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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fellows
Announced for Mexico City Meeting</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">23
December 2008</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Global input and ideas will
be on the rise at the 34th International Public Meeting of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers thanks to ICANN's on-going
fellowship program. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"The fellowship program
is a real testament to the importance ICANN places on increased participation
from the developing and least developed world," said Theresa Swinehart ,
ICANN's Vice President, Global and Strategic Partnerships. "Reaching out
to the global community, we saw a desire to be a part of the key discussions
that take place at our meetings, but some countries and Internet users just
didn't have the resources to attend. The fellowship program helps bridge that
gap." </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For the Mexico Meeting, there
are 23 fellows from 21 countries, chosen from 105 applications received. Nine
of the fellows are alumni from the past 5 programmes; ten fellows are
first-time attendees to any ICANN meeting and the remaining four have attended
past meetings, but are first time fellows. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Applications for the 35th
ICANN International Public Meeting in Sydney will go online at: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/">http://www.icann.org/fellowships</a>
on January 26th PDT and will be accepted until 1200 PDT (UTC -7) on March 9th
2009. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">When applications are
accessed by an independent selection committee, priority is given to applicants
who are current residents of developing and least developed nations interested
in participating in ICANN and its supporting organizations, such as the
Governmental Advisory Committee, the Country Code Names Supporting
Organization, and the Generic Names Supporting Organization. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The fellowship will assist in
covering airfare, hotel and a stipend. Recipients will be expected to actively
participate in and contribute to ICANN processes. As always, registration for
ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend. The Mexico City meeting
will be held from 1-6 March 2009. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"We have seen the
fellowship recipients in action since our first meeting in San Juan in June
2007—and they have grown in their level of understanding and participation in
the ICANN process and community. " Swinehart added. "ICANN is in the
middle of major initiatives around new top-level domains, the introduction of
internationalized domain names, to name just two, and the fellowship program
has a key role in making sure we get the broadest possible input on these
matters." </span></p>