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Universal Acceptance now on Wikipedia...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Acceptance
by Don Hollander July 9, 2020

July 9, 2020

A nice way to end a fairly productive year. Plans coming up: There will be a Universal Acceptance gathering on Monday the 8th of January in Hong Kong with the Hong Kong IT Community. This is being organised by .asia, ISOC HK and UASG. If you’ve not yet received an invitation but will be in Hong Kong that afternoon, please let me know and we’ll organise one. 15:00 - 18:00 at the Sheraton. The UASG Coordination Group will be meeting on Tuesday the 9th of January and the morning of the 10th if necessary, also in Hong Kong. The agenda will be out next week. Full remote participation will be available if there’s interest. There will be a meeting of EAI operators on the 11th and 12th in Guangzhou, China, hosted by Coremail and CNNIC. If you are an EAI practitioner and would like to participate and have not otherwise registered, please let me know. I expect that we’ll have remote participation facilities. The UASG is expecting another UA Workshop on Day 0 of the ICANN meeting in Puerto Rico as well as a public update session during the week. Dates and venues still to be confirmed. Happy New Year to everyone. If you’re out celebrating, please get home safe. Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group www.uasg.tech don.hollander(a)icann.org Skype: don_hollander

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Recommendations for Managing the IDN Variant TLDs - Public Comment
by Sarmad Hussain Aug. 11, 2018

Aug. 11, 2018

Dear UASG members, The recommendations for managing IDN variant labels for the top-level domains (TLDs) have been developed by the ICANN organization. The relevant analysis along with these proposed recommendations have been posted for public comment <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/managing-idn-variant-tlds-2018-07-25- en> . Please consider providing feedback on the analysis and the recommendations published. UASG may also consider exploring if there are any implications of delegating IDN variant TLDs on the universal acceptance of domain names. We look forward to your input. Regards, Sarmad News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-07-25-en [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann ouncement-2D2018-2D07-2D25-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJm s7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&m=TiTyd-CCZAGUvxvU5 gNs89ZY3EH-Dx7rTqsNNAkCXEw&s=-zjF_yHV0lM5o-VBGF1hKDqOIrSA3VZ92GW_xmAKRI8&e=> _____ Recommendations for Managing IDN Variant Top-Level Domains 25 July 2018 Open Date: 25 July 2018 Close Date: 3 September 2018 Originating Organization: Global Domains Division Categories/Tags: Top-Level Domains Brief Overview: Recommendations for managing Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) variant labels for top level domains (TLDs) have been developed by ICANN organization. The relevant materials along with these proposed recommendations are being published to seek community feedback. The community has identified a need for IDN variant TLDs; however, the ICANN Board resolved on 25 September 2010 that "no variants of gTLDs will be delegated ... until appropriate variant management solutions are developed." Subsequent work by ICANN organization and the community led to the identification of two issues: (i) there is no accepted definition for variant TLDs, and (ii) there is no 'variant management' mechanism for TLDs. For the first issue, the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (RZ-LGR) Procedure was developed with the support of the community and adopted by the ICANN Board on 11 April 2013 for implementation. The Procedure has been implemented and RZ-LGR has been developed for six scripts, and other scripts are being added as their proposals are finalized by the relevant script communities. For the second issue, ICANN organization has undertaken a detailed examination to propose a set of recommendations for variant management mechanisms for TLDs, which will be finalized based on the community input. The finalized recommendations will be presented to the ICANN Board, anticipated in March 2019. At that time, the ICANN Board will be requested to consider these recommendations to allow for implementing IDN variant TLDs. Link: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/managing-idn-variant-tlds-2018-07-25-e n [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2 Dcomments_managing-2Didn-2Dvariant-2Dtlds-2D2018-2D07-2D25-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=F mY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgy yLm-mxd028M4&m=TiTyd-CCZAGUvxvU5gNs89ZY3EH-Dx7rTqsNNAkCXEw&s=z_nk_L91EaLGvyA k_aYQ_iJ_ZUKTBGBe2fecH-C36nc&e=>

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ISOC Mumbai - UASG IDN EAI
by Dr. Ajay DATA Aug. 6, 2018

Aug. 6, 2018

Hello All Please see the ISOC Mumbai chapter report. Thanks. Ajay -- Sent from my Android device with XGenPlus.

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Additional Documents for EAI Call later this week
by Don Hollander Aug. 1, 2018

Aug. 1, 2018

Please see the latest draft of Phase 1 of the EAI Evaluation Study. This will be part of the discussion at our EAI Call later this week. * https://seafile.catalyst.net.nz/d/4a7722d9db12406982bc/files/?p=/Email Address Internationalization - Discovery and Analysis - Report.pdf&dl=1 [seafile.catalyst.net.nz]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__seafile.catalyst.net.n…> * https://seafile.catalyst.net.nz/d/4a7722d9db12406982bc/files/?p=/Email Address Internationalization - Discovery and Analysis - Test Cases.xlsx&dl=1 [seafile.catalyst.net.nz]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__seafile.catalyst.net.n…> The first is a PDF of the report The second is a spreadsheet of the test suite Don Don Hollander Secretary General - UASG Skype: Don_Hollander

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https://uasg.tech/eai-check/
by Don Hollander Aug. 1, 2018

Aug. 1, 2018

We've developed a wee widget that can be used by mere mortals to see if an email address is able to receive EAI addresses. This is now in Beta, so if you have comments they are still welcome. Don Don Hollander Secretary General - UASG Skype: Don_Hollander

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Perturbation de la connexion Internet au Mali: Communiqué d'ISOC MALI
by Bakary KOUYATE July 31, 2018

July 31, 2018

Le 29 Juillet 2018, jour de l’élection présidentielle au Mali, nous avons constaté de sérieuses perturbations de la connexion Internet et une lenteur inhabituelle pour accéder aux réseaux sociaux sur l’ensemble du territoire. Nous déplorons cette situation et sommes très inquiets de la voir se prolonger jusqu’au 12 août 2018, date éventuelle du deuxième tour de cette élection et même au-delà. A l’heure où nous publions ce communiqué, le fonctionnement de l’Internet est aléatoire et intermittent avec un accès presque impossible aux réseaux sociaux. Ces difficultés sans précèdent nous prouvent que nous sommes face à une nouvelle censure qui ne dit pas son nom. Nous, Chapitre malien de l’Internet Society (ISOC Mali) dénonçons et condamnons avec la plus grande fermeté ces pratiques qui portent atteinte à la liberté d’expression et de communication des maliens sur Internet car « Tout individu a droit à la liberté d’opinion et d’expression, ce qui implique le droit de ne pas être inquiété pour ses opinions et celui de chercher, de recevoir et de répandre, sans considérations de frontières, les informations et les idées par quelque moyen d’expression que ce soit. » (Art : 19 DUDH.) Sachant que l’Internet est utilisé par plus de 12 millions de maliens non seulement pour communiquer, s’informer, s’éduquer et s’exprimer, mais aussi et surtout pour faire des transactions financières, créer de la valeur et maintenir les emplois, toute indisponibilité partielle ou totale de l’Internet constitue un frein à l’économie numérique et donc une entrave au développement de notre pays. Une étude récente du Cabinet Deloitte a montré qu’une perturbation de la connexion Internet peut coûter jusqu’à 1.9% du PIB journalier du pays. La perturbation, suspension ou coupure de la connexion Internet n’est pas la solution aux défis de la sécurisation du processus électoral et autres problèmes que rencontre notre pays le Mali. Ainsi, nous appelons les autorités maliennes compétentes en la matière (Ministère de l’Economie Numérique et de la Communication et AMRTP) à ordonner le rétablissement immédiat de l’accès total à Internet et tous ses services aux citoyens maliens sans discrimination et à prendre des mesures urgentes en ce qui concerne l’application des Droits de l’Homme reconnus par les chartes Africaines et internationales concernant les droits et libertés sur Internet, notamment le respect des principes de proportionnalité, nécessité et légalité Source: https://www.isoc.ml/perturbation-internet/ Bakary KOUYATE Agence des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication du Mali AGETIC Président d’ ISOC-MALI Tel : +223 76055951/63466738 WhatsApp : +223 63466738 Skype : race_bk

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Cancelled: EAI Coordination Group Call @ Wednesday, 01 August 2018
by Don Hollander July 24, 2018

July 24, 2018

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Cancelled: UA Community Outreach Group Quarterly Call - 2018-07-18 @ 20:00 UTC @ Wednesday, 18 July 2018
by Don Hollander July 24, 2018

July 24, 2018

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Cancelled: EAI Coordination Group Call @ Wednesday, 01 August 2018
by Don Hollander July 24, 2018

July 24, 2018

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Cancelled: UA Community Outreach Group Quarterly Call - 2018-07-18 @ 20:00 UTC @ Wednesday, 18 July 2018
by Don Hollander July 24, 2018

July 24, 2018

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