<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">As you hopefully are aware, ISOC-NY is an At-Large Structure within ICANN. At-Large has the job of representing the everyday Internet end user's interests in ICANN Policy Development. Why should end users care? It's a good question. And the document referenced below attempts to answer it, in a current context. Please feel free to reply to this email with your comments, which I will submit on our behalf. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">ICANN At-Large Staff</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 5:13 PM<br>Subject: [At-Large] Call for Comments: At-Large Community Policy Issues - Why End Users Should Care<br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">In consultation with the ALAC Leadership Team, Heidi Ullrich, Senior Director for At-Large and Ariel Liang, Policy Analyst supporting At-Large, have developed the draft document
entitled <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/jwusAw" target="_blank">At-Large Community Policy Issues - Why End Users Should Care</a>. The document
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">aims to provide an overview of key policy issues that the At-Large Community has been working on within ICANN, with a focus on why each issue is relevant or of concern to end users.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">The latest version of the document
<b>(version 5.0)</b>, as well as previous draft versions, can be found in its wiki workspace here:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">
<span style="color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/jwusAw" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/<wbr>jwusAw</a>. All At-Large members are welcome to comment on
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Please take a moment to review this draft and if you have input, please submit it in the wiki workspace using the comment function by
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<span style="color:black">You will need to log in to the wiki to use the comment function. If you don’t have a login or have other issue using the wiki, kindly contact
<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>. </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">E-mail: <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank">staff@atlarge.icann.or<wbr>g</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Website: <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/" target="_blank">atlarge.icann.org</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge" target="_blank">facebook.com/icann</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge" target="_blank">at<wbr>large</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge" target="_blank">@</a><a href="https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge" target="_blank">ICANNAtLarge</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p></div></div>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Joly MacFie</div><div>President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a> </span><span><span title="Call with Google Voice"><a href="tel:218%20565%209365" value="+12185659365" target="_blank">218 565 9365</a></span></span></div></div></div>
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