<div dir="auto">This is once more good news. Two awardees we're from East Africa! Congrats to all the 2017 fellows and I wish them the very best in their preparation. Thanks to the selection committee for their ardious task.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 17, 2017 3:26 AM, "Elizabeth Oluoch" <<a href="mailto:oluoch@isoc.org">oluoch@isoc.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-68227717926335926WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">[Sent on behalf of the Selection Committee]<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Dear Chapter Leaders,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><br>The Selection Committee is pleased to announce the awardees for the Internet Society (ISOC) Fellowship to the <a href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/WTDC/WTDC17/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">2017 World Telecommunication Development Conference</a> (WTDC-17). The selection committee met on Friday, July 14 and after careful consideration, chose four awardees from an impressive round of 51 applications representing 32 countries. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Each applicant was evaluated against 5 weighted criteria and received an average weighted score. Taking into consideration the importance of gender balance and regional representation in in the Fellowship Program, the Selection Committee chose four awardees from the highest ranking average weighted scores.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">The four awardees in alphabetical order are:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">John Acire, ISOC Uganda<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Maureen Hernandez, ISOC Venezuela<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Tawanda Maguze, ISOC Zimbabwe<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Muhammed Shabbir, ISOC Pakistan<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Given the high number of strong applications received and extent of regional diversity in the applicant pool, the Selection Committee recommends awarding a fifth Fellowship should the Internet Society Management determine that additional funds are available in the Fellowship Program. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">This concludes the work of the Selection Committee. We congratulate the Awardees and wish them much success as members of ISOC’s Delegation to WTDC-17.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Selection Committee</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Otieno Antony, (Chair), Jane Coffin, Raquel Gatto, Richard Hill, Paola Pérez, Salam Yamout</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div>
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