[Chapter-delegates] Update to the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit

[Carl Gahnberg]

Dear colleagues,

As you know, we have been hard at work expanding the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT)<https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/internet-way-of-networking/internet-impact-assessment-toolkit/> this year. 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 a useful lens to evaluate whether policy and technology proposals impact what makes the Internet work for everyone.

This year, we decided to expand the Toolkit with a new mechanism that allows us to better understand not only what the Internet needs to exist, but what it needs to thrive. 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 a new white paper: "Enablers" of an Open, Globally Connected, Secure and Trustworthy Internet. These factors enable the Internet to reach its full potential. We deeply appreciate your contributions in the PDP process of this white paper, and to help us understand what we need to support the Internet we all want.

We are proud to let you know the white paper is available on the IIAT webpage today, along with a new tool for advocacy: the Internet Impact Brief.

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 How to Conduct an Internet Impact Brief, and five briefs that show how real-life issues can impact the Internet.

We are continually honored to work with you as part of a global community to promote and defend the Internet. This addition will provide an important foundation for the Internet Society's future work and advocacy to protect the Internet we all want.

Want to help us use and promote our new tools? You can:

  *   Share the Toolkit with your professional and social networks. 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.”
  *   Use the Toolkit in your advocacy: If you spot a threat to the Internet, let us know! We'd be happy to collaborate on future Internet impact briefs.

Best regards,
The IWN Team

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