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From: "Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG)" kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG Subject: [Netfreedom] Tech Event at Internews on Thursday Night Date: January 11, 2017 at 8:00:44 AM PST To: "netfreedom@lists.cymru.com" netfreedom@lists.cymru.com

Colleagues,

I believe I know some of you, but for others, my name is Kat Duffy and I recently joined Internews as our VP for Global Technology. I'm really looking forward to getting to know all of you in the months ahead!

For those of you in DC, I wanted to extend an invite to an event we're hosting here at Internews this Thursday evening (i.e., tomorrow). https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developing-consensus-using-artificial-intellige... https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developing-consensus-using-artificial-intelligence-to-empower-democracy-tickets-31042088723

The general language is below in italics, but for the more tech-minded, here's an alternative explanation: Pol.is http://pol.is/ tackles scaling up consensus identification by collecting a matrix of perspectives and everyone’s position on those perspectives (agreement / disagreement / uncertainty). Pol.is http://pol.is/ then runs dimensionality reduction and clustering, identifying voting blocs across many perspectives. The perspectives are submitted by the crowd, so the entire process is emergent. The result is a real-time experience which identifies voting blocs and shared consensus, and scales to thousands of people. ​ This Thursday evening, Internews is hosting a conversation with Colin Megill, the CEO and co-founder of Pol.is http://pol.is/, an open source platform that brings artificial intelligence and machine learning to democratic participation and online civic engagement. In 2016, the Government of Taiwan officially adopted Pol.is http://pol.is/ as a platform for gathering citizen comment, but its use cases extend beyond governance. If you’re interested in how technology can help you seek opinion more efficiently, and more effectively, this should be an interesting event.

I hope you can attend, and please feel free to share with your networks!

all my best, Kat

From: Joshua Machleder <jmachleder@usaid.gov mailto:jmachleder@usaid.gov> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 4:28 PM To: Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@internews.org) Subject: Re: Introductions

Let's meet at Timgad Cafe http://www.timgadcafe.com/, how does that sound?

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG) <kduffy@internews.org mailto:kduffy@internews.org> wrote: Shall I come to you, or should we meet out somewhere?

From: Joshua Machleder [mailto:jmachleder@usaid.gov mailto:jmachleder@usaid.gov] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:51 PM

To: Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG) <kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG> Subject: Re: Introductions

3 is great. I've put it in my calendar.

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG) <kduffy@internews.org mailto:kduffy@internews.org> wrote: Would it be possible to shoot for 3? If not, I can make 2:30 work.

From: Joshua Machleder [mailto:jmachleder@usaid.gov mailto:jmachleder@usaid.gov] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 10:15 AM To: Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG) <kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG> Subject: Re: Introductions

Great. Does 2:30 work for you?

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 09:40 Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG) <kduffy@internews.org mailto:kduffy@internews.org> wrote:

Sure! How's Thursday for you?

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From: Joshua Machleder <jmachleder@usaid.gov mailto:jmachleder@usaid.gov>

Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 9:10:30 AM

To: Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG)

Subject: Re: Introductions

Hi Kat,

Actually, that's the one day that week that seems to be booked. Is there another day that week that might work for you?

Best,

Josh

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 8:44 AM, Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG)

<kduffy@internews.org mailto:kduffy@internews.org> wrote:

Aw, thanks for the kind words. I'll aim to live up to them. :) That week sounds great. Want to shoot for the 31st, perhaps 9:30 am or late afternoon?

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From: Joshua Machleder <jmachleder@usaid.gov mailto:jmachleder@usaid.gov>

Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 6:39:22 AM

To: Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG)

Subject: Re: Introductions

Hi Kat,

Great to hear from you and really looking forward to meeting you -- I have heard so many nice things from some of my former colleagues, as well as from current ones.

I'll be out of the country until the week of 1/30. If it's OK with you to schedule this far out, I'm relatively open that week (save for Tuesday).

Best,

Josh

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:43 AM, Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG)

<kduffy@internews.org mailto:kduffy@internews.org> wrote:

​Josh,

Great to meet you! I'm finally on board post holidays, and I'd love to meet up at some point. How does next week look for you? (Understand if things are crazy with transition and you need a longer time frame.)

Claire, moving you to BCC to save your inbox, but thanks much for intro. :)

cheers,

k

From: Joshua Machleder <jmachleder@usaid.gov mailto:jmachleder@usaid.gov>

Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:38 PM

To: Claire Ehmann

Cc: Kat Duffy (kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG mailto:kduffy@INTERNEWS.ORG)

Subject: Re: Introductions

Hey Claire and Kat,

Thanks for the virtual introduction -- I haven't met Kat yet, but am looking forward to. I have heard great things about Kat from my former colleagues at Internews (who themselves are a stellar group).

Kat, I'll be back in DC next week and would be very keen to meet up, if you are around, or in the new year if that works better for you.

Best,

Josh

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Claire Ehmann

<cehmann@usaid.gov mailto:cehmann@usaid.gov> wrote:

Hi Josh,

I'm sure the grapevine has reached you out in Tanzania, but Kat Duffy was just named VP for Global Technology Programs at Internews. Do you already know each other? Kat and I have been following

similar parallel paths (OK, mine is stodgier) of technology + DRG so I'm happy to connect you two and hope you can find time to meet in the New Year.

Safe travels,

Claire

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