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<div style="margin:0; border-style:none"><font face="Cambria"><font face="Calibri">Dear Colleagues,
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<div style="margin:0; border-style:none"><font face="Cambria"><font face="Calibri">The Internet Society (ISOC) is conducting a
</font><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/survey-internet-governance" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri"><strong>survey on Internet governance</strong></font></a><font face="Calibri">. The objective of this survey is to primarily
</font><font face="Calibri">ask you </font><font face="Calibri"><strong><em>how we can strengthen mechanisms of the Internet governance ecosystem to better address policy challenges in 2015</em></strong></font><font face="Calibri">.
</font><font face="Calibri">It is also designed to help ISOC contribute to the current discussions on the evolution of the ecosystem. Some of the issues include: preparations for WSIS+10; the future of the IGF; the appropriate role of new platforms like the
NETmundial Initiative (NMI); and enabling a successful IANA stewardship transition.</font><font face="Calibri">
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<div style="margin:0; border-style:none"><font face="Cambria"><font face="Calibri">Your feedback and opinions will help us to understand the collective sentiment of the Internet community and will inform ISOC’s approach as it looks to play its role to address
these issues. For additional background on the survey, I encourage you to read Sally Wentworth’s
</font><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/02/take-brief-survey-help-strengthen-internet-governance-2015" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri"><strong>blog post</strong></font></a><font face="Calibri">.
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<div style="margin:0; border-style:none"><font face="Cambria"><font face="Calibri">The questions should take approximately 10 minutes to complete and we would be grateful if you could find the time to respond.</font><font face="Calibri">
</font><font face="Calibri">The survey will be open </font><font face="Calibri"><strong>from 2 to 20 February</strong></font><font face="Calibri">. A synthesis report of responses will be made available on our website shortly after the survey closes.</font><font face="Calibri">
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<div style="margin:0; border-style:none"><font face="Cambria"><font face="Calibri">We look forward to your participation!</font></font></div>
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<div style="margin:0; border-style:none"><font face="Cambria"><font face="Calibri">Best regards,</font></font></div>
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<div style="margin:0; border-style:none"><font face="Cambria"><font face="Calibri">Constance Bommelaer</font></font></div>
<div style="margin:0; border-style:none"><font face="Cambria"><font face="Calibri">Senior Director, Global Policy Partnerships</font></font></div>
<div style="margin:0; border-style:none"><font face="Cambria"><font face="Calibri">The Internet Society</font></font></div>
<div style="margin:0; border-style:none"><font face="Cambria"><a href="http://www.isoc.org" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri">www.isoc.org</font></a></font></div>
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