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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Community Leaders,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We are excited to introduce our
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/fellowships/early-career/fellows/february-2022/">
new cohort of Early Career Fellows</a>!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">As you know, the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/fellowships/early-career/"><span style="color:black">Early
Career Fellowship</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is designed to help us empower a new generation of Internet champions. While we've developed a comprehensive (and exciting!) program with partners like the Oxford Internet Institute and
Prof Laura De Nardis (among many others) to help Fellows develop their knowledge base, we strongly believe we also need to ensure these future leaders develop practical skills that they can apply in social contexts to build, promote and defend the Internet.
This is why each Fellow will be developing a project of their choice throughout the program. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><br>
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<span style="color:black;background:white">While Fellows are learning from dedicated modules on project management to develop their unique projects, we also want them to have the benefit of learning from current Internet thinkers and doers. People like you.
That's why we would like to match each of the </span><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/fellowships/early-career/fellows/february-2022/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">15 Early Career Fellows</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> with
a dedicated Mentor who can help them develop their project and guide their career.</span><br>
<br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">If you sign up to be a Mentor, you will join a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Mentorship Pool
</b>and:</span><br style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;word-spacing:0px">
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We will match each of the Fellows with a Mentor (1:1) we believe most suitable for their needs (in terms of practical or regional experience),
and ideally one who speaks the same first language.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If we are unable to match you with a Fellow on this round, we will match you with a Fellow for one of our next cohorts.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Once we are able to match you with a Fellow, we will ask of you to meet (virtually) with that Fellow approximately once every two weeks
over a four-month period as part of the Early Career Fellowship. For this first cohort, it will be from March to June.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Your relationship with the Fellow is for you to manage. You can find a time that works best for you to meet, and should you want to
meet with the Fellow more frequently than once a fortnight, you are of course free to do so.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><br>
<b><span style="color:black;background:white">Please, let us know by completing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ECF_Mentors"><span style="color:black">this short form</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>if
you want to join the Mentorship Pool by Thursday, 10 February 2022.</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(If you have already completed this form, you do not need to do it again – you are already part of the Pool of Early Career Fellowship Mentors)
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><br>
<span style="color:black;background:white">We hope you'll soon join this empowerment program as a Mentor.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thank you very much in advance for your support!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards/Atentamente/Cordialement,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Alejandra Prieto</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Senior Manager, Fellowship Programs<br>
<a href="mailto:prieto@isoc.org"><span style="color:windowtext">prieto@isoc.org</span></a> <br>
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/"><span style="color:windowtext">internetsociety.org </span></a>| @internetsociety</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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