[kictanet] Application Round Opens for ICANN Mexico City Meeting Fellowships

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Application Round Opens for Mexico City Meeting Fellowships

Program supports global representation at ICANN's International Public 
Meetings

18 September 2008

*MARINA DEL REY, Calif.*: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names 
and Numbers has launched its latest round of fellowship program 
applications for its 34th International Public Meeting to be held in 
Mexico City from 1-6 March 2009.

"ICANN is a global organization and our work touches every country on 
the planet," said Theresa Swinehart , ICANN's Vice President, Global and 
Strategic Partnerships. “Our fellowship program ensures that as many 
countries as possible can take part in the ICANN meeting and in the 
variety of public forums that will be held.”

An example of the diversity supported by the Fellowship program is the 
upcoming meeting in Cairo. At that meeting there will be 30 fellows from 
25 countries, chosen from 89 applications received. There are 12 
fellowship alumni, 11fellows are first-time attendees to an ICANN 
meeting and the remaining 7 have attended past meetings, but are first 
time fellows.

Priority is given to applicants who are current residents of developing 
and least developed nations and interested in participating in ICANN and 
its supporting organizations, such as the Governmental Advisory 
Committee, the Country Code Names Supporting Organization, and the 
Generic Names Supporting Organization. The fellowship will assist in 
covering airfare, hotel and a stipend. Recipients will be expected to 
actively participate in and contribute to ICANN processes. As always, 
registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend.

Applications for Mexico City will be accepted from now until 1200 PDT 
(UTC -7) on 27 October. More information, as well as a link to the 
application for a fellowship, is available online at: 
http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/ <http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships>

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*About ICANN: *

ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's 
system of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and 
country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet 
protocols that help computers reach each other over the Internet. 
Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's 
operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop 
policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability. 
ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non-profit 
company. For more information please visit: www.icann.org 
<http://www.icann.org/>.

*Media Contacts: *

Jason Keenan
Media Adviser, ICANN (USA)
Ph: +1 310 382 4004
E: jason.keenan at icann.org <mailto:jason.keenan at icann.org>

International: Andrew Robertson
Edelman (London)
Ph: +44 7921 588 770
E: andrew.robertson at edelman.com <mailto:andrew.robertson at edelman.com>

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