February 2019 - UA-discuss

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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Re: [UA-discuss] Document Review: UASG011 Frequently Asked Questions
by Tan Tanaka, Dennis March 2, 2019

March 2, 2019

Hi Don, A few edits for your consideration. One question that I get asked sometimes is “who is asking for this?” The FAQ lightly touches on “the expansion of the internet”, but perhaps this question should be incorporated in a next iteration. I believe this dove tails with Mark’s valid point about languages of the web (and evolution throughout the years). My two cents. Dennis From: UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Don Hollander <don.hollander(a)icann.org> Date: Monday, February 25, 2019 at 6:59 PM To: "UA-discuss(a)icann.org" <ua-discuss(a)icann.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [UA-discuss] Document Review: UASG011 Frequently Asked Questions We have this FAQ published at https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/UASG011-160823-en-faq-digital.… I’d very much welcome comments from the community about this – whether you think it’s fine as it is or whether things have progressed since we last updated this in 2016 or whether there are fresh questions that should be included. If you need a deadline, let’s aim for the 5th of March. Don Don Hollander Secretary General – UASG Skype: Don_Hollander

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Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations
by nitin March 1, 2019

March 1, 2019

Hello everyone Was not sure that we need to mark nominations on UA discuss list also..Here are my nominations For chairName of the person - Dr Ajay DataPosition - ChairContact - ajay(a)data.in, +919828066666For vice chairName of the person - Mr. Dusan Stojicevic Position - Vice ChairContact - dusan(a)dukes.in.rs , +381641452171I believe that we all are looking for continued great work in coming time in UASG, change of Leadership of the group might be seen as a good sign as it will bring new brains to think more innovatively and I do believe that the group will be benefit from this diversity.Dr. Ajay and Dusan are known face's in uasg community for there contribution in the space of Universal Acceptance and time they are contributing for UA adoption and spreading awareness.RegardsNitin Walia -------- Original message --------From: Edmon <edmon(a)registry.asia> Date: 20/02/2019 12:13 (GMT+04:00) To: 'Don Hollander' <don.hollander(a)icann.org>, info(a)uasg.tech, 'Richard Merdinger' <rmerdinger(a)godaddy.com> Cc: 'Universal Acceptance' <ua-discuss(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations Hi Everyone, I would like to nominate Richard Merdinger for the position as Chair of UASG. Richard has been serving as the Vice Chair since the beginning of this group, and has been a strong advocate of UA. As the UASG looks to grow as an independent initiative supported by ICANN financially, I believe his guidance, especially with a strong experience from the ICANN community as a whole and from registries and registrars in particular, is critical for the continuity and development of this effort. Edmon PS. This email is also sent to info(a)uasg.tech for the purposes of the nomination.Richard is cc-ed herein (hence his current email address) and since he has been serving as Vice Chair, I understand that his phone number should already be on file (if not I am happy to provide further). From: UA-discuss [mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Don HollanderSent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 3:59 PMTo: Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano(a)hotmail.com>Cc: Universal Acceptance <ua-discuss(a)icann.org>Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations Yes. The same cohort who can stand can vote. We have taken the voting addresses as of today. Actually, the existing Chair is precluded from standing again as Chair and two of the existing vice-chars are precluded from standing as vice-chairs. In all three cases they have served the maximum two terms. But they already know that. D From: Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano(a)hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2019 7:33 PMTo: Don Hollander <don.hollander(a)icann.org>Cc: Universal Acceptance <ua-discuss(a)icann.org>Subject: [Ext] Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations I have a question. The text says that “ Anyone subscribed to the UA-discuss(a)icann.org mailing list is eligible to stand”. However, it does not say - or I have missed - who can vote.I assume that it is all the subscribers of the UA-discuss(a)icann.org mailing list, but I would like to have confirmation.Thanks,Roberto On 20.02.2019, at 04:52, Don Hollander <don.hollander(a)icann.org> wrote: Elections for UASG Chair and Vice-Chair – 2019V2019-02-20 The UASG is having elections for the Chair and Vice Chair. Here’s the process. NB: All times are 23:00 UTCNominationsThis is a call for nominations. Anyone subscribed to the UA-discuss(a)icann.orgmailing list is eligible to stand.Nominations (including self-nominations) should be sent to info(a)uasg.tech and should include:the name of the person nominatedthe position(s) for which they are nominatedcontact details for the person nominated. This should include an email address and a telephone number. The election administrator will verify that the nominated person accepts the nomination. Once the nomination deadline has passed on February 27 2019 a list of candidates will be prepared showing name, email address, photo and candidate statement. Names will be shown by position in alphabetical order of surnames. Candidates can be nominated for Chair, Vice-Chair or both. Relevant links:Position Description-Chair https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Chair-… [uasg.tech]Position Description-Vice-Chair https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Vice-C… [uasg.tech] Other documents of interest may be found at www.uasg.tech/documents [uasg.tech]VotingVoting will be done using www.opavote.com [opavote.com] For the Chair the method used will be Instant Runoff Voting https://www.opavote.com/methods/instant-runoff-voting [opavote.com] For the Vice-Chair the method used will be Scottish STV https://www.opavote.com/methods/single-transferable-vote#scottish-stv [opavote.com] These voting methods allow voters to rank their choices. Voting will open on March 3, 2019 and close on March 10, 2019. Decisions will be announced as soon as they are ready and have been verified. Don HollanderSecretary General – UASGSkype: Don_Hollander

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Dr. Ajay Data as nominee for UASG.
by Alexei Sozonov March 1, 2019

March 1, 2019

Dear Colleagues, It is with strong fillings that I make this point: really, who is the right person (not the "best person" - the best person might be another individual) to Chair UASG - Universal Acceptance Steering Group. To be precise - Universal Acceptance of IDN Steering Group - were IDN refer to Internationalized domain names and IDN emails. Dr Ajay Data invested greatly to know this issue and fit the Chair - he has done and practically achieved what nobody in the world had done before him - working IDN email. UASG now have large part of its work to push this particular technology in the web. Needless to say that he is not a native English speaker, which obviously gives him right perspective to see and test Universal Acceptance (NON-English by English) issues. He is a hard working ambassador of multilingual India - second most populated non-ascii country in the world. Might we remember, the fact is, that before his company first launched IDN email, general approach of the UASG were that "it will be done some time in the future - who knows when". As part of the process (as NEW IDN GTLg Registry and IDN email pioneers in Russia) I really afraid if Dr. Ajay Data, for any reason, won't take this position of Chairing UASG. Very respectfully, Alexei Sozonov

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Document Review: UASG011 Frequently Asked Questions
by Don Hollander March 1, 2019

March 1, 2019

We have this FAQ published at https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/UASG011-160823-en-faq-digital.… I'd very much welcome comments from the community about this - whether you think it's fine as it is or whether things have progressed since we last updated this in 2016 or whether there are fresh questions that should be included. If you need a deadline, let's aim for the 5th of March. Don Don Hollander Secretary General - UASG Skype: Don_Hollander

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UASG @ ICANN64 in Kobe
by Don Hollander Feb. 28, 2019

Feb. 28, 2019

Here's the current schedule for the UASG in Kobe Friday, 8th March starting at 9:00 AM in RUBY room. UASG Workshop A working session for the Universal Acceptance Steering Group. We'll review efforts to date and make plans for the rest of the year. We'll also review detailed reports and other documentation. Other topics will include: Consideration of Communication strategy and activities; discussions of EAI Activities and directions; Formation of a Measurement working group. There will also be time for the UA Ambassadors present to meet and compare notes and experiences - identifying what worked in each environment. There will also be an opportunity to meet candidates for election before the election deadline. Wednesday, 13th March at 10:30 AM in RUBY Room - UASG Community Forum Hear from the Universal Acceptance Steering Group and what they've been up to since the ICANN meeting in Barcelona. Topics covered will include: Email Address Internationalisation (EAI) where non-ASCII characters can be used in the domain name (IDNs) as well as the mailbox names; Community Outreach; Updates on the approach taken to resolve underlying technical issues in programming languages and operating systems. Would you please let me know (off list) if you're planning on attending one or both of these? Thanks. Don Don Hollander Secretary General - UASG Skype: Don_Hollander

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Acceptance of Nomination for UASG Chair
by Ajay Data Feb. 27, 2019

Feb. 27, 2019

Hello Friends, With support from existing leadership, members of UASG, ICANN community and Officers, Team Mates, family and Friends, I hereby accept my nomination for Chair of UASG. Here are few things which may be useful for you to know me better. My Current Involvement with ICANN: ccNSO Council Member (NomCom Appointed) Co-Chair - Neo Brahmi Generation Panel (9 Scripts LGR's being finalised - 8 Completed) Member - ISPCP (GNSO) Member & EAI Co-ordinator - UASG Community Leader - APAC Member - Study Group on Technical Use of RZ-LGR Brief Bio: (google can tell about lot more, however here is brief) ( <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2018-2018-08-09-en#ajay-d ata> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2018-2018-08-09-en#ajay-da ta ) Dr. Ajay Data is an award winner techno commercial Founder & CEO of multiple technology companies. He always puts people first, believes in long term relationships with team mates. He does not believe in employee employer relationship, rather co-workers with a vision to achieve common goal. As a CEO of the 1000+ team members of the company, he has been driving initiatives to build a skilled and culturally-diverse global workforce. His innovation and execution of software products like BharatSync, XgenPlus <https://www.xgenplus.com/> , Spamjadoo, DATAMAIL <https://www.datamail.in/> has got users world over and won multiple patents. Making a modest start on April 18th 1999 as Rajasthan's first private Internet Service Provider, the company rapidly expanded its line of businesses in the areas of e-Governance, Software Products, Turnkey IT Solutions and Mobile Technologies. Recently Data Xgen Technologies got global recognition for bringing in first of its kind IDN email supporting email addresses in Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Cyrillic, Thai, Korean, Arabic plus 15 more languages. Dr. Data is Managing Director of Data Group of Industries with an annual business turnover of approx US $200 Million and sought after speaker and leader by young entrepreneurs for mentoring and guidance. Recently Govt. of Rajasthan also started linguistic email services to every citizen on the innovation and technology built under his leadership and guidance. Along with his wide ranging experience in these organizations, he is also leading the ICANN's Neo Brahmi General Panel <https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Neo-Brahmi+GP> for generating LGR's , EAI Coordinator in Universal Acceptance Group, Member of ISPCP Constituency and Expert Panel of RZ-LGR <https://community.icann.org/display/croscomlgrprocedure/Study+Group+on+Tech nical+Use+of+RZ-LGR> Application UASG and related Contribution: Actively Participated in finalising many UASG documents. Attended many face to face meeting and workshops. Shared knowledge with email providers to be fully EAI ready. Help Create case studies on successful deployment of 4 million EAI Mailboxes. Participated in conceptualizing UA "Thought Leader Award" Worked with Microsoft to test there phase 1 EAI Readiness including hosting of Microsoft EAI addresses. Announced FREE https://eai.xgenplus.com <https://eai.xgenplus.com/> for public testing of EAI servers and related tools. Announce FREE DataMail for people to try out EAI experience. Addressed 20+ sessions in last two years for IDN/EAI/UA . Mentored Startups to make there solutions UA ready and help them to raise funds . Supported UA Ambassadors with EAI address for demonstrations and there presentations. Motivated company to open source EAI address validator java source code. Some Personal Experience and Contribution towards Promoting EAI / IDN: Successfully Motivated Government to include UASG recommendation for procurement in tender conditions. Successfully motivated Rajasthan Government to setup EAI and offer FREE Email address in regional language. Rajasthan Government has 70 million population. (mail.rajasthan.in) Having TLDs in Indian scripts will directly impact growth of the country's internet infra as well, says Ajay Data - Article <http://epaper.livemint.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?issue=67862018100100000000001 001&page=32&article=7c29ab8c-a75f-4bef-b94c-384c1a29b174&key=zVT0pMVX2H%2BDG %2FE6Na0NeA%3D%3D&feed=rss> Case Study of XgenPlus <https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/UASG013D-161222-XGEN_PLUS.pdf> Promoted linguistic <http://bwcio.businessworld.in/article/Data-XGen-offers-Innovative-and-Secur e-Email-Service-DataMail/22-05-2018-149820/> email through PR Promoted <http://bwcio.businessworld.in/article/-10-Billion-opportunity-for-Digital-B usinesses-Breaking-the-Digital-Barrier/30-08-2018-158826/> UA 10 billion $ opportunity via authored article. Road to Freedom <https://www.varindia.com/news/road-to-freedom-bridging-the-digital-divide-w ith-linguistic-email-services> Future of UASG: Future of UASG is directly dependent upon its effective awareness, engaging with multi stake holders and most importantly ensuring that we do not get stuck in one direction. We need 360 degree initiatives in all directions. We all 400+ members in UASG need to get involved to make this mission possible. Some of the initiative I would like to recommend is to- 1. Engage with large companies like Facebook, Twitter, Expedia, BBC, Airbnb, Hoels.com etc to get support for UA initiative and they themselves become UA ready. 2. Engage with Govt ,specially in non-English speaking regions where IDN/EAI can bring billions online. ICANN Charter <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann-org-publishes-charter-on-government-e ngagement-approach> to engage with Government must be considered in the approach. 3. Engage with technology companies and open source communities for enabling support directed towards UA, IDN / EAI in there applications. 4. Engage with PR/Media companies in Each region for awareness. 5. Engage with Startups and small tech companies to show them business opportunities around UA . 6. Continue and Review existing UA initiatives, and built consensus of community around each program. 7. Engage with gTLD or IDN TLD operators for understanding there ongoing issues related to UA and help address them through UA. 8. Continue taking support from existing leadership and utilize experience. 9. Keep addressing new challenges while addressing new opportunities. I believe that considering my experience to lead large organisation, manage budgets in my various business and organisations, along with my experience of ICANN/TIE/EO/APNIC to work with teams in different times zones with multi stake holders, I will try my best to do justice with UASG and trust that you all will support me to lead UASG as well as participate to serve Universal Acceptance community mission and help UASG to get billion people online while solving the UA issues. I would ensure that each member voice is heard positively to take the mission to each and every person. I can be reached anytime on my email or on skype - ajaykummar , please feel free to message me and I will be happy to talk. Thank you. Dr. Ajay Data

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Re: [UA-discuss] UASG @ ICANN64 in Kobe
by Ashish Modi Feb. 27, 2019

Feb. 27, 2019

Dear Don,Since it is a last minute program shared. My travel is already fixed and I am reaching on 9th March.I will not be able to present in person nor available remotely as I will be travelling on 8th March for Kobe.Is 8th Fixed or there are any chances to shift UASG program between 9 to 15 March Regards,Ashish From: Don Hollander MailId : [89131433]To: "ua-discuss(a)icann.org" Subject: [UA-discuss] UASG @ ICANN64 in KobeDate: 27 Feb 2019 01:05:31 PM Here&rsquos the current schedule for the UASG in Kobe Friday, 8th March starting at 9:00 AM in RUBY room. UASG Workshop A working session for the Universal Acceptance Steering Group. We&rsquoll review efforts to date and make plans for the rest of the year. We&rsquoll also review detailed reports and other documentation . Other topics will include: Consideration of Communication strategy and activities discussions of EAI Activities and directions Formation of a Measurement working group. There will also be time for the UA Ambassadors present to meet and compare notes and experiences &ndash identifying what worked in each environment . There will also be an opportunity to meet candidates for election before the election deadline. Wednesday, 13th March at 10:30 AM in RUBY Room &ndash UASG Community Forum Hear from the Universal Acceptance Steering Group and what they&rsquove been up to since the ICANN meeting in Barcelona. Topics covered will include: Email Address Internationalisation (EAI) where non-ASCII characters can be used in the domain name (IDNs) as well as the mailbox names Community Outreach Updates on the approach taken to resolve underlying technical issues in programming languages and operating systems . Would you please let me know (off list) if you&rsquore planning on attending one or both of these? Thanks . Don Don Hollander Secretary General &ndash UASG Skype: Don_Hollander Do not Remove:[HID]20190227130531922[-HID]

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Re: [UA-discuss] Document Review: UASG011 Frequently Asked Questions
by Mark W. Datysgeld Feb. 26, 2019

Feb. 26, 2019

Thank you, Dr. Ajaay. That is the list I have been incorporating in my slides for a few months now. I wonder if there is a place for this in the FAQ, because at least from my side, it is a very frequently asked question. I leave it up to the experts. Best, On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:50:35 +0530 "Dr. Ajaay Data" <ajay(a)data.in> wrote: > Hello Mark > > Hope this will give you some information.. > > According to internetworldstats, total internet users (by language) for English is 25.4% https://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm, > > Thanks. > > Ajay > > On February 26, 2019 9:40:56 AM GMT+05:30, "Mark W. Datysgeld" <mark(a)governanceprimer.com> wrote: > >Don, > > > >a question that I literally get asked every engagement I attend > >concerns what is the breakdown of script usage on the Web. People want > >to understand how much dissemination there is of different languages > >around the world, and this helps them better understand the actual > >extent of the diversity, which is usually not clear at all in their > >heads. While this is not strictly DNS-related, it certainly is > >something that helps getting people on board with the idea that the > >worlds is vast and diverse to the extreme, which make projects such as > >UA necessary. > > > >Regards, > > > >On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:59:16 +0000 > >Don Hollander <don.hollander(a)icann.org> wrote: > >> We have this FAQ published at > >https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/UASG011-160823-en-faq-digital.… > >> > >> I'd very much welcome comments from the community about this - > >whether you think it's fine as it is or whether things have progressed > >since we last updated this in 2016 or whether there are fresh questions > >that should be included. > >> > >> If you need a deadline, let's aim for the 5th of March. > >> > >> Don > >> > >> > >> > >> Don Hollander > >> Secretary General - UASG > >> Skype: Don_Hollander > >> > > > > > >-- > >Mark W. Datysgeld from Governance Primer [www.markwd.website] > >Representing businesses in IG together with AR-TARC and ABES > > -- > Sent from my Android device with XGenPlus.<img src="https://data.in:443/XGenPlusMessageID:4011410683706806166--RCPT-.jpg" width='1px' height='1px'> -- Mark W. Datysgeld from Governance Primer [www.markwd.website] Representing businesses in IG together with AR-TARC and ABES

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Let's be Positive and Passionate
by Dr. Ajaay Data Feb. 24, 2019

Feb. 24, 2019

Hello Everyone, This is little disappointing to see the various Communications on election. I would request everyone to remain positive, hold your emotions and cast vote for candidates you think best. I have personally worked with everyone in current administrative group; Ram, Richard and others, They are experienced professionals and they all know the subject well. Everyone has right to hold his opinion but give space for others opinion too. If you have a problem with someone/something, please participate, stand for the position or support the candidate who match your vision. In my view, that's the correct approach. Some people have nominated me too for Chair and I have been wondering that we are working here to volunteer our time and work for community & not for sitting in an examination paper to pass or fail. Please participate regularly during the years to raise your points. I shared my concern with senior ICANN staff, whom I respect and is a fantastic professional. He told me that It's very difficult to change the things from outside, but be part of inner circle and try to change while formating concensus of community. Let's stop this mud sledging where everyone gets dirty. We are here to bring people online not to make people leave groups and become offline. Please see this as my humble request and vote for the candidates of your choice. Let's all be United to get billion people online while solving the UA issues. Thank you. Dr. Ajay Data https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom-bios-2018-2018-08-09-en#ajay-d… -- Sent from my Android device with XGenPlus.<img src="https://data.in:443/XGenPlusMessageID:7395504767819457180--RCPT-.jpg" width='1px' height='1px'>

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