draft survey questions for NCUC members

[Rebecca MacKinnon]

Dear all,
I joined NCUC as academic and  independent journalist. I'm working on a book
about the future of freedom on the Internet. As part of my research, I'm
interested in getting a better idea of who the NCUC members are, what
people's concerns are, etc. I figured this information is also very useful
to the NCUC itself. Below is my first draft list of questions for an online
survey. If anybody has suggestions about things to add (or questions that
you'd love to know the answers to) please let me know in the next 24 hours
or so. Hopefully I can post the survey in the next couple of days, that way
we may have some results over the weekend.
Best,
Rebecca

GENERAL
What country are you originally from?
Where do you currently live?
Age group
Education
Profession
What kind of Internet connection and speed
Browser
Operating System
Does the computer you use belong to you?
Do you access the Internet on a mobile phone? (how often, in what way, etc)
Have website or blog? As an organization or individual?
Use various social networking sites? For what purpose? (political,
professional, social, hobbies, other)
Own domain/s?
Are you able to obtain domains you need relatively easily? (if not why not)
Interested in applying for gTLD?

GENERAL:
Are you involved with any internet-related organizations in the country
where you live?
What are your primary concerns about how non-commercial Internet users are
able to use the Internet - as creators as well as consumers of content and
services - in your country?
Have you ever had trouble accessing websites from the country where you
live?
Have you ever had content removed or an account shut down?
Have you ever been prevented from registering a domain name in your country?
(if so please elaborate)
What do you think is the greatest obstacle or problem for non-commercial
Internet use in your country?

ICANN
When did you first learn about ICANN?
Have you ever attended an ICANN meeting in person
Have you ever followed an ICANN meeting remotely
How often do you read or seek out news about ICANN
What are your main concerns? (rank various core ICANN issues )
How satisfied are  you with the way in which ICANN conducts its work?
(multiple choice)
How well are your interests represented at ICANN (multiple choice)
How could ICANN's improve its communication with global Internet users?
Do you want to participate in ICANN more actively?
If so has ICANN made it sufficiently clear how you can do so?
Do you feel there are barriers to participation? If so what are they
(multiple choice and essay)

NCUC
When joined
Why joined (multiple choice and free text)
Have you participated in discussion on the mailing list? (if no why not)
Have you participated in a monthly online meeting? (if yes did you find the
illuminate online meeting system easy to use; if not what were the reasons -
technical reasons, scheduling reasons, or lack of interest in proposed
agenda)
How well is the NCUC representing your interests and concerns? (multiple
choice plus free text)
Is the NCUC doing an adequate job of finding out your interests/concerns?
Do you think that the NCUC is doing an adequate job of seeking out your
participation?
Is the NCUC doing an adequate job of  utilizing your knowledge, experience,
and expertise in furthering non-commercial interests at ICANN? (pls
elaborate what your expertise is that you'd like to contribute)
What do you hope the NCUC will do to further your interests/concerns? (free
text)
What is your view of how the NCUC conducted its election?
What is your view of the charter created by the ICANN board for NCUC?
What is your view of the charter created by the NCUC community?
What is your view of how the Board-appointed GNSO seats were selected?

What other thoughts would you like to share? (free text)

--
Rebecca MacKinnon
Open Society Fellow | Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org
Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Centre, University of Hong
Kong

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