<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Hi Farzi,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Thanks for posting, the NPOC EC supports this research.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Regards,</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 2:24 AM farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:17.1200008392334px;font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" style="word-spacing:1px"></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:17.1200008392334px;font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size:1rem">Dear NCSG members</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" style="word-spacing:1px"></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:17.1200008392334px;font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" style="word-spacing:1px"></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:17.1200008392334px;font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size:1rem">Ahead of ICANN63 you may be contacted by Professor Jan Scholte at the University of Gothenburg. Jan is a close follower of ICANN and advised the CCWG-Accountability during the IANA transition process.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" style="word-spacing:1px"></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:17.1200008392334px;font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" style="word-spacing:1px"></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:17.1200008392334px;font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size:1rem">Jan is now leading a major study of ICANN legitimacy, funded by the Swedish Research Council. It is a fully independent and academically professional investigation that can tell us a lot about the present condition and possible future development of ICANN.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" style="word-spacing:1px"></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:17.1200008392334px;font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" style="word-spacing:1px"></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:17.1200008392334px;font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size:1rem">A key part of this research consists of a survey interview. To get the most precise and reliable information, Jan and his team have randomly selected a number of participants across the board, community and staff of ICANN. A small number of these people will come from our constituency.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" style="word-spacing:1px"></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:17.1200008392334px;font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" style="word-spacing:1px"></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:17.1200008392334px;font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size:1rem">Should you be one of the people to receive an invitation to take part in the study, I hope you will consider it favourably. Your views are of crucial importance for the success of the project. The interview takes 30-40 minutes and will be scheduled at your convenience. Responses are completely voluntary and will be kept strictly anonymous and confidential.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" style="word-spacing:1px"></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:17.1200008392334px;font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" style="word-spacing:1px"></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span><p style="word-spacing:1px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri">Best </font></p>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_8458741016745870575gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div>
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