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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you very much Arinola – this is duly recorded.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear SSC members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let us know ASAP if someone would like to volunteer to chair just this meeting and if others agree. Otherwise, staff can assist by running the call administratively.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Caitlin, Saewon, Berry, and Julie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Arinola Akinyemi <jolakin69@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 12:19 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"gnso-ssc@icann.org" <gnso-ssc@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Re: [Gnso-ssc] Poll Open - 2024 GNSO-Nominated Mentor to the ICANN Fellowship Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Julie and all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Considering that I am an applicant to be evaluated, it is only ethical and also in compliance with the SSC charter for me to revise myself from this process.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<br>
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Arinola Akinyemi(Ms)<br>
CEO, DigiSphere Limited &Omar Ventures Limited <br>
Founder, DigiSphere Center for Digital Creativity(DCDC)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, 16 Jan 2024, 6:15 pm Julie Hedlund via Gnso-ssc, <<a href="mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org">gnso-ssc@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Pursuant to the message below, the EOI for the 2024 GNSO-nominated Mentor to the ICANN Fellowship Program is now closed. Twelve applications were received. You can find the candidate
materials here: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/GNSO+Appointed+Mentor+-+ICANN+Fellowship+Program+-+2024" target="_blank">
https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/GNSO+Appointed+Mentor+-+ICANN+Fellowship+Program+-+2024</a> .<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Staff has opened the poll at:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.surveymonkey.com/r/LFT2NBB__;!!PtGJab4!4qFA2nc9k-ucm2u3IoHiwGWV7xuWkJFP17LwEtCNXKSIqEShlk_9fg_qitkjg9nB47RRQ4fCA-y_zQUtas-cuYFIxBQ$" target="_blank">
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LFT2NBB [surveymonkey.com]</a>. Note, however, that the format is slightly changed from last year’s process because we are using a new tool: Survey Monkey.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Once you have reviewed the candidate materials, please complete the poll.
<b>The poll will close 24 hours before our next call on <u>Wednesday, 24 January at 20:00 UTC</u></b>. (See invite sent separately.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Please let us know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Saewon, Caitlin, Berry, and Julie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Gnso-ssc <<a href="mailto:gnso-ssc-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-ssc-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Julie Hedlund via Gnso-ssc <<a href="mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-ssc@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" target="_blank">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 10:21 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-ssc@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-ssc@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Gnso-ssc] URGENT ASSIGNMENT: GNSO Nominated Mentor to the ICANN Fellowship Program</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">Happy New Year!</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">With apologies, the new year finds us overdue to refresh our SSC membership – which must happen each year following the ICANN Annual General
Meeting. At the same time, we have an <b><i>urgent</i></b> need to conduct our yearly process
<b>to select the GNSO nominated Mentor to the ICANN Fellowship Program</b>. The deadline to submit the candidate name is 31 January 2024, which does not allow time for both the selection process and the membership refresh.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Unless there are any objections, we’ll kick off this selection process with the current composition of the SSC and in the meantime
we’ll contact the Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies to ask them to appoint new members as applicable.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The first step in the process to select the GNSO nominated Mentor to the ICANN Fellowship Program will be for all SSC members to complete
a brief poll (the same as was used last year) to help them organize their thoughts about the candidates. This will help support the discussion when the SSC meets to discuss the candidates.<span class="m6405472634006314182apple-converted-space"> </span>
<span class="m6405472634006314182apple-converted-space"><b>The poll will open on </b>
</span></span><span class="m6405472634006314182apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tuesday, 16<span style="color:black"> January, once the EOI deadline of 12 January has passed, and will close a week later on
</span>Tuesday<span style="color:black">, 2</span>3<span style="color:black"> January.</span></span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="m6405472634006314182apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="m6405472634006314182apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The next step in the process is for the SSC to meet and discuss the candidates.
<b>We will shortly send a Doodle poll to help us schedule a meeting on 23/24 January.</b> Following that meeting we will open a 48-hour consensus call on the mentor candidate. Upon the close of the call and assuming full consensus, we will submit the candidate’s
name not later than the 31 January deadline, which will be subject to confirmation by the GNSO Council at its meeting on 16 February.
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The details of the assignment and candidate materials when available will be posted<span class="m6405472634006314182apple-converted-space">
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/GNSO+Appointed+Mentor+-+ICANN+Fellowship+Program+-+2024" target="_blank">
here</a>.</span> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you very much for your assistance!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Kind regards,<br>
Julie</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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