<div dir="auto"><div>I also received the invitation, looking forward to it.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Feb 7, 2019, 7:18 PM Arsène Tungali <<a href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">arsenebaguma@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I too did participate into this study.<br>
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2019-02-07 15:01 UTC+02:00, Claire C. Craig <<a href="mailto:claireccraig@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">claireccraig@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
> I received it last year and participated.<br>
><br>
> CCC<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
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>> On 7 Feb 2019, at 8:47 AM, Collin Kurre <<a href="mailto:collin@article19.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">collin@article19.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Farell,<br>
>><br>
>> There's a thread this project on the EURALO list, here:<br>
>> <a href="https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/euro-discuss/2019-February/thread.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/euro-discuss/2019-February/thread.html</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> It seems that the ICANN legitimacy project is, well, "legitimate" by all<br>
>> accounts.<br>
>><br>
>> Best,<br>
>> Collin<br>
>><br>
>>> On 07/02/2019 12:19, Farell FOLLY wrote:<br>
>>> Dear all,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Has anybody received this kind of e-mail, too? And, does anybody know<br>
>>> about this ICANN legitimacy project?<br>
>>><br>
>>> @__f_f__<br>
>>><br>
>>> Best Regards<br>
>>> ____________________________________<br>
>>><br>
>>> (Ekue) Farell FOLLY<br>
>>> NCUC Rep. to the NCSG Policy Committee<br>
>>> <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/farellf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/farellf</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> From: Hortense Jongen <<a href="mailto:hortense.jongen@gu.se" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">hortense.jongen@gu.se</a>><br>
>>>> Subject: Invitation to participate in academic study on ICANN<br>
>>>> Date: 4 February 2019 at 11:20:09 GMT+1<br>
>>>> To: "<a href="mailto:farell@BENIN2POINT0.ORG" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">farell@BENIN2POINT0.ORG</a>" <<a href="mailto:farell@BENIN2POINT0.ORG" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">farell@BENIN2POINT0.ORG</a>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Dear Farell Folly,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Greetings from the ICANN Legitimacy Project at the University of<br>
>>>> Gothenburg in Sweden. We would like to invite your participation in a<br>
>>>> project on ‘Legitimacy outside the State: Governing the Global Internet<br>
>>>> at ICANN’. You receive this personal invitation because your name was<br>
>>>> drawn in a random sample of participants in ICANN. We hope very much<br>
>>>> that you will accept!<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The project investigates attitudes towards ICANN among board, community,<br>
>>>> and staff. It will indicate how these views vary and why. The findings<br>
>>>> in turn can provide important suggestions for ICANN’s future<br>
>>>> development.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The study is entirely independent: it is conducted by researchers at the<br>
>>>> University of Gothenburg with funding from the Swedish Research Council.<br>
>>>> You may also recall that I was an independent advisor to the<br>
>>>> CCWG-Accountability during the IANA transition.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> We invite your input through an interview of 30-40 minutes. If, as we<br>
>>>> hope, you agree to participate, then we would try to schedule a time<br>
>>>> that is convenient for you. We can conduct the interview either via<br>
>>>> Skype, phone, or face-to-face at ICANN64 in Kobe.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Please be assured that your interview answers will be treated with<br>
>>>> complete anonymity and confidentiality. The data attaches no names or<br>
>>>> specific positions. Interview recordings are erased after transcription<br>
>>>> by research assistants who have no connection to ICANN and so no voice<br>
>>>> recognition. Our database server is fully<br>
>>>> GDPR-compliant.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thank you in advance for your consideration. We look forward to your<br>
>>>> reply. For comments and suggestions direct to me, my email is<br>
>>>> <a href="mailto:jan.scholte@globalstudies.gu.se" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jan.scholte@globalstudies.gu.se</a>.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Yours sincerely<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> <image001.jpg><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Professor Jan Aart Scholte<br>
>>>> Project Coordinator<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Dr Hortense Jongen<br>
>>>> Senior Researcher ICANN Legitimacy Project<br>
>>><br>
><br>
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