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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hi everyone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hope you are all recovering from Bali.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>You might remember that on a couple of occasions Fadi mentioned he has commissioned a panel headed by Beth Noveck to help him think through new ways of engaging people and making multi-stakeholder governance more inclusive and transparent. The panel is based in GovLab, a unit at the Wagner School for Public Policy in NYU. Other panel members are Alison Gillwald, Joi Ito, Karim Lakhani, Guo Liang, Geof Mulgan and Bitange Ndemo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The focus of the panel is on advising ICANN how it can best manage the domain name space, but Fadi has said he sees this as a way of finding better ways of involving people in decision making processes more generally.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>They plan to </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#282828'>launch an online platform to gather input and ideas from a global audience, focused on innovations in governance (with a live training workshop during the <a href="http://buenosaires48.icann.org/"><span style='color:#503281;text-decoration:none'>ICANN 48 Meeting</span></a> in Buenos Aires November 17-21) – this </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>engagement platform will be launched on <b>Nov 17.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The panel is be looking at three areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F6F6F6'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#282828'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#282828'>Mapping the technologies and platforms that exist for identifying know-how and enabling participatory decision-making across stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F6F6F6'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#282828'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#282828'>Identifying the best models for leveraging collective intelligence, open innovation and open data around the world (– that could be applied to the ICANN processes.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F6F6F6'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#282828'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#282828'>What to consider when designing innovative ways to manage and coordinate – using new technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I think it is one of the more serious attempts to think through what multi-stakeholder governance might look like given the technology platforms we have. So I’d suggest we all look out for the engagement platform on the 17<sup>th</sup> and feed in our ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Some background links here will give more detail:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Details of the Panel's call : <a href="http://thegovlab.org/envisioning-a-21st-century-organization-to-coordinate-the-internet-addressing-system-a-shared-global-public-resource">http://thegovlab.org/envisioning-a-21st-century-organization-to-coordinate-the-internet-addressing-system-a-shared-global-public-resource</a>/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Some Primers: <a href="http://thegovlab.org/new-publications-primers-on-the-internet-corporation-for-assigned-names-numbers-icann">http://thegovlab.org/new-publications-primers-on-the-internet-corporation-for-assigned-names-numbers-icann</a>/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>GovLab living labs: <a href="http://thegovlab.org/the-govlab-living-labs-experiments-in-smarter-governance">http://thegovlab.org/the-govlab-living-labs-experiments-in-smarter-governance</a>/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:7.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#253741;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Andrew Puddephatt</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>| </span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#253741;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>GLOBAL PARTNERS</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#253741;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> DIGITAL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#253741;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Executive Director</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF2126;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Development House, 56–64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>T: +44 (0)20 7549 0336 | M: +44 (0)771 339 9597 | Skype: andrewpuddephatt</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'><br><b>gp-digital.org</b><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>