within the GNSO itself. But I will personally be okay with this draft after
> consideration has been taken of my bellow small comments.
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> -       I don’t support the HL comments. I would suggest we delete that
> section and keep our responses based on the questions as requested by the
> call.
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> -       On Q1: I think we are too demanding here. Though this looks good
> but I think we are going too far in terms of what we ask fellows to be able
> to do. I would like to suggest that the spirit of this paragraph be to mean
> that this is the ideal that we would like to see. I am sure many of us
> agree that “active and meaningful” participation in PDPs is not easy and it
> is a challenge, that even some of those who have been to ICANN for very
> long are failing to be “active and meaningful” participants? I don’t have
> the proper wording here but that’s what I would like to see reflected here.
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> -       On Q4, I have the following comment: Not having fellowship alumni
> active in GNSO doesn’t mean they are not active elsewhere within ICANN. I
> believe if we check other SO/ACs, we will find maybe many of them active
> there. If we don’t have them active in the GNSO, maybe it is because we are
> failing in terms of outreach? Or we should review available learning
> materials (ICANN Learn, etc) and see whether they provide enough
> information for someone to decide to join the GNSO. Just thinking outloud
> here.
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> I would like to suggest an additional text:
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> We have to note however that some members of the Council started as
> fellows and many other alumni are active in our different SG/Cs but more
> work needs to be done to have many more active in our core business.
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> -        On Q7, I don’t know what exactly we request on the last
> paragraph and would suggest we remove it: “It may also be advisable to
> interview candidates to ascertain their suitability for a fellowship”.
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> -       On Q10: I don’t agree with this but would suggest the way around.
> Keep the fellowship as it is and push for an evaluation (on KPI) that will
> provide metrics. And only after that assessment, we can make an informed
> decision. The budget issue should not be put forward here because as we
> know, the Fellowship program does not cost that much to the organization,
> as said in many public comments on FY19.
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> -       Q12: I don’t support this paragraph and would suggest the
> following:
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> “Many first time fellows we interact with are not enough knowledgeable
> regarding ICANN-related issues and in particular GNSO topics. This is
> understandable because it is their first participation at an ICANN meeting.
> Many of them are interested in important Internet governance issues that
> fall outside of ICANN’s remit. “
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> I would suggest we emphasize on the fact that what we find abnormal is
> when the same applies to returning fellows not to first time fellows.
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> -        On Q13, I would like to suggest we add the text in bold: We are
> not aware of any Fellows actively attending in GNSO Council meetings *but
> we have seen some attending SG/C meetings and ask questions, which is
> encouraging.*
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> -       On Q14: Not sure on the basis of what we said YES. Are we able as
> the Council to meet with the fellows? I think we should be clear on what we
> mean here.
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> Happy to provide clarification if needed.
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> Regards,
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> Arsene
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