Dear Kim and All,<div><br></div><div>I was recently in a discussion at a forum within ICANN, where we were discussing a study which did not get the necessary results and thus failed to help the work being undertaken. A self-criticism which came out of this discussion was that the group within ICANN provisioning the study did not get involved in enough detail while planning the study. Thus, I would suggest to be more specific, where we are clear in what we require (this will also help in getting clearer proposals and save re-negotiation time for ambiguous proposals). </div>
<div><br></div><div>regards,<br>Sarmad<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Kim G. von Arx <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kim@vonarx.ca">kim@vonarx.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Actually, having thought about it, I think we may be better served if we just simply leave the numbers out and see what the applicants suggest. </div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>
Kim </div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On 21 Jun 2011, at 22:54, Kim G. von Arx wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
I agree with those changes. Thanks Sarmad. I am, however, still concerned about the limit of 10 and 3 respectively as I am concerned that 3 will not fairly canvass the developing countries in the three relevant regions, i.e., Africa, Asia-Pacific, and South-America. Therefore, I think it should, at the very least, be increased to 15 and 5 or even in the 20s. <div>
<br></div><div>Anyway, just my thoughts. </div><div><br></div><div>Kim <div><div><br></div><div> <br><div><div>On 21 Jun 2011, at 22:47, Dr.Sarmad Hussain wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>
Thanks Lynn and Kim. </div><div><br></div><div><div>Here is another version of 3.2 incorporating some more of the points. I am highlighting changes above those already incorporated by Kim.</div>
<div><br></div><div>3.2. The second deliverable is to perform surveys on a global scope in multiple languages<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 51)"> and scripts</span>, compile and analyze the results and report findings. A minimum of ten (10) key countries is required and must <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 51)">be reasonably distributed </span>across countries in the Asia Pacific region, the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa and shall include, at least, <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 51)">3 developing countries</span>. The surveys must collect a minimum of 100 responses per country. Surveys should be conducted in the language that is <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 51)">local </span>for each country. A fair and balanced approach must be employed to canvass all age and gender groups equally. </div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>regards,<br>Sarmad</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Lynn Goodendorf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lynn@goodsecurityconsulting.com" target="_blank">lynn@goodsecurityconsulting.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px">Thanks Dr. Sarmad and Kim. The info I gathered on cost elements and variables indicate that the number of languages carries more incremental cost than the number of countries. However, in order to get a valid sample per country, some would be more difficult than others. <br>
Lynn<br><br><font color="#333333"><i><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="sans-serif">Sent from my MOTOROLA BRAVO™ on AT&T</font></span></i></font></div><br><br>-----Original message-----<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px">
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Cc: </b><a href="mailto:rt4-whois@icann.org" target="_blank">rt4-whois@icann.org</a><b><br>Sent: </b>Wed, Jun 22, 2011 01:35:24 GMT+00:00<b><br>Subject: </b>Re: [Rt4-whois] Initial RFP Draft for Consumer Trust research<br>
<br></div>Hi Lynn: <br><br>Great work. I made some track changes in the document. I am not sure if we want to include more detailed Terms and Conditions of the RFP, but I think that is up to ICANN. I added just two terms and conditions obligations: (1) IP assignment - assuming that we want to retain the IP rights; and (2) provided a more specific time for response. Normally RFPs should have several more, but since this is an ICANN RFP template, I think it is better for ICANN to determine what other T&Cs are required, if any. <br>
<br>I have also added some language that ensures age and gender equity including the inclusion of developing countries. In light of that, I wonder whether 10 countries are sufficient and we may want to increase it to 15 and have at least 5 developing countries included, but I am not sure how much that will affect the budget. <br>
<br>Kim <br><br><br></div></div><div><div></div><div>On 21 Jun 2011, at 18:42, <u></u> <u></u> wrote:<br><br>> Dear All,<br>> Attached is an initial draft of an RFP for the Consumer Trust research work.<br>
> I have used a previous ICANN RFP authored by Liz Gasster as an example.<br>> <br>> As you will see, the timeline to get this done by our meeting in September is going to<br>> be a crunch. So asking that everyone review this at their earliest convenience so<br>
> we can finalize it and issue.<br>> <br>> I also have developed a list of prospective companies for distribution of the RFP.<br>> Will be sending that later this morning.<br>> Lynn<br></div></div><div>
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