[Chapter-delegates] IGF Ambassadorship Open

Tue Jul 12 13:30:54 PDT 2016

Surprised that after all this discussion on the list, the criteria remains
rigid as framed.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Laurie Patton <ceo at internet.org.au> wrote:

> So you are only interested in new leaders if they are under 40 then?
>
> Thanks for making me feel so welcome!
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> On 8 Jul 2016, at 16:26, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> +1 Alejandro,
> The IGF Ambassadors program is under the Next Generation Leaders
> Programme,
>
> https://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders-ngl-programme
>
> It makes full sense to target younger potential applicants.
> Interesting to see many of those got involved into the Next Generation
> Leaders progarmme are leaders in their respective positions.
>
> Nadira
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 12:18 AM, Alejandro Pisanty <apisanty at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> before everybody gets carried away... has anyone under 40 complained
>> about ageism yet?
>>
>> This policy was established with several purposes and some of them at
>> least have been fulfilled successfully.
>>
>> The premise is that a call based only on grounds of merit and experience
>> has a strong incentive to end up selecting largely the same set of people
>> again and again, in a self-reinfocing feedback cycle. (who has more
>> experience and more extensive networks than those who have attended most
>> meetings?
>>
>> Fresh insights and new people have to come into our system.
>>
>> The policy of selecting under-40's has been very successful at least in
>> our chapter. The members who have attended workshops, IGFs, IETF, and ICANN
>> meetings have not only acquired knowledge and experience but also networks
>> of their own, with a younger generation as well as with the old, with
>> grassroots as well as with staff. Bringing in insights about today's
>> Internet and looking into its future, strongly committed, highly
>> motivated.. just what we were 15 or 20 years ago!!
>>
>> Now thanks to the policy we have a small group, in our case three layers
>> deep, of people who can and *will* take the reins of the Chapter in the
>> near future. So ISOC's pro-under-40 policy is actually helping our
>> succession planning - isnt' that a major responsibility we have in
>> chapters? - for free!
>>
>> Do we have a problem left to deal with in funding participation for the
>> most experienced members? yes, no doubt. Olga, you are now a Trustee, it's
>> upon you (you have the power to change the things you do not like and to
>> deliver on the promise your statement implies), and on whoever succeeds you
>> very soon in your position in the Chapter Advisory Council as well.)  (I'm
>> sure the CHAC is also considering this issue.)
>>
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Alejandro Pisanty
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 2:29 PM, David Vyorst <dvyorst at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> +1
>>> +50
>>>
>>>
>>> David Vyorst
>>> Co-Founder, Relay Station Digital Strategies
>>>
>>> www.relaystationmedia.com
>>> 202.841.2400
>>> @dvyo
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Ricardo Holmquist <rihogris at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you very much Glenn,
>>>> Have the same feeling, for the ones over 50 , that actually have to
>>>> work hard to make the local IGF a reality, with almost no help from the
>>>> former fellows is discouraging. Hope this changes, not only in ISOC, but in
>>>> some other I Organizations, where it is not written, but at the end is the
>>>> main criteria.
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>> Ricardo Holmquist
>>>>
>>>> El Thursday, July 7, 2016, Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
>>>> escribió:
>>>>
>>>>> The call for IGF Ambassadors has opened for  IGF Mexico.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note the limitations
>>>>> Selection criteria
>>>>>
>>>>> IGF Ambassadorships are for young Internet Society members who have a
>>>>> strong interest in the issues and themes of the IGF. Ambassadorship awards
>>>>> are available for first-time and returning ambassadors. Selection for the
>>>>> Ambassadorships is competitive. All applicants must be:
>>>>>
>>>>>    - *between the ages of 20 and 40*
>>>>>    - a member of the Internet Society
>>>>>    - able to present a strong motivation for attending the IGF meeting
>>>>>    - able to demonstrate interest and expertise in issues on the IGF
>>>>>    agenda
>>>>>    - able to demonstrate experience in leading Internet governance
>>>>>    discussions at the international level and in multi-cultural environments
>>>>>    - capable of appropriately represent the Internet Society and its
>>>>>    views and policies as an Ambassador during the IGF
>>>>>    - capable of  continuing to work with the Internet Society locally
>>>>>    after the IGF.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am curious  how  the  *Internet is for  Everyone, *but why does
>>>>>  ISOC  continues to limit the ambassadors to under 40 years old.
>>>>> Interesting since  ARIN  Fellowship or  ICANN has removed this obvious
>>>>> discrimination against dedicated volunteers
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder how many previous candidates actually worked with the local
>>>>> chapters after the IGF.
>>>>>
>>>>> Recently at  ICANN  we reviewed all the fellows based upon their
>>>>>  self-identified sectors and countries and the bias has been for  World
>>>>> Least Developed economies- this has meant that  US  territories in the
>>>>> South Pacific,  first Nations,  poor and rural  Americans  were not
>>>>> eligible.  We have stated for  years that this is unfair to  Canadian and
>>>>> US  first nations/indigenous ( can be treated as independent tribal
>>>>> governments) .  ICANN is now  reexamining their criteria with a noteworthy
>>>>> change to allow first nations people to participate.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone else feel  that  ISOC's  ambassador program suffers from
>>>>> ageism?
>>>>>
>>>>> Glenn
>>>>>
>>>>> Glenn
>>>>>
>>>>> Glenn McKnight
>>>>> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
>>>>> skype  gmcknight
>>>>> twitter gmcknight
>>>>> .
>>>>>
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