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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org" class="">Glen@icann.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Matt Ashtiani <<a href="mailto:matt.ashtiani@icann.org" class="">matt.ashtiani@icann.org</a>>, Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" class="">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">FW: GNSO Review Supplementary 360 Assessment</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">October 28, 2014 at 6:32:04 PM GMT+1<br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Please share with your membership.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Kind regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Glen<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Glen de Saint Géry<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">GNSO Secretariat<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Matt Ashtiani<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mardi 28 octobre 2014 17:59<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Glen de Saint Géry<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GNSO Review Supplementary 360 Assessment<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dear Glen,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-10-27-en" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">GNSO Review Supplementary 360 Assessment</a> is underway and we would like to make you and your community members aware of it. This Supplementary Assessment will provide survey takers with a mechanism to give valuable input into the GNSO's Working Groups. The GNSO Working Groups are one of the cornerstones of the ICANN Policy Development process, proving input on them is vital to a successful Review.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">We would be happy to give a brief overview to your community members on the Supplementary 360 Assessment during one of your upcoming calls. Doing so would take no more than 5-10 minutes of your community’s time. Please let me know if your community has any free time to discuss this Supplementary 350 Assessment.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I have attached the English PDF of the survey (translations will be available shortly) and I have added some general information about the overall process below, please share this information with your community members. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Information about the GNSO Review</span></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><h1 id="GNSOReview2014Home-GNSOSurvey%3ANowOpenandAvailableinallUNLanguages%21" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">GNSO Supplementary 360 Assessment Now Open: <a href="http://bit.ly/GNSOworkinggroup360" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://bit.ly/GNSOworkinggroup360</a></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: normal;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></h1><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The 360 Assessment will be live from <b class=""><u class="">27-October-2014 23:59 UTC</u></b> to <b class=""><u class="">10-November-2014 23:59 UTC</u></b>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/zbXhAg" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)</a></span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">GNSO serves an important function – it is responsible for developing and recommending to the ICANN Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains.</span><a name="_ftnref2" class=""></a><a href="applewebdata://7E080BE2-597E-475B-BA96-879C70132C8F#_ftn2" title="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><sup class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: purple;" class="">[</span></sup></a><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#/X" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><sup class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">1</span></sup></a><sup class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: purple;" class="">]</span></sup><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The review</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">{<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">2</a>]</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">is part of ICANN’s commitment to continuous improvement, accountability and transparency. It uses mechanisms and measures to maintain public confidence in the viability, reliability and accountability of ICANN. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The purpose of the review is to evaluate organizational effectiveness of the GNSO, acknowledge areas that are working well, identify areas that need improvement and affect needed changes.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The quality, validity and acceptance of the GNSO Review and the resulting improvements depend on relevant and useful feedback from a diverse and representative group of people. This is the cornerstone of ICANN’s bottom-up multi-stakeholder model.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="" class=""></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>