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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>In a blog post written by ICANN’s Chief Innovation and Information Officer Mr. <i>Ashwin Rangan</i> at <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/working-together-to-tame-the-coming-tsunami">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/working-together-to-tame-the-coming-tsunami</a>, he makes a couple of questions as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Do you agree with this concept – of build once and re-use many times? The IT artifacts and services I have reviewed do not currently show much of re-use.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>If you agree, would you be willing to work as a member of a cross-community working group, focused on Community collaboration Tools? For the sake of brevity, let us call it a Community Tools Focus Group, or CTFG.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>If that too is agreeable, would it make sense to have just ONE such CTFG across all SOs? Like an SO-CTFG? And ANOTHER such, for all ACs? Like an AC-CTFG?<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>As a working charter for such CTFGs, could you commit time to work with other CTFG members to help frame a Problem Statement (along with clear and specific examples)?<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>The ICANN staff can take this as input and seek appropriate solutions to address the problem. And get back with the concerned CTFG with a small (2 or 3) set of considered options. From which the CTFG can pick the solution that best meets the needs.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>If interested, please send your thoughts and ideas to him directly at <a href="mailto:ashwin.rangan@icann.org">ashwin.rangan@icann.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Fahd Batayneh<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>ICANN<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>