August 2013
After the (late ) aproval of the FY 14 budget we could start concrete planning.
July 2013
Before the next F2F meeting in Durban a call was organised on 9 July. During the ICANN meeting in Durban Nora Abusita, Vice President for Public Responsibility Programs, explained concept and status of the Online Learning Platform (OLP) and it was discussed how to merge this tool with the work of the ICANN Academy WG in the most effective way. It was agreed, that for a pilot programme in October, participants will get the chance to use the OLP for the first time, even before the official launch during the Buenos Aires Meeting. This should then be seen as a first test case for this tool.
May / June 2013
Follow up with the action items from April: drafting a proposal and collaborating in terms of the online learning tool with Nora Abusita, newly assigned Vice President for Public Responsibility Programs. She is responsible for developing the OLP. A follow up call with key players in this matter was organised. Matthew Shears was not working on this project anymore because he changed job.
April 2013
On 2 April 2013 a tele-meeting took place where we discussed the results of the survey and finalised the agenda for Beijing. One week later the WG met F2F during the ICANN meeting in Beijing. The survey results were presented and conclusions drawn from it. Matthew Shears consulted the WG meeting and explaing his ideas and exchanged views about the develpment of an online Learning tool. After Beijing we hat to submit a project proposal again for a piloit leadership training programme taking place in Buenos Aires.
March 2013
The results of the survey were evaluated and discussed by the WG. The WG was informed that ICANN recently engaged Matthew Shears to develop an online education platform for ICANN. The aim of this initiative is very much inline with what our WG proposed in the past: pull together existing things, add new content and provide different formats and mechanisms to meet the different needs of ICANN Stakeholder groups. The agenda for the WG meeting in Beijing was developed.
January / February 2013
The outcome of this survey was comprimised and sent to the WG for comments.
December 2012
The closing date for the survey was extended until 14 January 2012, because the reply was not sufficient at this time. Filiz Yilmaz from ICANN Staff and main contact point for this WG informed the WG that she is leaving ICANN by the end of the year. As new contact point form ICANN Staff Denise Michele was introduced.
November 2012
The survey was finalised and evaluated by the WG and sent to all SO / AC by ICANN staff asking to participate in this survey until 20 December 2012.
October 2012
Prior to the Toronto F2F meeting a WG call was scheduled on 5 October 2012 to provide an update of the current status, re-evaluate the scope of the WG and to set the agenda for Toronto and to agree on the role of staff in this project.
The agenda for a 3 hour meeting on 17 October 2012 was set as follows:
- specify the target group (incoming and / or current leaders)
- agree on the learning goal
- discuss the methodology (online / F2F / proposed resource person)
- agree on the dates and the duration of this pilot programme
- discuss and agree with ICANN staff how to implement this project
The discussion during this meeting was very productive and cooperative, most stakeholder groups where represented. It has been agreed to make an assessment on the development needs for individual participants in the SOs, ACs, SGs and constituencies. A drafting team volunteered to develop a survey to be sent out to applicable ICANN groups. It included questions which will build a foundation for the future effort of this working group. The first draft of the survey was discussed and modified during the second informal meeting on Friday 19 October 2012.
After the survey was evaluated by the WG, it was sent to ICANN Communications for a quick review and comments and then sent to the applicable leaders. The following community members have volunteered with drafting the initial version of the Survey.
- Chuck Gomes
- Ron Sherwood
- Yaovi Atohoun
- Hong Xue
- YJ Park
- Sandra Hoferichter
An additional informal meeting to draft the survey was held on 19 October 2012 in Toronto.
August / September 2012
Filiz and Sandra drafted a curriculum and project outline for the pilot project in Toronto taking into account the input from the WG so far. This draft was submitted to the WG on 22 August 2012 inviting them to comment on.
The perception of this draft proposal was very diverse. Whilst some members where very much in favour with this proposal, others did not agree, neither with the curriculum, nor with the participants to the be invited to this training, or the trainers. Trainers where mainly assigned from ICANN staff which was criticised by the community, but the budget constrains left not much flexibility to invite other / more trainers. Furthermore the timing turned out to be too short, as the Toronto meeting was pretty early in 2012 and NomCom elections where not announced at this stage, but the travel planning was under way already.
A doodle was set up to receive a clear feedback from the WG on the various options on if and how to organise the pilot for Toronto. The result of the doodle reflected pretty clear that the support for a pilot in Toronto was not given at this stage. It was then decided to postpone the pilot for Toronto and have another F2F WG meeting instead.
July 2012
The discussion form the Prague meeting was continued on the mailing list and lead to some first concrete proposals how the pilot in Toronto should be organised, what should be included in the curriculum.
June 2012
A first introductorycall of the expanded WG took place on 1 June 2012. It was a briefing call and to define tasks and operations of the Expanded Academy WG. The call was well attended by representatives of all stakeholder groups within ICANN. Many questions where raised by participants to get a clear understanding of the project and it’s impact for every constituency. A lot of the discussion was concerning the budget and finances. (see: At-Large ICANN Academy Expanded WG 01-06-2012)
The first F2F meeting of the expanded WG took place during the ICANN meeting in Prague on 27 June 2012. 3 days prior to this meeting it was announced that the budget for the original budget request by ALAC was declined, but a budget was approved to develop a pilot project in Toronto.
In the FY13 Operating Plan and Budget document it was stated: "The ICANN-Academy concept is still being developed and reviewed within the SO-AC groups and further consensus is ongoing though a process led by ALAC / At-Large. While this process is ongoing, in early anticipation of the direction of the effort, a staff pilot project will be focused on the executive training of new SO-AC leaders on ICANN organisations, policymaking and related activities. The pilot would include usage of online tools where possible and an orientation session in Toronto. This pilot project should be seen as a first step in testing the overall concept and providing a basis for a future training program as well as experience to build on for future improvements if deemed necessary. "
The agenda for this meeting was set as follows:
- Follow up from the extended Academy WG call
- Agree on the ICANN Academy course design, course material and trainers
- Creation of an expanded programme committee
The meeting was well attended, but the discussion tuned out only about responsibilities of ICANN staff, the collaboration with the community and the use of the budget. The situation after this meeting was confused on both sides and a lot of discussion on the mailing list took place afterwards.
May 2012
After the expanded WG was formed, milestones where defined and a coursed of action proposed, to organise a first pilot in Toronto, although the budget was not approved at this stage. Planning of the a first call and the first F2F meeting of the expanded WG in Prague in close cooperation with ICANN staff. Budget request had to be modiefied according to the ICANN budget template.
April 2012
As announced in Costa Rica, the Programme committee drafted a letter to be sent out all other ICANN stakeholder groups calling for participation in the extended ICANN Academy WG. So far almost all stakeholder groups sent 1-3 representatives and they have been subscribed to this mailing list already. (see: At-Large ICANN Academy Expanded Working Group Workspace). Based on the community feedback in Costa Rica the presentation was revised by including a compilation of existing capacity building provisions already offered by ICANN to the various stakeholder groups and visualising how the ICANN Academy should fill in the need for ICANN leaders. Further more the linkage of the proposal to the to the advanced outreach strategy developed by ICANN staff was adopted.
March 2012
A webinar was offered prior to the Costa Rica meeting to the entire ICANN community. During the Costa Rica meeting the proposal was presented and discussed during the public participation committee. Furthermore a presentation about Moodle, as a tool for the ICANN Academy, was held by Glenn Mc Night.
February 2012
The curriculum was drafted by the programme committee and afterwards discussed and agreed by ICANN Academy WG. Moodle, as a tool for the ICANN Academy, was introduced and discussed. The presentation for various purposes was created (Webinar, Costa Rica presentation)
January 2012
Due the time constrains the WG started the to work on the budget first, although this was not ideally because the discussion on the format and the curriculum was not held widely. The programme committee drafted a budget which was discussed by the ICANN Academy WG and submitted to the ALAC finance committee later on.
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