<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">In March, we started a project at the Internet Society to look ahead and think about future scenarios for the Internet. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">We received hundreds of responses from around the globe and have used this input to build a list of issues on the horizon that could change the Internet as we know it today. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">We are now asking community to participate in a survey to understand how these forces of change may evolve over the next 5 to 7 years. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">These responses will help us to craft multiple creative scenarios (or mini-stories) for what the Internet could look like in the future, and to better understand the implications of different paths that the global Internet might take. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Link to the survey:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://fotisurvey.isoc.org/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);" class="">http://fotisurvey.isoc.org</span></a> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">The survey is available in English, French and Spanish. It should take approximately 25 minutes to complete, and participants can also save their responses to finish at a later date. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">All responses are to be submitted no later than 26 June 2016. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Further information about our future Internet scenarios project is located at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/future-internet" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);" class="">http://www.internetsociety.org/future-internet</span></a>. For any questions, one can contact us at <a href="mailto:FOTI@isoc.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);" class="">FOTI@isoc.org</span></a>. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">ASK:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We require your help to circulate this invitation to your networks / contacts in the South Asia region – and on SANOG mailing list.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Thank you in advance.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Best regards,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Naveed Haq</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>