[ICANN Academy WG] Draft outline for a Pilot Leadership Training Programme in Toronto

Thu Aug 23 06:27:26 UTC 2012

Dear Chuck,

thank you for your comments and taking the time looking at the document. I
will answer on some of your remarks.

New or prospective leaders without any ICANN should attend the Newcomers
programme first. This leadership training programme is supposed to be an
advanced training for experienced leader, going deeper into the discussion
and the function of ICANN and in particular the stakeholder groups. It came
up, that also for experienced ICANN activists, the organisation offers
surprises, while changing between the SO / AC for example. Furthermore we
don't yet the names of the NomCom elections, but we know that this committee
often brings in new leaders into the organisation, which need an advanced
training too. However I agree there are some people among us which do not
need an training any more, because they helped building the organisation,
those should offer the seat to a future leader from their group.

>From your comments (and also Avri's comments) I understand, this is not very
clear in the curriculum and we are inviting you to propose adjustments.

Best Regards

Sandra

Von: Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes at verisign.com] 
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 22. August 2012 23:18
An: sandra hoferichter; at-large-icann-academy-ad-hoc-wg at icann.org
Betreff: RE: [ICANN Academy WG] Draft outline for a Pilot Leadership
Training Programme in Toronto

Thanks for the work that went into this.

I may be missing something regarding the target audience but it looks
predominantly like ICANN participants who do not need the training.  Of the
listed potential participants, I doubt that there are less than a handful
that would get much if any benefit from the curriculum proposed.  Moreover,
it shouldn't be assumed that a new leader needs this training; I would think
it is reasonable to expect that most ICANN groups will elect new leaders who
are experienced in the ICANN community so they shouldn't need most of the
training that is outlined.

If all 32 of the leaders accept the invitation, how many seats would be left
for prospective or new leaders without ICANN experience?  The leaders would
hopefully be good trainers, but if the majority of those participating are
trainers and the costs go to support them, the value of this exercise seems
pretty limited.

I fully appreciate the value of networking that will occur in a setting like
this but if that is the main value, $40,000 and two full days doesn't seem
like a good use of money and time.  Nor would it provide a very good pilot
effort.

Please correct me if I am interpreting this incorrectly.

Chuck

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Subject: [ICANN Academy WG] Draft outline for a Pilot Leadership Training
Programme in Toronto

Dear WG members,

after a summer break Filiz and I started working on a draft outline for the
pilot project in Toronto. Based on the FY13 Operating Plan and Budget and
the results of this working group so far, we present you herewith a draft
programme inviting you to comment. 

While drafting this outline we already discussed various options, how to
optimise it and what should be the focus. We expect that some of these
options will be raised in this mailing list and we are happy to answer any
questions and remain open for ideas, as long as they fit in the given
framework.

In the FY13 Operating Plan and Budget document it is stated:

<<<"The ICANN-Academy concept is still being developed and reviewed within
the SO-AC groups and further consensus is ongoing though a process led by
ALAC / At-Large. While this process is ongoing, in early anticipation of the
direction of the effort, a staff pilot project will be focused on the
executive training of new SO-AC leaders on ICANN organisations, policymaking
and related activities. The pilot would include usage of online tools where
possible and an orientation session in Toronto. This pilot project should be
seen as a first step in testing the overall concept and providing a basis
for a future training program as well as experience to build on for future
improvements if deemed necessary. ">>>

Furthermore this draft concept is based on the proposed curriculum. (see:
https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31168402/Draft+Initial+Prop
osal+%28as+of+18.02.2012%29.pdf?version=1
<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31168402/Draft+Initial+Pro
posal+%28as+of+18.02.2012%29.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1329954389000>
&modificationDate=1329954389000 ).

The comment phase is open until: 31 August 2012

Nominations for participants should be sent to filiz.yilmaz at icann.org until
1 September 2012

We are aware, that the discussion in the expanded WG is just about to start
and this outline will not cover all the needs and ideas, however this pilot
project should be see as a first step to build on an inclusive capacity
building programme within ICANN. The WG is should review the pilot project
critically and develop strategies and recommendations for future projects.
To get a feedback from the participants this WG is asked to develop a
survey, to be filled in by every participant in this programme. 

We are looking forward to your comments.

Sandra and Filiz

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