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    <p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Members may be
          interested in commenting on the draft survey on Gender
          Diversity and Participation, prior to it being launched.  Links
          are below, deadline is 20 May.  I assume the policy committee
          will summarize comments, so please forward comments to your
          policy committee representatives.<br>
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    <p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie Perrin</font></font><br>
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            <td>[council] FW: [SOAC-Leaders] Fwd: SOACs Feedback on the
              Draft Gender Diversity & Participation Survey by 20
              May</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">Date: </th>
            <td>Fri, 5 May 2017 00:49:09 +0000</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">From: </th>
            <td>James M. Bladel <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com"><jbladel@godaddy.com></a></td>
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            <td>GNSO Council List <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org"><council@gnso.icann.org></a></td>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Councilors, see
            below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">ICANN Staff is
            preparing a community-wide survey on Gender Diversity and
            Participation. Before the survey launches, they are seeking
            feedback from SO/ACs on the draft (linked below).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Please review,
            and submit any thoughts or comments you’d like to share on
            this upcoming survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><br>
            J.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
            </b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:soac-leaders-bounces@icann.org"><soac-leaders-bounces@icann.org></a>
              on behalf of David Olive <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org"><david.olive@icann.org></a><br>
              <b>Date: </b>Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 16:08 <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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                style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Cc: </span>
            </b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Sally
              Costerton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sally.costerton@icann.org"><sally.costerton@icann.org></a>, Ergys Ramaj
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ergys.ramaj@icann.org"><ergys.ramaj@icann.org></a><br>
              <b>Subject: </b>[SOAC-Leaders] Fwd: SOACs Feedback on the
              Draft Gender Diversity & Participation Survey by 20
              May<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Dear Community Leaders: <o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Please review this message from<o:p></o:p></p>
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          <h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sr. Director, Public
              Responsibility</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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                style="color:black">As you are aware, the ICANN
                organization is planning to launch a survey on Gender
                Diversity and Participation in the ICANN community. The
                purpose is to determine current perceptions of gender
                diversity within the ICANN community and to identify
                potential barriers to participation. The document has
                gone through several rounds of reviews and is ready to
                be shared with SOACs for additional input. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
                style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">One important
              point is to clarify how this survey is different and/or
              complements the work currently taking place in the<a
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                href="https://community.icann.org/display/WEIA/Diversity"><span
                  style="color:#954F72"> Work Stream 2 (WS2) Diversity
                  subgroup</span></a>. The questionnaire recently sent
              to the SOACs by the WS2 Diversity subgroup focuses
              specifically on SOACs current processes and procedures. On
              the other hand, the Gender Diversity and Participation
              survey aims to assess perceptions about gender and
              participation across all of the ICANN community. It also
              focuses specifically on gender as one aspect of diversity,
              following community calls for data pertaining specifically
              to gender. Other elements of diversity are being discussed
              in the WS2 Diversity subgroup and may be explored with
              future surveys.<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
                style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">Before we
              launch the survey, we would appreciate
              <b>feedback from the SOACs by 20 May 2017</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">The current
              draft has benefitted from insights and input provided by
              members of the ICANN organization, Board, and WS2
              Diversity subgroup. Here is a link to the survey: <a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kEd5LMwMiKau0skX-MGBOZd6BFgcQTq6qdvHA40rRwI/edit"><span
                  style="color:#954F72">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kEd5LMwMiKau0skX-MGBOZd6BFgcQTq6qdvHA40rRwI/edit</span></a> —
              Comments/suggestions/questions could be made on the
              document or emailed directly to me. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">Shortly
              following SOACs review, the survey will
              be advertised across the community. Responses will be
              anonymous, and survey responses will be used in accordance
              with ICANN’s<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/privacy-2012-12-21-en"><span
                  style="color:#954F72"> Privacy Policy</span></a>. The
              data will be analyzed to identify perceived gaps, trends,
              and potential next steps; a final report with the findings
              will be widely disseminated, and next steps will be up to
              the community.<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to any thoughts you may
              have and many thanks in advance. <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Best, <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Ergys <o:p></o:p></p>
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