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<h2><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">News
Alert</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18dec09-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18dec09-en.htm</a></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fellowship
Program Selection for ICANN Meeting 37 Announced</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">18
December 2009</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Global input and ideas will
be on the rise at the 37th 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 through
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 assessed by an independent selection
committee, and priority is given to applicants who are current residents of
developing and least developed nations in the region in which the meeting is to
be held, who are 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";">Additionally, all confirmed
fellowship participants must comply with the terms and conditions of the
Fellowship 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 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 during and after the
meeting. As always, registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone
wanting to attend. The Nairobi meeting will be held from 7-12 March 2010. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For the Nairobi meeting, 26
Fellows have been selected from 21countries, chosen amongst the 119
applications received from 56 countries. 10 of the Fellows are alumni from at
least one of the past eight programmes; 14 Fellows are first-time attendees to
any ICANN meeting and 2 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 current
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 38th ICANN International
Public Meeting will be held in Brussels, Belgium from 25-30 June 2010.
Applications for the Brussels Fellowship class will be available online, 11
January 2010, on the ICANN Fellowship webpage. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/magazine/">Sign up for
ICANN's Monthly Magazine</a></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"></p><p> <strong> Current Program Status: </strong></p>
<p>The following 26 individuals have been selected to participate in
the ICANN 37 Meeting to be held in Nairobi, Kenya this March 7-12.</p>
<ul><li>Mohab Altlaity - Egypt</li><li> Berry Amol - Papua New Guinea</li><li> Blaise Arbouet - Haiti</li><li> Fouad Bajwa - Pakistan</li><li> María Antonieta Chavarria Quesada - Costa Rica</li><li> Jawet Chiguvare - Pakistan</li>
<li> Ntamushobora Pierre Claver - Rwanda</li><li> Hago Elteraifi Mohamed Dafalla - Sudan</li><li> Amr Elsadr - Egypt</li><li> Vitus Foli Aborogu - Ghana</li><li> Charles Kaniah Gaye - Liberia</li><li> Timur Hasanov - Tajikistan</li>
<li> Sarmad Hussain - Pakistan</li><li> Annabel Sake Kangombe - Zambia</li><li> Eva Kebarakile Kentshitswe - Botswana</li><li> Assa Simbara Mariko - Mail</li><li> Shefqet Meda - Albania</li><li> Guebre Moussa - Burkina Faso</li>
<li> Abibu Rashid Ntahigiye - United Republic of Tanzania</li><li> Towela Nyirenda-Jere - Malawi</li><li> Peters Omoragbon - Nigeria</li><li> Carlos Rodrigo Saucedo Linares - Bolivia</li><li> Dwi Simanungkalit - Indonesia</li>
<li> Nelly Stoyanova - Bulgaria</li><li> Khoudia Gueye Sy - Senegal</li><li> Alioune Badara Traore - Mali</li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><br><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>