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    <p>Thanks to all who worked on this. Here is a related reading which
      I recommend highly:<br>
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    <p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://manypossibilities.net/2018/05/open-telecom-data-moving-forward/">https://manypossibilities.net/2018/05/open-telecom-data-moving-forward/</a></p>
    <p>Anriette<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/07/2018 18:43, Elsa S wrote:<br>
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        <div>Super, thanks Ayden! And again, thanks to everyone who gave
          the draft a look, your additions made it as complete as
          possible given the timeframe!</div>
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      <div dir="auto">E.</div>
      <div dir="auto">—</div>
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          <div>On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 12:42 PM Ayden Férdeline <<a
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            <div>Hi Elsa,</div>
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            <div>Just a small clarification, the other changes were made
              in "suggestion mode." However they were accepted by the
              Policy Committee Chair already (perhaps before you saw
              them?), as they also have editing privileges for the
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            <div>The deadline for the submission of this comment to
              ICANN org is 23:59 UTC tonight, so it is already with the
              Policy Committee for review. We have been looking over the
              document for a few days now and discussing, hence why some
              edits were already accepted. </div>
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            <div>Best wishes,</div>
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            <div>Ayden</div>
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                On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 18:13, Elsa S <<a
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                  <div>Hey Ayden,</div>
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                <div dir="auto">Thanks! I accepted some of the
                  suggestions earlier today! What I was referring to was
                  the added parts to the doc which I think are extremely
                  important to keep an eye out for. Especially the list
                  of extra data that we need and cannot find in the
                  inventory for instance. It would have been good for
                  members to check them out (there’s a small discussion
                  happening on there, if we should add all the items
                  currently in the list or not). And in the history,
                  changes can be found most times but the person who
                  made the changes would almost always be "anonymous".
                  Which would make it hard to ask for fast
                  clarification. That’s what I was referring to :)</div>
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                <div dir="auto">But thanks for offering to help! It’s
                  appreciated.</div>
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                <div dir="auto">Best,</div>
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                <div dir="auto">Elsa</div>
                <div dir="auto">—</div>
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                    <div>On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 12:09 PM Ayden
                      Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">icann@ferdeline.com</a>>
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                      <div>Hi Elsa,</div>
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                      <div>All of the changes that I made to the
                        document were in ‘suggestion mode’, but someone
                        else with editing privileges has
                        already accepted some of them. (I have received
                        notifications from Google that this has
                        happened.) In the history tab, however, you can
                        turn them back on to see what changes have been
                        made to the document and which have been
                        accepted by other editors. Please let me know
                        off-list if you’d like me to show you how to see
                        these edits.</div>
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                      <div>Best wishes,</div>
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                      <div>Ayden</div>
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                          On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 18:00, Elsa S <<a
                            href="mailto:elsa.saade@gmail.com"
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                              style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Hi
                              Ayden,</div>
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                              style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Reviewing
                              the comment and suggestions as we speak.
                              Many of the changes were not mapped. Could
                              we for future comments' reference, map our
                              changes in order for us to make sure we
                              have a good progress report on the google
                              doc? It would be best I think.</div>
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                              style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Thank
                              you for your efforts, and thank you all
                              for all the comments and engagement. We'll
                              be sending this to the Policy Committee
                              for their review by the end of this
                              working day.</div>
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                            <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 27,
                              2018 at 6:27 AM, Ayden Férdeline <span><<a
                                  href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com"
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                                  <div>Hi Raoul,</div>
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                                  <div>I will forward your message to
                                    the Policy Committee to review.</div>
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                                  My initial reaction is, I’m not sure
                                  why we would need to make the case for
                                  the benefits of open data, when ICANN
                                  has already committed to making it
                                  available?
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                                  <div>Best wishes, Ayden
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                                            <div>On 27 Jul 2018, at
                                              12:23, Raoul Plommer <<a
href="mailto:plommer@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">plommer@gmail.com</a>>
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                                              <div>Sorry for being late
                                                in returning to this,
                                                but could we add a
                                                sentence or just a small
                                                list on why opening data
                                                is commendable?
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                                                      helvetica,
                                                      sans-serif">Open
                                                      data offers
                                                      benefits in many
                                                      areas and ICANN
                                                      could gain from:</font>
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                                                        face="arial,
                                                        helvetica,
                                                        sans-serif">Transparency
                                                        and democratic
                                                        control</font>
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                                                    <li
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                                                        face="arial,
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                                                        sans-serif">Participation</font>
                                                    </li>
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                                                        face="arial,
                                                        helvetica,
                                                        sans-serif">Self-empowerment</font>
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                                                    <li
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                                                        face="arial,
                                                        helvetica,
                                                        sans-serif">Improved
                                                        or new private
                                                        products and
                                                        services</font>
                                                    </li>
                                                    <li
                                                      style="box-sizing:inherit"><font
                                                        face="arial,
                                                        helvetica,
                                                        sans-serif">Innovation</font>
                                                    </li>
                                                    <li
                                                      style="box-sizing:inherit"><font
                                                        face="arial,
                                                        helvetica,
                                                        sans-serif">Improved
                                                        efficiency of
                                                        services</font>
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                                                    <li
                                                      style="box-sizing:inherit"><font
                                                        face="arial,
                                                        helvetica,
                                                        sans-serif">Improved
                                                        effectiveness of
                                                        services</font>
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                                                    <li
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                                                        face="arial,
                                                        helvetica,
                                                        sans-serif">Impact
                                                        measurement of
                                                        policies</font>
                                                    </li>
                                                    <li
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                                                        face="arial,
                                                        helvetica,
                                                        sans-serif">New
                                                        knowledge from
                                                        combined data
                                                        sources and
                                                        patterns in
                                                        large data
                                                        volumes</font>
                                                    </li>
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                                                  <div>-Raoul</div>
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                                                <div class="gmail_quote">On
                                                  26 July 2018 at 13:54,
                                                  Ayden Férdeline <span><<a
href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">icann@ferdeline.com</a>></span>
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                                                    <div>Hi Sam,
                                                      <br>
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                                                    <div>I have made
                                                      some rather
                                                      substantial
                                                      (proposed) edits
                                                      to this statement
                                                      now. In response
                                                      to your comment, I
                                                      have
                                                      cited recommendation
                                                      10.5 of the
                                                      Accountability and
                                                      Transparency
                                                      Review 2, and
                                                      called for ICANN
                                                      to provide
                                                      non-commercial
                                                      stakeholders with
                                                      the resources
                                                      required in order
                                                      to interrogate and
                                                      analyse this data.
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                                                    <div>The Policy
                                                      Committee is
                                                      looking over this
                                                      comment now (hence
                                                      my last minute
                                                      edits), but if
                                                      there are any
                                                      additional
                                                      comments/suggestions
                                                      that anyone has,
                                                      we would still be
                                                      able to consider
                                                      them if they are
                                                      added to the
                                                      document today:
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                                                    <div><a
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                                                    <div>Best wishes,</div>
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                                                          Férdeline 
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                                                    <div>‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
                                                      Original Message
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                                                        <div>On 23 July
                                                          2018 9:02 PM,
                                                          Sam Lanfranco
                                                          <<a
                                                          href="mailto:lanfran@YORKU.CA"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">lanfran@YORKU.CA</a>> wrote:
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                                                          <div>Colleagues,
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                                                          <div>While I
                                                          fully endorse
                                                          as much open
                                                          data access
                                                          for ICANN as
                                                          is possible,
                                                          without
                                                          compromising
                                                          personal
                                                          privacy, I am
                                                          sobered by the
                                                          general view
                                                          that in Open
                                                          Government
                                                          Data most of
                                                          the benefits
                                                          go to the deep
                                                          pocketed
                                                          stakeholders
                                                          (corporate
                                                          entities) that
                                                          have the
                                                          financial
                                                          resources to
                                                          mine the data.
                                                          <br>
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                                                          <div>Giving
                                                          civil society
                                                          access,
                                                          without it
                                                          having
                                                          research
                                                          resources,
                                                          leaves it
                                                          dependent on
                                                          those few
                                                          academics who
                                                          will mine the
                                                          data in the
                                                          public
                                                          interest, or
                                                          when it just
                                                          occasionally
                                                          catches data
                                                          outliers that
                                                          raise
                                                          concerns.
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                                                          <div>Sam L.,
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                                                          <div>On Sun,
                                                          Jul 22, 2018
                                                          at 11:54 PM,
                                                          Raphaël
                                                          Beauregard-Lacroix
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                                                          <div>Hi Elsa,
                                                          hi all,
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                                                          <div>Thank you
                                                          and the team
                                                          for taking the
                                                          time for
                                                          drafting the
                                                          comment. I
                                                          find that the
                                                          points raised
                                                          in the comment
                                                          are indeed
                                                          relevant! 
                                                          From a broader
                                                          perspective,
                                                          it is good
                                                          that ICANN has
                                                          plans to
                                                          publish more
                                                          data - I can
                                                          see a lot of
                                                          potential for
                                                          qualitative
                                                          and
                                                          quantitative
                                                          research here
                                                          in various
                                                          fields of
                                                          social
                                                          sciences!
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                                                          <div>Best, 
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                                        Elsa Saade
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                                        Consultant</div>
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                                    <div>Gulf Centre for Human Rights</div>
                                    <div>Twitter: @Elsa_Saade</div>
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                            Elsa Saade
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                            Consultant</div>
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                        <div>Gulf Centre for Human Rights</div>
                        <div>Twitter: @Elsa_Saade</div>
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                  Elsa Saade<br>
                  Consultant</div>
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