This is the first draft of the Mentoring Program ATLAS II. Your comments are appreciated.
The Mentoring Program is divided into three complementary steps:
1) Planning
2) Activities before the London meeting
3) Activities during the London meeting
Following are the details of each stage:
1) Planning
This stage consists of the following activities :
a) Determine the topics on which each ALS needs training. These themes emerged from the survey conducted jointly by the ATLAS II Survey WG and the Capacity Building WG.
b) Based on these topics, monthly Webinars to be carried out (from February to May) with the aim to start addressing some of these subjects. Four specific topics and the respective guest speakers shall be identified. This activity shall be conducted jointly by the Mentoring Program WG and the Capacity Building WG.
c) To create a collaborative Wiki so that all ALS can elaborate on a repository of Acronyms for At-Large, and for ICANN as a whole. This tool should be online by February 1st and be distributed to all RALOs. This will serve as input for the London meeting and will cover one of the points that emerged from the Capacity Building WG.
This Wiki shall be updated constantly updated and be consulted for all ALS.
This Wiki was already created with Dev's collaboration. It was filled in by taking the list of acronyms of Beginner's Guide. See the following link: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Acronym+Helper
d) To create a Wiki for ALS members who will participate in the London meeting to express: i) who are able to volunteer as Mentors for the meeting itself ii) on which topics they are considered qualified to provide mentoring iii) who needs a Mentor to the meeting itself iv) who are participating physically for the first time an ICANN meeting v) who offered to act as moderators in the mentoring sessions at the London meeting vi) who offered to act as rapporteurs of these meetings
Once the general agenda of the ICANN meeting is completed, each mentor shall publish the subjects they volunteered to mentor in the Wiki, what meetings encouraged to participate at their own group, the day , time and room scheduled for such meetings.
e) Identify specific topics and speakers who will participate in the Mentoring Program at the London meeting. These themes emerge from the survey conducted by the ATLAS II Survey WG and the Capacity Building WG.
2) Activities before the London meeting
a) Take the course of ICANN Learn, which Nora Abussita and Staff are designing (it was asked to LACRALO only but can be modified to be offered to all At-Large).
We will have more information on this topic in the upcoming days.
3) Activities during the London meeting
a) Mentoring Program will run Monday through Thursday from 7-8 am. When the general agenda of the meeting is available we can decide whether each session can be extended to 1.30 hour these days.
b) Each of these days will address two topics that have emerged from the survey and will be divided as follows:
i) TOPIC 1
-Presentation of the topic briefly by an expert from the community (be a short introductory presentation of the subject, it is very important to allow questions from the attendees) - 10 min
-Q & A of attendees -10 min
-Indication of the day's meetings related to the topics discussed and questions from the audience - 10 min (this can be adjusted when the general agenda of the meeting is available).
ii) TOPIC 2
-Presentation of the topic briefly by an expert from the community - 10 min
-Q & A of attendees -10 min
-Indication of the day's meetings related to the topics discussed and questions from the audience - 10 min
From Day 2, this point may include feedback of the meeting participants about the meetings of the previous day in which they have participated.
From Day 2, this point may include feedback of the meeting participants about the meetings of the previous day in which they have participated.
We need moderators who are part of the Mentoring Program, who can help to respect the time allocated to have possibility to develop the themes and activities proposed.
In total the specific topics to be determined and that this mentoring will be received at the meeting are 8 tracks (2 tracks per day). These topics emerged from the most voted in the poll of the Survey WG and the Capacity Building WG.
c) It will encourage to the groups of mentors and mentored who have created previously to the meeting, to have informal meetings in the meeting itself (at the time lunch, coffee breaks, dinner, etc.) for consultations, questions or comments that are necessary to perform.
d) In the same Wiki in which groups of mentors and mentored were formed, a space for participants to publish any pending questions from these meetings and will be answered by the speakers and/or mentors will be created.
Another section will be created within this same Wiki so the attendees of the meeting can bring feedback on the general functioning of the Mentoring Program.
This Wiki will remain active after the meeting for participants to interact and share experiences of their respective RALOs and what is happening on the issues of the ICANN scope in their RALOs. E.g. new gTLDs, what is happening in each region and how it relates to the work of their ALS.
e) Include the outcomes of this Mentoring Program in the ATLAS II Reports to analyze what worked and what did not, and if it can be repeated in the future.
f) Upon returning from the meeting and within the term of one month (we should specifically set the date) will be required to the participants of the Mentoring Program to elaborate a report of the program activities in which they have participated, indicating the benefits provided by the program, and suggesting what aspects could be improved. This report will be published in the Wiki program which will have a section for that purpose.
The publication of this report will be a prerequisite to be able to give them a certificate of "ATLAS II Mentoring Program Participants".