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Dear Colleagues, <br>
<pre>We are please to inform you that AfriNIC will offer fellowship for its
upcoming meeting taking place in Johannesburg 20-26 November 2010.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-13">http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-13</a>
The fellowship is reserved in priority for individuals representing
small organisations, universities, and media who are actively involved
in Internet Operations and development or ICT Policy in their country
and respective communities. The fellows are expected to positively and
actively contribute to IP address management awareness in the AfriNIC
Service region.
Upon selection, AfriNIC will notify the selected fellows directly and
allow them 7 days to reply with an acceptance of the fellowship. Public
announcement of the fellowship will be made after the acceptance by the
winners.
Please find hereafter the schedule for the fellowship process:
06 September 2010: Open Call for fellowship applications
21 September 2010: Close of applications
25 September 2010: Notification to pre-selected fellows
01 October 2010 : Dead line of acceptance by awarded fellow
06 October 2010 : Final Announcement and Publication of fellowship list
A fellowship allowance will be paid which would help assist with round-trip
airfare to the meeting venue, hotel accommodation for the AfriNIC Plenary event,
from 22 (the day before the beginning of the Plenary) to the 26 (the last day
of the event).
If you think you meet the criteria enumerated above, please complete the
questions bellow in this email and then submit to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fellowship@afrinic.net">fellowship@afrinic.net</a>
along with your personal detail information before 21 September 2010.
Sincerely,
Adiel A. Akplogan
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Personal details:
1. Name of Participant: ___________________________________
2. Your Organisation/Affiliation:___________________________
3. Country and City of residence: _________________________
4. Your position in the Organisation: _____________________
5. Is your organization member of AfriNIC? [] YES, [] NO
6. If you answer "yes" to the question 4, please provide
your ORG-HDL: ___________________________________________
7 E-mail: _________________________________________________
8. Passport Number: _______________________________________
9. Physical/Postal Address:_________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
10. Cost of a round trip ticket in economy class from your
residence city to Johannesburg - South Africa:
________________________________________________________
11. How much are you willing to contribute yourself towards
the fellowship? ________________________________________
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Your answers to the questions bellow will determine you eligibility to
the fellowship
12. Which Internet related meetings (inc. AfriNIC meetings) have you
attended in the past? Please give details of events and dates.
13. What has been or is your contribution in your Country/Africa in
relation to the Internet development? Please give details of events
and dates.
14. How are you planning to share with your community what you will
learn from the AfriNIC-13 meeting?
15. What has been your contribution to discussions within the AfriNIC
or AfNOG community?
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By applying to this fellowship program you agree to:
* Attend and participate in all events as outlined in the agenda;
* complete the meeting survey;
* Provide a meeting/attendance report within 15 days after the last
day of the meeting;
* Provide a follow-up report to AfriNIC within two (2) months after the
meeting on how you are contributing to the community as a result of your
participation to the AfriNIC meeting and how the meeting has benefited
you and your country and/or community;
* Ensure that requirements for entry into South Africa are met at
least two weeks prior to your arrival. Such as, obtaining a valid passport and
visa.
Accommodation and air ticket should be finalised at least one
week before your travel to the event.
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We wish you good luck and hope to see you in Johannesburg.
Sincerely,
AfriNIC Meeting Team
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