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<p>I suspect when we ask questions, and the questions are coming
from a non bias perception, then I believe you will have received
several responses. However, I will attempt to say that Larus
Foundation's major objective can be surmised as "Providing
opportunity, increasing access and exposing young Africans to the
AfriNIC processes"</p>
<p>- How they choose their Fellows is at there discretion.</p>
<p>- How they evaluate the Fellows is also their business, however
they may wish, to one day give us the result of their impact
analysis. At that point we can appreciate Larus Foundation for
giving young Africans an opportunity to contribute to the growth
of the Internet Community in Africa.</p>
<p>- I strongly support that Larus Foundation provides their Fellows
with some stipend either as a blanket support or tied to some form
of performance indicators, this should not be a subject of
interest to anyone, since the person is not providing the funds.</p>
<p>- Lastly, I have seen Larus Foundation becoming more open with
their processes in the last two meetings, which gives any African
the opportunity to apply for the fellow and possibly be selected
to attend.</p>
<p>Just my attempt to respond and remove the bizarre silence.</p>
<p>Simply,</p>
<p>Daniel<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/02/2020 9:50 pm, Marcus K. G.
Adomey wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;">It looks bizarre that
the questions asked here got no responses so far. I do hope
the Larus Foundation <span style="font-size: 1em;">will
provide them soon to enlighten this community.</span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 12, 2020 12:21:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> rpd >> AfriNIC Resource Policy
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net"><rpd@afrinic.net></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [rpd] Larus foundation and Afrinic PDP</font>
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<div dir="auto">Dear community,</div>
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<div dir="auto">You may remember the recent discussions about
Larus Foundation fellowship in respect to educational
documents provided to fellows as meeting background
material(*) and which intended to condition their views on
proposals and their contributions at the PPM and after..</div>
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<div dir="auto"> <a
href="https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2019/009734.html"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2019/009734.html</a></div>
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<div dir="auto">I came across the actual agreement which
defines the terms and conditions under which the fellowship
program work.</div>
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<div dir="auto">The agreement signed by each fellow stipulated
the followings:</div>
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<div dir="auto">Page 1</div>
<div dir="auto">Larus Foundation obligations to offer the
fellowship program and payments are subject to terms and
conditions and *fellow performance*</div>
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<div dir="auto">Fellow is expected to meaningfully participate
in the meeting, not just sit in the meeting room. This can
include voicing opinions, responding to comments,
participate in Hallway conversations.....</div>
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<div dir="auto">Upon fellow completion of the fellowship
program at Larus foundation satisfaction... Larus will
offer stipends... the final decision for the disbursement of
the stipends is subject to Larus’s sole discretion...</div>
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<div dir="auto">Value of the stipend: There are two parts that
form the total value of the stipend as the followings:</div>
<div dir="auto">First part(advanced payment): in the form of
airfare, hotel, other transportation costs for the meeting
paid up front by Larus.</div>
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<div dir="auto">The second part: the remainder will be paid
after the meeting... the value is in the range of 0 to 500$.
Stipend payment is contingent to fellow attendance and
participation and conformance to the fellowship terms and
conditions herein....</div>
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<div dir="auto">Larus judgment on fellow participation will be
final and binding to the parties</div>
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<div dir="auto">At Larus sole discretion, in the event that
fellow fails to actively participate in fellowship program
and in the meeting or violate this terms and conditions, the
stipend will not be offered. In addition, Larus is entitled
to seek indemnify for all costs pay up front by Larus and
any cost associated to the collection of such compensation,
including but not limited to court costs, collection costs
and attorney.</div>
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<div dir="auto">The following questions come to mind:</div>
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<div dir="auto">1- From the educational material given to
fellows which is purely based on Larus views on each
proposals, positions to defend, what are the objectives set
for each policy meeting and how are the objectives aligned
with the general community interest?</div>
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<div dir="auto">2- Would Larus assume under these terms and
conditions that opinions expressed by fellows during policy
meetings are Larus opinions and do not represent fellow
individual opinions? </div>
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<div dir="auto">3- how is fellow performance measured as it is
at Larus sole discretion? What are the metrics and values
used to determine the performance level?</div>
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<div dir="auto">4-how is the reward (0 to 500$) applied based
on the fellow performance?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Regards </div>
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