<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg" style="font-size:small">Dear members BestBits community:<br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg" style="font-size:small">Thank you to those of you who have completed our survey on perceptions of multistakeholderism and the use of online tools for participation in internet governance processes.<br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">For those of you who have not completed the survey, we would be grateful if you would complete the survey before Dec. 6. Additional details and the survey can be found at:<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/IGF2016" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/IGF2016</a></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg" style="font-size:small"><br class="gmail_msg">The survey should take up to 20-30 minutes to complete. Participants who complete the survey will have the opportunity to be entered into a drawing for a $50 Amazon.com gift card.<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">Please reach out to us with any questions or concerns.<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">This research protocol has been approved by the UC Berkeley Committee for Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS Protocol: 2016-08-9071).<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">If you have any questions or concerns about your rights and treatment as a research subject, you may contact the office of UC Berkeley's Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, at<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="tel:(510)%20642-7461" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">510-642-7461</a><span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:subjects@berkeley.edu" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">subjects@berkeley.edu</a>.<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">Thank you,<br class="gmail_msg">Brandie Nonnecke and Dmitry Epstein<br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">Brandie M. Nonnecke, PhD<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="gmail_msg">Research and Development Manager, UC Berkeley<br class="gmail_msg">Program Director, UC Davis<br class="gmail_msg">CITRIS and the Banatao Institute<br class="gmail_msg"><a href="mailto:nonnecke@citris-uc.org" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">nonnecke@citris-uc.org</a><br class="gmail_msg"><a href="http://citris-uc.org/" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">citris-uc.org</a><span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/BNonnecke" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">@BNonnecke<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>|<span class="inbox-inbox-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://nonnecke.com/" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">nonnecke.com</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">Dmitry Epstein<br class="gmail_msg">Assistant Professor of Digital Policy<br class="gmail_msg">Department of Communication<br class="gmail_msg">University of Illinois at Chicago<br class="gmail_msg"><a href="http://www.thinkmacro.org/">www.thinkmacro.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg" style="font-size:small"><a href="http://comm.uic.edu/" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">comm.uic.edu</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 1:16 PM Dmitry Epstein <<a href="mailto:dmitry.epstein@gmail.com">dmitry.epstein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">Dear BestBits Community:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">We are researchers at UC Berkeley and University of Illinois at Chicago. We are conducting a research study about perceptions of multistakeholderism and the use of online tools for participation in internet governance processes. Our goal is to inform multistakeholder processes and help develop new online tools for inclusive participation in internet governance.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">We would appreciate you completing the following survey: </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/IGF2016" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/IGF2016</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">The survey should take up to 20-30 minutes to complete. Participants who complete the survey will have the opportunity to be entered into a drawing for a $50 Amazon.com gift card.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">Please reach out to us with any questions or concerns.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">This research protocol has been approved by the UC Berkeley Committee for Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS Protocol: 2016-08-9071).</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">If you have any questions or concerns about your rights and treatment as a research subject, you may contact the office of UC Berkeley's Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, at </span><a href="tel:510-642-7461" value="+15106427461" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">510-642-7461</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"> or </span><a href="mailto:subjects@berkeley.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">subjects@berkeley.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">Thank you,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">Brandie Nonnecke and Dmitry Epstein</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">Brandie M. Nonnecke, PhD</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">Research and Development Manager, UC Berkeley</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">Program Director, UC Davis</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">CITRIS and the Banatao Institute</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><a href="mailto:nonnecke@citris-uc.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">nonnecke@c</span>itris-uc.org</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><a href="http://citris-uc.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">citris-uc.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/BNonnecke" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">@BNonnecke </a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">| </span><a href="http://nonnecke.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">nonnecke.com</a></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">Dmitry Epstein</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">Assistant Professor of Digital Policy</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">Department of Communication</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg">University of Illinois at Chicago</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><a href="http://www.thinkmacro.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">www.thinkmacro.org</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg"><a href="http://comm.uic.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">comm.uic.edu</a>  <br class="gmail_msg"></div></blockquote></div>