[Community-Discuss] Larus foundation fellowship

[Noah]

Dear Anne-vivien,

On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 2:32 PM Anne-vivien Paris <a.v.p at outsideheaven.com>
wrote:


> Dear Noah,

>

> Thank you for your interest in the Foundation. Please let me clarify:

>


I had missed your email but just for clarification, I am not interested in
the foundation actually.



> (1) Larus Foundation sponsors events in different regions in addition to

> those in Africa. For example, very recently we have sponsored a few

> candidates of different ethics to attend ICANN in Morocco. You can find the

> list of events we sponsor in the coming future on our website :

> https://www.larusfoundation.org/about-the-fellowship/ (simply click the

> "apply now" and you will find a list of events).

>


This is exactly my point because Morocco is still in Africa last I checked.
My query was if the foundation has also offered fellowship anywhere else
but Africa.



>

> (2) Regarding your doubt on our 5th FAQ, let me explain that we do not

> target any particualr parties/regions. Our 5th FAQ states that "I am from

> Africa but I would really like ot attend RIR meetings outside Africa. Will

> that be possible?". Africa is randomly selected; you can indeed understand

> it is equivalent to "If I am from Asia can I attend meetings outside Asia".

>


Not if you completely spell our Africa in your FAQ. So still does not add
up Vivien.




> We appreciate you pointing this out - indeed the statement allows room for

> overead. However, I think if you take the extra time to read the answer,

> things will be clarified - we state explicitly that the Internet is

> borderless and participation of Internet governance shall not be restricted

> by geographical factors. Let me make it clear that this applies to all

> continents in the world.

>


Again any such fellowship in other regions as you call them continent like
RIPE, ARIN, APNIC or LACNIC?



> We thank you for the questions you raised which allows us to clarify

> things. My apologies for the wrong name used in the education package - it

> was a careless mistake. We will update it accordingly.

>


Apology accepted and just as a suggestion, the best thing you can do is to
direct newbies to the rpd-mailing list, the pdp section on the AfriNIC
website, ratified policies,  current policy policy proposals and rpd-list
archives as the best places for new comers to get education about the
policy development.

Newbies ought to develop a culture of reading and above all patience.
Individually drafted summary documents are prone to errors and mistakes as
proven already and thus misleading.



> Indeed, the community's feedback on us help the Foundation better itself

> and we appreciate that.

>


My feedback is that AfriNIC is better off running the fellowship program as
candidates for AfriNIC fellowship tend to be selected from various African
countries. If any member wants to support the AfriNIC fellowship program,
they can work with AfriNIC.

Noah



> Vivien

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>

> On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 03:43, Noah <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> On Tue, 2 Jul 2019, 21:37 Ousmane M. TESSA, <ousmane at musatesa.net> wrote:

>>

>>> Huumm! Noah.

>>> Better ask difference between "sponsorship to educate newcomers" or

>>> lobbying to push specific agenda in Africa.

>>> Elsewhere, the fear of Justice will deter most of people to even think

>>> about this trick.

>>>

>>

>> Tessa

>>

>> While I wait for Viven response of their activity beyond Afrinic service

>> region...

>>

>> I have had to go to the foundation website and the 5th faq question

>> specifically targets folks from Africa.... how attractive is that.!

>>

>> Have we become this vulnerable?

>>

>> https://www.larusfoundation.org/faq/

>>

>> Noah

>>

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