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UASG Coordination Group Call
by Don Hollander Sept. 11, 2017

Sept. 11, 2017

Agenda UA Coordination Group Conference Call Wednesday, 31 May 2017 @ 22:00 UTC http://participate.icann.org/universalacceptance MobileUSA tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559#<tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559/> MobileNZ: tel://0800-459-127,*,,7375086559# MobileHK tel://800-968-082,*,,7375086559# MobileUK tel://0800-368-0950,*,,7375086559# Phone Only Controls : https://go.conferencinghub.com/1n1zr Other numbers available by request. 1 Attendance/Apologies 2 Review of Notes from Last meeting 3 Agenda Adjustments 4 Project Reviews New report template is under final tweak from ICANN design team Browser Evaluation - Almost Ready to publish Comments received from one of the browser developers under consideration. Is it a Bug or a Feature? How IDNs are treated. Could be an appendix to the report. Linkification Evaluation - Pending start Logging Report - Ready to publish Website Evaluation - Ready to Publish Plan is to publish Browser Evaluation and Website Evaluation concurrently with associated media. EAI Evaluation - Still looking for a contractor EAI Documentation - Still looking for a contractor Programming Language Evaluation Criteria - Ready to publish 5 Financials & Budget Well underspent in 2016/17 in part because we have had problems finding contractors. 6 Document Updates Quick Guide to Linkification Quick Guide to EAI Some recent discussion on upper/lower case and non-ASCII script variants. Probably publish what we have and revise as we get consensus. 7 Comms strategy review and some activities Analysis of Audience Association Outreach CIO Outreach - Pilot 8 UASG Structure 9 UA@ICANN60 Requested a day zero event and public UASG Forum. Still to be confirmed. 10 UA in Hong Kong Need to get the dates set. 11 Programming Language Evaluation activities - approach Pursuing a 'Bug Bounty' approach is an option, but we have been unable to find someone to drive this. Propose re-opening the previous contracted party approach. 12 Help Wanted - Video Editing There's a desire to have more videos on the website. As a result, we need someone who can edit them. 13 UA Certification Process Discussion of what this might look like, if this is a time to pursue it, and if so how we might do so. 14 AoB

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Pending Documents for Publication
by Don Hollander Sept. 4, 2017

Sept. 4, 2017

Please find attached documents for final comments before we publish: 04a – A review of popular browsers for UA Readiness – Spoiler alert – most are OK, but few handle the open dot or IDNs as we expect them to. Some browser developers may see this as a feature and not a bug. 04c – a look at the issues that have been raised through our UA Complaints process and their resolution. Short answer, not too many raised and even fewer resolved by the website developer 04d – A look at Websites and how UA Ready they are. Good news – 7% accepted all names and just 7% accepted none of our sample set. Bad news, just 7% accepted all names. 04g – UASG Programming Language Evaluation Criteria 06a – Revised UASG010 – Quick Guide to Linkification 06b – Revised UASG014 – Quick Guide to EAI Don

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Notes from today's UASG Coordination Group Call
by Don Hollander Aug. 31, 2017

Aug. 31, 2017

Please find attached the notes from today’s UASG Coordination Group call. Thanks very much to those who participated. Don

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Re: [UA-discuss] Govt announces official use of IDNs / EAI
by Ajay DATA Aug. 30, 2017

Aug. 30, 2017

Its सरकार.भारत in Hindi and everyone is supposed to have one Hindi id along with @gov.in Email Powered by XgenPlus - Worlds Most advanced email. -------- Original message --------From: Andre Schappo <A.Schappo(a)lboro.ac.uk> Date: 8/30/17 16:04 (GMT+05:30) To: ua-discuss <UA-discuss(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Govt announces official use of IDNs / EAI Not quite sure how to interpret the news article. Does it mean that each of the 5 million government personnel will have both a hindi and an english email address? If yes, will they both redirect to the same mailbox? Or is it too early to determine exactly what will happen? Is sarkar(dot)bharat in hindi = सरकार(dot)भारत ? André Schappo On 30 Aug 2017, at 02:34, Ajay DATA <ajay(a)data.in> wrote: With our constant push and various initiatives, Government of India announces EAI for every govt employee, by anniuncing a 5 million mailbox setup. News Article : http://m.indiatoday.in/story/govt-announces-email-service-for-officials-in-… This news also refers to our Rajasthan state govt initiative to provide EAI to every citizen. Rajasthan has 75 million population ans every citizen and take ID through मेल.राजस्थान.भारत or mail.rajasthan.on This is huge step forward in the world of EAI and adoption of IDN at this scale. Thank you for your support always. Best regards. Ajay Data -- Sent from my Android device with BharatSync Communicator.

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Govt announces official use of IDNs / EAI
by Ajay DATA Aug. 30, 2017

Aug. 30, 2017

With our constant push and various initiatives, Government of India announces EAI for every govt employee, by anniuncing a 5 million mailbox setup. News Article : http://m.indiatoday.in/story/govt-announces-email-service-for-officials-in-… This news also refers to our Rajasthan state govt initiative to provide EAI to every citizen. Rajasthan has 75 million population ans every citizen and take ID through मेल.राजस्थान.भारत or mail.rajasthan.on This is huge step forward in the world of EAI and adoption of IDN at this scale. Thank you for your support always. Best regards. Ajay Data -- Sent from my Android device with BharatSync Communicator.

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Universal Acceptance in China
by Don Hollander Aug. 29, 2017

Aug. 29, 2017

G’day: I’m wondering if anyone would be able and willing to write a short blog-post of UA and EAI activities in China? Here’s a link to what we wrote earlier this year about what’s happening in India. https://uasg.tech/2017/02/universal-acceptance-india/ <https://uasg.tech/2017/02/universal-acceptance-india/> I’d be keen to have similar pieces about other countries. Thanks. Don

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AUTO: Ahmed Bakhat Masood is out of the office. (returning 08/25/2017)
by Ahmed Bakhat Masood Aug. 18, 2017

Aug. 18, 2017

I am out of the office until 08/25/2017. I will not be able to respond to your mail. For urgent queries, please contact Mr. Shageel Ahmed Dy Director (ICT) at shargeel(a)pta.gov.pk or Mr. Anwar Zeb IT Officer at anwar(a)pta.gov.pk Note: This is an automated response to your message "UA-discuss Digest, Vol 32, Issue 8" sent on 08/18/2017 5:00:04 PM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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IDN Petition
by Andre Schappo Aug. 17, 2017

Aug. 17, 2017

I stumbled upon this IDN Petition site http://idnpetition.net/en/ http://idnpetition.net/ André Schappo

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UASG CIO Targeted Outreach
by Don Hollander Aug. 15, 2017

Aug. 15, 2017

Dear all: The UASG Comms working group has many projects on the go. We are working to get guest editorials published in Association newsletters, promoting media coverage of published report, producing blog posts on our website, raising issues within LinkedIn community, and more. One project is to directly targeting CIOs. This builds on the success that Ram Mohan often talks about when .info first started and he sent physical letters to CIOs – who had previously ignored emails. It worked because receiving something in the post is so unusual that they paid attention. We want to pilot a similar approach. We’ll be testing letter content, measurements of engagement, and delivery channel. Our first pilot group is the Fortune 400-500 companies. A list is available at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CBeyViVJs-ZZaT5KF3NY_bJiwy_iD_GjCWf… If you know someone in our target audience who works for one of these companies, can you please either update the spreadsheet indicating that you know them or send me (off list) an introduction. We believe that an introduction from someone known will have a more likely positive response. Deadline for response is 23 August 2017. Thanks. Don

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A UA Success Story
by Don Hollander Aug. 14, 2017

Aug. 14, 2017

For years, I’ve been a subscriber to Microsoft’s Office 365 software service. Recently I got invited to a full-day training session on how to use the product. So, I registered with my toa(a)xn--ngpukapuka-vfb.nz address – fully expecting to be rejected just like every other form I use. But, the address was ACCEPTED and I got a confirmation email (automated I’m sure). IDNs can and do work in the real world. Well done to the operational parts of Microsoft. A success that I thought worth sharing. Don

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Re : A UA Success Story
by Dr. AJAY D A T A Aug. 10, 2017

Aug. 10, 2017

This is Super Good News.. Congratulation Mark &amp Microsoft Office 365 Team. This is great. Mark, hopefully XgenPlus accounts are now helpful for testing, please let me know your results. If required, we can connect the developers for exchange of notes if required. Thanks. Dr. Ajay DATA | Founder &amp CEO Get email id like अजय(a)xn--c2bd1gb.xn--h2brj9c in your own language,visit www.xgenplus.com From: Don Hollander MailId : [72000353]To: "ua-discuss(a)icann.org" Subject: [UA-discuss] A UA Success StoryDate: 09 Aug 2017 06:32:25 AM For years, I&rsquove been a subscriber to Microsoft&rsquos Office 365 software service . Recently I got invited to a full-day training session on how to use the product . So, I registered with my toa(a)xn--ngpukapuka-vfb.nz address &ndash fully expecting to be rejected just like every other form I use . But, the address was ACCEPTED and I got a confirmation email (automated I&rsquom sure). IDNs can and do work in the real world. Well done to the operational parts of Microsoft . A success that I thought worth sharing . Don Do not Remove:[HID]2017080906322353[-HID]

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Programming Language Evaluation Criteria Call Recording
by Don Hollander Aug. 9, 2017

Aug. 9, 2017

Below is the link to recording of the hour long call just completed on the review of this document. The end result is an agreement to proceed with this document as version one and to review it again after we’ve had a number of evaluations completed. In the meantime, John and Jim will tidy the document up and we’ll apply our design document template to make it look pretty and then publish it on our website – target the end of this month. It is big. Over sixty pages. But it is comprehensive and we saw little that could be easily cut now. Thanks to all who participated in the document’s development, review and comments. Don From: "donotreply(a)globalmeet.com" <donotreply(a)globalmeet.com> Date: Thursday, 10 August 2017 at 9:15 AM To: Don Hollander <don.hollander(a)icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Replay confirmation: 310752017 Missed the meeting? Here's the replay info... 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Programming Language Hacks - UA103
by Don Hollander Aug. 9, 2017

Aug. 9, 2017

Thanks for the comments on an earlier edition of UA103 – especially from Tex, Jim & Dennis. Please find a second version of the document – with some work still needed in the highlighted sections. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zahm4ZVS9lH9Zx8v-8PRhOnTV7fmEI8tStgLUBC… Also attached as a PDF Your comments would be most welcome indeed. Thanks. Don

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India`s leading newspaper goes live with IDN domain
by Dr. AJAY D A T A Aug. 9, 2017

Aug. 9, 2017

Hello Don and Friends,I am pleased to share big news from India.India`s leading news paper rajasthanpatrika.com goes live with पत्रिका.भारत domain and offers full site / content in Hindi. They call this as "Biggest change of Web Life" They today announced it on FRONT PAGE of the news paper by changing the header. Our team has worked with them for months and enabled all emails on domain too. This is a big landmark event in the history of IDNs and EAI. Lets create more of these. Thanks Dr. Ajay DATA | Founder &amp CEO Get email id like अजय(a)xn--c2bd1gb.xn--h2brj9c in your own language,visit www.xgenplus.com Do not Remove: [HID]20170803105909634[-HID]

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Checking for Mixed Scripts in a domain name or email address - is this a UASG issue? - Group Discussion
by Don Hollander Aug. 8, 2017

Aug. 8, 2017

We’ve had the following suggested for the Programming Language Criteria: Could we include one more test case in "Programming Language Evaluation Criteria ". 1. checking of multiple script in Email,Domain,Url. Ex: еріс.com[xn--e1awd7f.com] contain two language script (Cyrillic ,Latin ). deepak.भारत contain two language script (Latin, Devanagari) I understand the thinking behind this, but I’m not sure that a) it’s in our remit, b) it’s a good idea c) it will be rejecting perfectly valid domain names (CJK, Cyrillic+Latin Numerals, etc) I also don’t know what standard this would reference or what policy it would reference. Something from the Unicode group or M3WAAG? Your thoughts, please. Don

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Review of UASG Programming Language Evaluation Criteria
by Don Hollander Aug. 3, 2017

Aug. 3, 2017

This is a UASG wide call for those interested in the Programming Language Evaluation Criteria which can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A2UWHRnyUy4qYRR_QOSdNAwuiX-AuXwwIPat9xR… Please note that this is the first of a series of three documents with further links within this document. The Programming Language Evaluation Criteria will be used as the guidance for future Programming Language mitigation work. Participation details follow: http://participate.icann.org/universalacceptance MobileUS tel://1-605-475-5619,*,,<tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559/>2785710613# MobileNZ: tel://0800-440-096,*,,2785710613# MobileHK tel://800-901-914,*,,2785710613# MobileUK tel://0800-358-6387,*,,2785710613#<tel://0800-358-6387,*,,2785710613/> MobileDE tel://0800-588-9171,*<tel://0800-588-9171,*/>,,2785710613# Additional dial-in numbers available at https://mtginfo.pgi.com/globalcallmanagement.asp?bwebid=9820041&cid=da69e6b… The Participation code is 2785710613

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Cancelled: Review of UASG Programming Language Evaluation Criteria
by Don Hollander Aug. 2, 2017

Aug. 2, 2017

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Review of UASG Programming Language Evaluation Criteria
by Don Hollander Aug. 2, 2017

Aug. 2, 2017

This is a UASG wide call for those interested in the Programming Language Evaluation Criteria which can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A2UWHRnyUy4qYRR_QOSdNAwuiX-AuXwwIPat9xR… Please note that this is the first of a series of three documents with further links within this document. The Programming Language Evaluation Criteria will be used as the guidance for future Programming Language mitigation work. Participation details follow: http://participate.icann.org/universalacceptance MobileUS tel://1-605-475-5619,*,,<tel://1-719-325-2630,*,,7375086559/>2785710613# MobileNZ: tel://0800-440-096,*,,2785710613# MobileHK tel://800-901-914,*,,2785710613# MobileUK tel://0800-358-6387,*,,2785710613#<tel://0800-358-6387,*,,2785710613/> MobileDE tel://0800-588-9171,*<tel://0800-588-9171,*/>,,2785710613# Additional dial-in numbers available at https://mtginfo.pgi.com/globalcallmanagement.asp?bwebid=9820041&cid=da69e6b… The Participation code is 2785710613

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Programming Language Evaluation Criteria Review Call
by Don Hollander Aug. 2, 2017

Aug. 2, 2017

Dear all: Shortly I will be sending out an invitation to a call for a presentation on our Programming Language Evaluation Criteria. It will be for UTC 20:00 on Wednesday the 9th of August. Access will be through http://participate.icann.org/universalacceptance If you would like to participate and this time doesn’t work for you, please let me know and we can try to schedule a second call. We’ll record the call and make the recording available after he call. Don

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