<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">As you hopefully know, ISOC-NY is an At-Large Structure within ICANN's North America Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO). Recently NARALO has been making extra effort to represent ALL North America communities. Hence this opportunity for a Tribal Ambassador to go to Hyderabad in November. Another reason is that this meeting was originally scheduled for nearby Puerto Rico, but got moved because of Zika worries, making it a lot less accessible to such people.. We would like to encourage applications from any indigenous North America resident ISOC-NY members. The younger the better! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Judith Hellerstein</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com">judith@jhellerstein.com</a>></span><br><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><p>HI All,</p>
<p>Please pass this announcement on to everyone you know.
Applications deadline is August 14 and can be done online. Thanks</p>
<p>Judith<br>
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</p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center" align="center"><img src="cid:part1.D1B034EE.31D32880@jhellerstein.com" alt="naralo_logo.png" align="left" height="73" hspace="9" width="71"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:windowtext">Announcing the
Inaugural At-Large
Tribal Ambassador Fellowship to the ICANN 57 Meeting in
India</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:windowtext">The At-Large Tribal Ambassadors
Project
addresses the digital divide throughout indigenous communities
and specifically
aims to generate increased awareness and understanding of
Internet governance
development within un-served and under-served Tribal
communities. The
Tribal Ambassadors, in representing indigenous groups in the
US and Canada,
will be assigned a Coach with a goal to gain overall ICANN
experience and
understanding of the Internet multi-stakeholder community.
Additional
details and requirements are available on the At-Large Tribal
Ambassadorship
Workspace (see: </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/vw6bAw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">https://community.icann.org/x/vw6bAw</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:windowtext">
).</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:windowtext">The
Fellowship covers travel, hotel, transportation costs, and a
stipend to
Hyderabad, India for the duration of the ICANN meeting for two
Tribal
Ambassadors from November 3-9, 2016. <span>Applicants
will need a passport and Visa for travel. Visa fees will be
covered by the
Tribal Ambassadorship Fellowship as part of the travel
support</span>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:windowtext"><br>
Applications can be found at this link, </span><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/gz9XQs7vzM5V4L693" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/forms/gz9XQs7vzM5V4L693</a><span>. </span><span style="color:windowtext"><span> </span><b>The
application deadline is August 14, 2016. </b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<h3><span>About the Pro</span><span>ject</span><span><u></u><u></u></span></h3>
<p>Th<span style="color:#1f497d">e </span><span style="color:windowtext">At-Large
T</span>ribal Ambassadors Project is a complement to the
current <a href="http://bit.ly/2avhLDF" target="_blank">ICANN Fellowship
program</a> <span style="color:windowtext">that has a </span>goal
to create a broader and more
regionally diverse base of knowledgeable constituents to build
capacity within the
ICANN Multi-stakeholder Model. Participation in the program at
an ICANN Meeting
is a "fast track" experience of engagement into that community
model,
with presentations designed to facilitate understanding of the
many pieces and
parts of ICANN while providing opportunities to network and
promoting
interaction with staff and community leaders.</p>
<h3><span>Who
may apply for and be awarded a Tribal Ambassadors Project
fellowship?<u></u><u></u></span></h3>
<p><span style="color:windowtext">The Project is targeted at
individuals who
identify with, or are part of an indigenous group in the US
and Canada. These
people are either new to the ICANN environment, are familiar
with ICANN but
have yet to attend a face-to-face meeting, or have started
participating in
ICANN by other means but are in need of travel funding in
order to broaden
their knowledge and deepen their engagement. Priority will be
given to
constituent members of Native Public Media (NPM), Indigenous
members of other
NARALO At-Large Structures in the US or Canada and to NARALO
unaffiliated
members. Other Indigenous individuals, not in NARALO, are also
encouraged and
welcome to apply. The only requirement is that these
individuals must NOT be
involved in other ICANN supported travel programs at time of
selection.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<h3><span>How
are the Tribal Ambassador Project fellowships awarded?<u></u><u></u></span></h3>
<p><span style="color:windowtext">Tribal Ambassador Project
Fellowships are
awarded by an independent selection committee based on a mix
of criteria
including applicant experience and references. The Selection
Committee names
are listed on this webpage as well as a description of the
project (see: </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/vw6bAw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">https://community.icann.org/x/vw6bAw</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:windowtext">
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</font></span><p></p></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Joly MacFie</div><div>President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a> </span><span><span id="gc-number-8" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span></span></div></div></div>
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