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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> David Olive [mailto:david.olive@icann.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> 11 September 2014 20:32<br><b>To:</b> soac-infoalert@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Soac-infoalert] Internet Governance is in Your Hands - ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/internet-governance-is-in-your-hands">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/internet-governance-is-in-your-hands</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='box-sizing: border-box;margin:1.25rem'>Who will run the Internet and how?<o:p></o:p></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box;margin:1.25rem'>The question is now galvanizing the mainstream media. Numerous stories are appearing on both the reportorial pages (i.e.,<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wef-unveils-crowdsourcing-push-run-210507320.html"><span style='text-decoration:none'>WEF unveils 'crowdsourcing' push on how to run the Web</span></a>), and on the opinion pages (i.e.,<a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/l-gordon-crovitz-the-internet-power-vacuum-worsens-1410124265"><span style='text-decoration:none'>The Internet Power Vacuum Worsens</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box;margin:1.25rem'>In that context, this seems like an appropriate time to set the record straight and to correct some inaccuracies that are being spread across the media landscape.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>David A. Olive<br>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>