<div dir="ltr">I agree Ayden, good point.<div><br></div><div>Also, I presume since the document was shared and is open to comments (not just read-only), it is open to comments. Then again, it does say confidential at the top...</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="m_3975329007190076217gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 8:56 AM, Ayden Férdeline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank">icann@ferdeline.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>I am a little confused. Are we being asked to edit this document directly, or to funnel our feedback on the draft through SO/AC leadership? In any case I would like to see at least one question to do with sexual orientation. Though just one would probably be inadequate.<span class="m_3975329007190076217HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="m_3975329007190076217HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756protonmail_signature_block"><div class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756protonmail_signature_block-user"><div>- Ayden <br></div></div><div class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756protonmail_signature_block-proton m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div></font></span><div class="m_3975329007190076217HOEnZb"><div class="m_3975329007190076217h5"><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756protonmail_quote"><div>-------- Original Message --------<br></div><div>Subject: Re: [council] FW: [SOAC-Leaders] Fwd: SOACs Feedback on the Draft Gender Diversity & Participation Survey by 20 May<br></div><div>Local Time: 5 May 2017 7:43 AM<br></div><div>UTC Time: 5 May 2017 06:43<br></div><div>From: <a href="mailto:mike.oghia@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">mike.oghia@GMAIL.COM</a><br></div><div>To: <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for sending this Stephanie. I just went through and added comments/suggestions/edits, but I highly encourage others to check it, especially women on this list that participate in ICANN to see if you think anything is missing and to comment on my edits.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div><div><div class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:13px" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size">Best,</span></span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:13px" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size">-Michael</span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 6:41 AM, Stephanie Perrin <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoront<wbr>o.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p><span style="font-size:undefinedpx" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande"" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font">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.</span></span><br></p><p><span style="font-size:undefinedpx" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande"" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font">Stephanie Perrin</span></span><br></p><div class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756m_-2556136166518799757moz-forward-container"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-------- Forwarded Message --------<br></div><table class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756m_-2556136166518799757moz-email-headers-table" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap>Subject:<br></th><td>[council] FW: [SOAC-Leaders] Fwd: SOACs Feedback on the
Draft Gender Diversity & Participation Survey by 20
May<br></td></tr><tr><th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap>Date:<br></th><td>Fri, 5 May 2017 00:49:09 +0000<br></td></tr><tr><th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap>From:<br></th><td>James M. Bladel <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756m_-2556136166518799757moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com" target="_blank"><jbladel@godaddy.com></a><br></td></tr><tr><th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap>To:<br></th><td>GNSO Council List <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756m_-2556136166518799757moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank"><council@gnso.icann.org></a><br></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756m_-2556136166518799757WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size">Councilors, see
below.<u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size"><u></u> <u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size">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).<u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size"><u></u> <u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size">Please review,
and submit any thoughts or comments you’d like to share on
this upcoming survey.<u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size"><u></u> <u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size">Thank you,<u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size"><br>J.<u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size"><u></u> <u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size"><u></u> <u></u></span></span><br></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756colour"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font">From: </span></span> </b><span style="color:black" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756colour"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font"><a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756m_-2556136166518799757moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:soac-leaders-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank"><soac-leaders-bounces@icann.or<wbr>g></a> on behalf of David Olive <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756m_-2556136166518799757moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" target="_blank"><david.olive@icann.org></a><br> <b>Date: </b>Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 16:08 <b><u></u></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756colour"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font">Cc: </span></span> </b><span style="color:black" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756colour"><span style="font-family:Calibri" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756font">Sally
Costerton <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756m_-2556136166518799757moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sally.costerton@icann.org" target="_blank"><sally.costerton@icann.org></a>, Ergys Ramaj <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756m_-2556136166518799757moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ergys.ramaj@icann.org" target="_blank"><ergys.ramaj@icann.org></a><br> <b>Subject: </b>[SOAC-Leaders] Fwd: SOACs Feedback on the
Draft Gender Diversity & Participation Survey by 20
May<u></u></span></span></p></div><div><h1><span style="font-size:12pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size"></span><u></u><br></h1><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.5rem 0px;float:left"><span style="font-size:12pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size">Ergys Ramaj</span><u></u><br></h1><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Community Leaders: <u></u><br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Please review this message from<u></u><br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p></div><div><h2><span style="font-size:12pt" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756size">Sr. Director, Public
Responsibility</span><u></u><br></h2></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><div><br></div><div><u></u><br></div><p><br></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="background-color:white" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756highlight"><span style="color:black" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756colour">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. <u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="background-color:white" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756highlight"><span style="color:black" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756colour"> <u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="background-color:white" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756highlight">One important
point is to clarify how this survey is different and/or
complements the work currently taking place in the<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://community.icann.org/display/WEIA/Diversity" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756colour"> 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.<u></u></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="background-color:white" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756highlight"><span style="color:black" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756colour"> <u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="background-color:white" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756highlight">Before we
launch the survey, we would appreciate <b>feedback from the SOACs by 20 May 2017</b>. <u></u></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="background-color:white" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756highlight"><u></u> <u></u></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="background-color:white" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756highlight">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 rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kEd5LMwMiKau0skX-MGBOZd6BFgcQTq6qdvHA40rRwI/edit" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756colour">https://docs.google.co<wbr>m/document/d/1kEd5LMwMiKau0skX<wbr>-MGBOZd6BFgcQTq6qdvHA40rRwI/ed<wbr>it</span></a> —
Comments/suggestions/questions could be made on the
document or emailed directly to me. <u></u></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="background-color:white" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756highlight"><span style="color:black" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756colour"> <u></u></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="background-color:white" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756highlight">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 rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/privacy-2012-12-21-en" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756colour"> 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.<u></u></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="background-color:white" class="m_3975329007190076217m_4113333549333713756highlight"><u></u> <u></u></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to any thoughts you may
have and many thanks in advance. <u></u><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best, <u></u><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ergys <u></u><br></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>