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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222">Dear colleagues, </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">As you know, we have been hard at work expanding the
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/internet-way-of-networking/internet-impact-assessment-toolkit/">
Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT)</a> this year<span class="author-8332150188">. Last year, the IIAT introduced the Internet Way of Networking (IWN): the critical properties at the foundation of this model and the key to the Internet's successful evolution.
The IWN has become </span><span class="author-7239213814">a useful</span><span class="author-8332150188"> lens to evaluate
</span><span class="author-7239213814">whether </span><span class="author-8332150188">policy and technology proposals</span><span class="author-7239213814"> impact what makes the Internet work for everyone</span><span class="author-8332150188">. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222">This year, we decided to expand the Toolkit with a new mechanism that allows us to better
</span></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222">understand not only what the Internet needs to exist, but what it needs to thrive.
</span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222">The IWN's critical properties are essential to protecting the Internet's networking model, but we need more information to fully guard it against threats. We've been working to develop
</span></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222">a new white paper:</span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222"> "Enablers" of an Open, Globally Connected, Secure and Trustworthy Internet. These factors
enable the Internet to reach its full potential. We deeply appreciate</span></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222"> your</span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222"> contributions</span></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222">
in the PDP process </span></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">of this white paper, and
</span></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222">to help us understand what we need to support the Internet we all want.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222">We
</span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222">are proud to let you know the</span></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222"> white paper</span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222">
is available on </span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">the IIAT</span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">
</span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">webpage</span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">
</span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><b><span style="color:#222222">today</span></b></span><span class="author-7239213814"><b><span style="color:#222222">,
</span></b></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222">along with a new tool for advocacy<b>: the Internet Impact Brief.</b></span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#0C1C2C">The Internet impact brief is a resource to help both policymakers and Internet advocates rapidly analyze emerging issues to determine how to mitigate harm, and whether a full Internet
impact assessment is needed. The Toolkit now includes <i>How to Conduct an Internet Impact Brief</i>, and five briefs that show how real-life issues can impact the Internet.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222">We are continually honored to work with you
</span></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222">as part of a global</span></span><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222"> community to promote and defend the Internet. This addition will provide an important foundation
for the Internet Society's future work </span></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222">and advocacy to protect the Internet we all want.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222">Want to help us use and promote our new tools? You can:</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="list-bullet1" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span class="author-7239213814"><b><span style="color:#222222">Share the Toolkit with your professional and social networks.</span></b></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222">
Here's a suggestion: “Worried about threats to the open, globally connected, secure and trustworthy Internet? Take your advocacy next level with @internetsociety’s new tool: How to Conduct an Internet Impact Brief.”</span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="list-bullet1" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span class="author-7239213814"><b><span style="color:#222222">Use the Toolkit in your advocacy:
</span></b></span><span class="author-7239213814"><span style="color:#222222">If you spot a threat to the Internet, let us know! We'd be happy to collaborate on future Internet impact briefs. </span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222">Best regards,</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-8332150188"><span style="color:#222222">The IWN Team </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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