[At-Large] ICANN Funding Request FY22-05

Wed May 12 18:34:09 UTC 2021

I really, REALLY, encourage people to read the actual funding request
before seeing the word "poll" and "At-Large" together and jumping to
conclusions.

The request is *NOT* for a survey of RALOs or ALSs or anyone else in the
existing ICANN community. This request is for a form of R&D never before
done by ALAC.

It is explicitly designed to avoid the usual channels that have already
been done, and to talk to the rest of the world outside the ICANN bubble --
the end-users that ALAC is bylaw-bound to speak for. We need to hear from
people who have never even heard the terms "ICANN" or "DNS" or "Internet
domain" -- let alone know what they are -- yet are deeply impacted by what
goes on here. We don't need them to join an ALS or even care about ICANN,
but we do need to know their opinions of how DNS policies and practises
affect their use and trust of the Internet.

The funding request identifies the flaws in surveys that have been done to
date, and ideally would ask questions of random samples of people
*everywhere*.

In these cases the cost of the survey is very much determined by how spread
it is. Given the amount of the funding at play we can't come close to
"everywhere" so we need to work on what limited (but still random) scope
will best provide useful analysis.

If anyone here is aware of any studies such as Vanda suggests that could
help this effort, now is the time to identify them.

Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
@evanleibovitch / @el56

On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 12:49, Vanda Scartezini via At-Large <
at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

> Thanking to Leon to embrace such effort, I am the one encouraging this
> survey in all regions, worldwide survey. The cost of survey is not how
> spread it is, regional or universal to collect the data, but to build the
> right questions, analyze the answers and then present the statistically
> relevant data with a large annex with the methodology used for such
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> And yes, depending on the data there are several studies we could use, or
> even just comparing with data we collect.
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> Ralos can be used to spread the survey inside their regions.
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> Hope we can do such survey.
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> *From: *At-Large <at-large-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of
> 'At-Large Worldwide' <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> *Reply-To: *León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <leonfelipe at sanchez.mx>
> *Date: *Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 13:21
> *To: *Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org>
> *Cc: *Greg Shatan <greg at isoc-ny.org>, 'At-Large Worldwide' <
> at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [At-Large] ICANN Funding Request FY22-05
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> Thanks Evan. Just confirming that I am following the discussion and that
> the project will have my support. I will try to encourage other Board
> colleagues to do the same.
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> Kind regards,
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> León
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> El 11 may 2021, a las 10:05, Evan Leibovitch via At-Large <
> at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org> escribió:
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> Does a global survey is more expensive in terms of bandwidth costs than a
> regional pilot?
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> Really?
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> Is "Does it cost more to do a global survey than a regional one?" a useful
> question?
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> I would especially like to hear from those who helped support Jonathan in
> identifying the problem and making the original request. Responding that we
> need to have a strategic approach to determining what we want to learn from
> this effort, and then conducting the research based on that strategy, is
> rather stating the obvious at this point.
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> The proposal is not final; it still needs to be approved by the Board. I
> encourage Leon and Avri to support, and even advocate this when it comes on
> their agenda. IMO this proposal is more than just a funded project; its
> approval would be an unprecedented level of confidence in At-Large's
> ability to engage in its own research, ask its own questions, and perform
> its own analysis. Personally I have always felt that this is the only form
> of "outreach" that actually helps ALAC to perform its bylaw mandate. If
> granted it will be vital to deliver something useful, even if limited in
> scope to accommodate the resources available.
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> To everyone who is interested in contributing meaningfully to this effort
> -- assuming it is approved -- please start giving some thought to the
> strategy of what we want from this. Once there is consensus on that I think
> the questions will flow naturally.
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> Also consider that, depending on what we want from this effort, some of
> the raw research may already exist and be available for purchase. We're not
> the only ones who want to know the utility, safety and reliability of
> methods of how the public finds content and services on the Internet.
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> - Evan
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