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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Fellowship
Program Brings Global Voices Together at ICANN</span></h2>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fellows
announced for Seoul meeting</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
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August 2009</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MARINA DEL REY,
Calif.</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">: Global
input and ideas will be on the rise at the 36th 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 global engagement
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"">As a reminder about the
process, applications for each meeting are accessed by an independent selection
committee, and 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. Additionally, all confirmed fellowship participants must comply
with the terms and conditions of the program, as outlined at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/terms-and-conditions.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/terms-and-conditions.htm</a>.
As stated within these terms and conditions, ICANN is a California non-profit
public benefit corporation incorporated in the United States and must therefore
comply with all the laws and regulations of California and the United States.
Fellows are responsible for obtaining all travel visas once accepted into the
program. ICANN will only purchase tickets for Fellows after all necessary
documentation has been obtained and Fellows demonstrate that they have obtained
all necessary travel visas. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Once all of the requirements
for travel are met, the Fellowship program arranges airfare and hotel, as well
as provides a small stipend to assist with some meeting costs incurred,
following successful completion of the Fellowship program. 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 Seoul meeting will be held from 25–30 October 2009. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For the Seoul meeting, <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/">35 Fellows</a> have been selected
(or deferred from previous meeting) from 29 countries, chosen amongst the 132
applications received from 65 countries. 9 of the Fellows are alumni from at
least one of the past seven programmes; 20 Fellows are first-time attendees to
any ICANN meeting and 6 have attended past meetings, but are first time
Fellows. There is representation from all sectors including civil, government,
academia, and from business or user groups. Included in these sectors are
representatives of country code supporting groups. You will find the list of
participants at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/">http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The 37th ICANN International
Public Meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 7-12 March 2010.
Applications will go online 28 September 2009 at <a href="http://www.icann.org/fellowships/">http://www.icann.org/fellowships/</a>.
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<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>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">About ICANN: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN is responsible for the
global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers such as
domain names (.org, .museum and country codes like .uk) and the addresses used
in a variety of Internet protocols that help computers reach each other over
the Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's
operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies
that ensure the Internet's ongoing security, stability, and interoperability.
ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non-profit company. For
more information please visit: <a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.icann.org</a>.
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Media Contacts: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brad White<br>
Director of Media Affairs<br>
Tel: +1 202 429 2710<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:brad.white@icann.org">brad.white@icann.org</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">International: Andrew
Robertson <br>
Edelman (London) <br>
Ph: +44 7921 588 770 <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:andrew.robertson@edelman.com">andrew.robertson@edelman.com</a>
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