The program establishes two Indigenous Ambassadors, to be selected from underrepresented indigenous communities. Through the inclusion of a broader and more diverse base of knowledgeable constituents, ICANN will be better equipped to support the next generation of the global Internet community.
Announcement : https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-06-14-en
Two Ambassadors Selected by the Evaluation Committee, which consisted of Loris Taylor, Eduardo Diaz, Glenn McKnight, Judith Hellerstein, Renata Aquino Ribeiro, Sarah Kiden, and Maureen Hilyard. These two Ambassadors will be Ruben Hilare and Geoffrey Blackwell pending approval and passage of OFAC screening.
LOS ANGELES– 27 July 2017 - Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced a call for a Mentor for the Global Indigenous Ambassador Program.
ICANN announced the creation of the Global Indigenous Ambassador Program in June 2017. The program establishes two Indigenous Ambassadors, to be selected from under-represented indigenous communities. Through the inclusion of a broader and more diverse base of knowledgeable constituents, ICANN will be better equipped to support the next generation of the global Internet community.
ICANN is now accepting applications for a Mentor for the two Global Indigenous Ambassadors. Mentors must be familiar with ICANN and At-Large and been active in one of the constituencies. Mentors must also meet a number of criteria that are listed on this webpage.
Among these are that they must follow the requirements for coaches as described in the ICANN Fellowship handbook for coaches which can be found here.
The selected Mentor will receive travel, hotel, and per diem for the ICANN60 Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to be held 28 October – 3 November 2017.
The deadline for submitting applications is 31 July 2017.
Get your application here.
ICANN encourages anyone who is qualified to apply for this special opportunity!
ICANN’s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.
