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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shiva,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have read the messages from both you and Veni
regarding the survey. I think I should go ahead and publish the survey
based on Veni's request and your suggestions for improvements in the "survey
questions". I know that you implemented your recommended changes for the
survey questions in a Google Docs spreadsheet, which is wonderful.
However, I also have some "recommended changes" and see a need for some
basic definitions or use of more simplistic language for the survey
questions and also have some additional concerns.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First, and this is just an example, your version of
the questions has an item that states "Make it difficult for Terrorists and
Extreme Groups to use the Internet". While I can see the direction of your
thinking, I am concerned that there may be many different interpretations and
opinions about "who is a terrorist" and "what is an extreme group" and other
things like "what is pornography" and more amorphous things like what is the
line between nurturing, loving and supporting children and taking advantage of
them and crossing the line into abuse. These are all areas that, depending
on the mental position of the person taking the survey, may provide very
different or even unreliable or incomparable results.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am also concerned about how the spreadsheet may
be used by different people completing the survey. I was thinking that
some might put and "x" in each cell that indicates selection.
Alternatively, someone else might use a numbering scheme to indicate the
relative strength of their feelings about each statement. I don't think
this alternative provides a more easily understood survey tool.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll work on the version I shared with Veni over
our Holiday Weekend...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Mike Todd<BR>President, Mike Todd Associates - <A
href="http://www.MikeTodd.com">www.MikeTodd.com</A><BR>Supporting the Digital
Coast<BR> <BR>President, Internet Society Los Angeles Chapter - <A
href="http://www.ISOC-LA.org">www.ISOC-LA.org</A><BR> <A
href="mailto:mtodd@isoc-la.org">mtodd@isoc-la.org</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Founder, Digital Divide Task Force, <A
href="http://www.ddtf.org">www.ddtf.org</A> (undergoing updates)<BR> <A
href="mailto:miketodd@ddtf.org">miketodd@ddtf.org</A><BR> <BR>Western
Research Application Center, Viterbi School of Engineering,<BR>University of
Southern California</DIV>
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<DIV>Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Law<BR>Pepperdine University
School of Law</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=isolatedn@gmail.com href="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com">Sivasubramanian
Muthusamy</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org
href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Chapter-delegates] isoc survey
(Google Docs)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I've shared a document with you called "isoc survey":<BR><A
href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pIcVVEbcUHiD8A7OntJCtZQ&inv=chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org&t=8372821704695779048&guest">http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pIcVVEbcUHiD8A7OntJCtZQ&inv=chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org&t=8372821704695779048&guest</A><BR><BR>It's
not an attachment -- it's stored online at Google Docs. To open this document,
just click the link above.<BR><BR>Hello Mike, <BR><BR>I have uploaded it as a
google spreadsheet for convenience. If<BR>required please make use of this
document.<BR>
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