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August 2019

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RFC 8398 "Internationalized Email Addresses in X.509 Certificates" implementation
by Dmitry Belyavsky Aug. 28, 2020

Aug. 28, 2020

Hi all, Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ is happy to announce a draft implementation of RFC 8398 "Internationalized Email Addresses in X.509 Certificates" for OpenSSL: https://cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=21240 The implementation and some test examples are available for download here: https://cctld.ru/files/books/EAI.pdf (in Russian) Direct links: Draft implementation - https://cctld.ru/files/eai/rfc8398.diff Test examples - https://cctld.ru/files/eai/root.tar.gz Instructions - https://cctld.ru/files/eai/README.8398 The implementation covers the following cases: - Displaying the EAI in X.509 certificates - Verifying NameConstraints in X.509 certificate chains of trust - Matching EAIs in X.509 with provided EAI. Feel free to test the patch and send feedback to pr(a)cctld.ru or to me directly. -- SY, Dmitry Belyavsky

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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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Help Wanted
by Drfaisalal Hamar Sept. 10, 2019

Sept. 10, 2019

Hello I came to know about the adoption of email on IDN domain names in Indian Police forces in local language, is Mr. Sharat Kaviraj here in our group if so please send me DM else can anyone please connect me with him, I want to know more about this initiative of universal acceptance and adoption of EAI done for 100k police official’s, will be a great help for helping our forces also we want to do something in this line in Arabic. Thanks Dr. Faisalal Hamar [https://www.indiatechonline.com/images/it-happened/xgenplus--helps-rajastha…] <https://www.indiatechonline.com/it-happened-in-india.php?id=3425> Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot (centre) launching Rajasthan Police Advanced Communication Systems & RajCop App in Jaipur XGenPlus helps Rajasthan cops with advanced communication system<https://www.indiatechonline.com/it-happened-in-india.php?id=3425> Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has launched an advanced communication systems at Police Head Quarters in Jaipur whereby nearly 100,000 policemen of the state would now be empowered with digital radio, policemail with email Id: police.rajasthan.in and police.rajasthan.bharat (in hindi ) and a messenger carrier through Rajcop Mobile App. The Policemail on Rajcop App and communication solution has been designed and developed by Jaipur based IT company Data Xgen, brings a fully controlled communication service to the force. Says Sharat Kaviraj, Deputy Inspector General (Communications), Rajasthan Police: “ New and advanced communication systems including email service would bring in efficiency. These solutions would help us in communicating urgent matters to concerned personnel. Our earlier email service was officially controlled and but policemail would be controlled fully by the individual policeman. The entire police force of the state has now been equipped with new communication solutions.” “We have tested the entire process for a couple of months. Today, the Chief Minister officially launched our new communication systems. Policemail would be highly secure as all data will be stored in our own server, hence there would not any threat of data theft or cyber attacks through email,” he added. “The launch of efficient and secure communication systems, powered by XgenPlus, is a testimony to India’s domestic capabilities. XgenPlus provides technology solutions for secure and efficient enterprise email services along with other communication solutions. With the successful launch in Rajasthan today, we are hopeful that the new system can be scaled up across all states for fully controlled, secure and indigenously developed communication solutions,” said Dr. Ajay Data, CEO and Founder, Data Xgen Dr. Data is also Chairman of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group of ICANN- the international internet body. With the policemail, Rajasthan Police has essentially provided official mail IDs (in English and Hindi), which he can opened a desktop or Rajcop App and send messages. Through the message carrier feature, Police personnel can create their own group and include other personnel in that group by their SSO ID and can chat by sharing text, photos, video, etc. A secure group of all district police officials can easily be created. Rajcop App has unique features in terms of security, ease of use and access. Some features are first in the country. Senior officials and IT experts feel that in this digital era, having a secure and fully controlled communications systems developed indigenously would go long way in creating a strong digital infrastructure for the country.

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Re: [UA-discuss] [UA-EAI] [Ext] Re: UA-EAI WG charter
by Diana Arteaga Aug. 25, 2019

Aug. 25, 2019

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Universal Acceptance and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
by Mark Svancarek (CELA) Aug. 25, 2019

Aug. 25, 2019

Dear UASG colleagues, During the upcoming Internet Governance Forum in Berlin<https://intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2019> there will be a Dynamic Coalition main session on Day 3 - or Thursday, Nov 28 - which will focus on how work of the 18 different Dynamic Coalitions advances the Sustainable Development Goals<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsustainab…>. The Dynamic Coalition on DNS Issues (DC-DNSI) is anticipating to participate during this main session to advocate for UA-readiness. DC-DNSI members briefly discussed linking UA-readiness with Sustainable Development Goal 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), and specifically the Target 9C<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsustainab…>, namely to "significantly increase access to information and communications technology." The argument we are interested in making is that UA-readiness is a contributory factor of "Infrastructure for Digital Inclusion." The organizing team wants to engage the collective wisdom of this group to test underlying assumptions involved in linking UA-readiness with this SDG, i.e. whether UA-readiness: * is a component or an aspect of "resilient infrastructure," * promotes inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and/or * fosters innovation. Further, would UA-readiness significantly increase access to information and communications technology? SDG 9 "Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation." Target 9C "Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020." Accordingly, we are seeking input on the following questions: 1. Is UA-readiness a component or aspect of "resilient infrastructure"? If yes, how? If no, why not? 2. Does UA-readiness promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization? If yes, how? If no, why not? 3. Does UA-readiness foster innovation? If yes, how? If no, why not? 4. Would UA-readiness significantly increase access to information and communications technology? If yes, how? If no, why not? Please provide, where possible, supporting arguments and illustrations. Feel free to share your thoughts on or off list. If you elect to share them privately with the organizing team (Nik Smith (nsmith(a)verisign.com<mailto:nsmith@verisign.com>), Dennis Tan Tanaka (dtantanaka(a)verisign.com<mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com>), Melinda Clem (mclem(a)afilias.info<mailto:mclem@afilias.info>) and/or Susan Chalmers (schalmers(a)ntia.gov<mailto:schalmers@ntia.gov>) ) we will share anonymize and summarize the responses with the list to build discussion. Thank you, and please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions. Mark Svancarek

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Some Recommendations in Working Groups
by richard nims Aug. 18, 2019

Aug. 18, 2019

Hello, everyone. Bessie, we all have volunteered to contribute in few working groups, I extant some recommendations in my individual capacity. In today’s environment, standards play a critical role in effective working of any working groups. Thus responsibility for how a standard evolves begins in our working group as-well. I recommend we establish the necessary framework for a sound standardization process. For groups i have applied for i.e. EAI and Technology working group I have below recommendations: *Fundamental Principles of Operation* For the development of standards, openness and due process are mandatory. Openness means that any person who has, or could be reasonably expected to have, a direct and material interest, and who meets the requirements of these procedures has a right to participate by: a) Attending working group meetings b) Becoming a member of the working group c) Expressing a position for chair of working group and its basis, Due process is based upon equity and fair play. The standards development process should strive to have both a balance of interests and not be dominated by any single interest category. *Election of Chair of working group: *The UASG administrative group must get elections done for every working group. The interested members of the working group must file self-nomination or any member of working group should nominate, fundamentally that individual member nominated shall not be on any position in UA administrative group or any other working groups at the same time. Members of the working group should only be allowed to cast the vote and select chair of working group. *Working Group: *Working group member should be individual. Each member is expected to attend meetings. We must record attendance at meetings via teleconferencing and/or electronic means, e.g., Internet conferencing, shall count towards the attendance requirements apart from F2F meeting during ICANN or other events. *Responsibilities of Working Group: * Set goals and deadlines and adhere to them Prioritize work to best serve the group and its goals Get the materials available for community related to working of group Maintain lists of unresolved issues, action items, and assignments. The working group will engage in a fact-finding effort of the perceived problems raised in there space and what are the possible solutions, and what are the pros and cons relating these possible solutions. What activities are actually underway, how extensive are they. The Working Group can circulated surveys to gather facts about the technical and issues raised by services currently being provided in there space. Kind wishes Richard Nims

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Review requested: UASG007 - Introduction to Universal Acceptance
by Sarmad Hussain Aug. 16, 2019

Aug. 16, 2019

Dear All, In its meeting in early 2019, UASG had discussed and decided to undertake a technical review of UASG007 - Introduction to Universal Acceptance. The review has been completed and the updated version of the report is attached. It is being circulated to seek input from the UA community members. Please provide your feedback through this form<https://forms.gle/rxQCSn5qajBDJ7fd8> by 30 August 2019. We will finalize the report based on the feedback received. Regards, Sarmad

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Issue with Slack
by Michael Palage Aug. 14, 2019

Aug. 14, 2019

Hello All, Sorry for my silence recently, however, I was wondering if anyone had any contacts at Slack. I am frequent user of this platform in various settings and I just realized that does not natively support most new gTLD extension. Specifically, while it will auto convert an example.com domain name into a hypertext link it does not do that for various new TLD extensions that I tried. While it is possible to boot strap it by placing an http:// in front of the domain name, it would be nice if all TLDs both new and legacy worked the same way. Looking forward to seeing everyone in Montreal. Best regards, Michael

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Re: [UA-discuss] UA-discuss Digest, Vol 56, Issue 8
by Mauricia Abdol Aug. 11, 2019

Aug. 11, 2019

Great work Sharmad, Thank you, Best Regards, Mauricia On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 at 14:00, <ua-discuss-request(a)icann.org> wrote: > Send UA-discuss mailing list submissions to > ua-discuss(a)icann.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ua-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ua-discuss-request(a)icann.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ua-discuss-owner(a)icann.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of UA-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. UASG working group wiki pages (Sarmad Hussain) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 09:46:20 +0000 > From: Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain(a)icann.org> > To: "ua-discuss(a)icann.org" <ua-discuss(a)icann.org> > Subject: [UA-discuss] UASG working group wiki pages > Message-ID: <2996E83E-6E92-4213-8F45-0BF01A6DD437(a)icann.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear all, > > We are in developing wiki pages for sharing the work being undertaken by > the UASG working groups. The meeting notes, meeting recordings and working > documents of UASG working groups are being made available at these wiki > pages. Please see the following and share any feedback. > > > 1. UA Technology WG< > https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA-Technology+WG> > 2. UA EAI WG<https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA-EAI+WG> > 3. UA Measurement WG< > https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA-Measurement+WG> > > Please note that membership of these WGs remains open for the community. > In case you would like to participate, please sign-up here< > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRg7caDnbgEo_r6UnP3s5OvtIMlE9btaM… > >. > > Regards, > Sarmad >

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UASG working group wiki pages
by Sarmad Hussain Aug. 11, 2019

Aug. 11, 2019

Dear all, We are in developing wiki pages for sharing the work being undertaken by the UASG working groups. The meeting notes, meeting recordings and working documents of UASG working groups are being made available at these wiki pages. Please see the following and share any feedback. 1. UA Technology WG<https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA-Technology+WG> 2. UA EAI WG<https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA-EAI+WG> 3. UA Measurement WG<https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA-Measurement+WG> Please note that membership of these WGs remains open for the community. In case you would like to participate, please sign-up here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRg7caDnbgEo_r6UnP3s5OvtIMlE9btaM…>. Regards, Sarmad

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Re: [UA-discuss] Some Recommendations in Working Groups
by Sarmad Hussain Aug. 9, 2019

Aug. 9, 2019

Dear All, Thank you all for the feedback and suggestions for the working group chairs. The UASG leadership has been discussing the input and has also reviewed the UASG charter and operational documents for this purpose. The process for the appointment of chairs of the working groups shared in the draft working group charters is based on roles assigned to the UASG chair<https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Chair-…> and vice-chairs<https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Vice-C…> following the UASG charter. The UASG leadership team certainly intends to regard the input from the working groups (based on a rough consensus), while ensuring that the chairs of the working groups have the requisite technical expertise for UASG to best achieve its stated mission and goals. Regards, Sarmad From: UA-EAI <ua-eai-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Akinremi Peter Taiwo <compsoftnet(a)gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 3:04 PM To: Harry Jacob <internetsafetyweek(a)gmail.com> Cc: "ua-discuss(a)icann.org" <ua-discuss(a)icann.org>, "ua-eai(a)icann.org" <ua-eai(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [UA-EAI] [UA-discuss] Some Recommendations in Working Groups Dear Sarmad and all, Please see my comment inline On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 9:02 AM Harry Jacob <internetsafetyweek(a)gmail.com<mailto:internetsafetyweek@gmail.com>> wrote: Dear Sarmad, All inputs seems good to me and appreciated in working group charters. I would only wish one feedback to be assimilated in membership area of the document. "Working group member must attend atleast two (2) F2F meeting in a calendar year during ICANN or any other event where working group hold its F2F meetings." I will suggest this to be informed of a crop that allow working group members to apply. This should not only be centered only on active member, but to encourage working group members that are willing to learn and be active in contributing towards the objective of UA. There should be measures to guide this. Reason of this recommendation: it’s much easier to build relationships through face-to-face meetings and take constructive decisions than it is with virtual meetings. And relationships are without a doubt and every individual opinion will be valued seriously, trust and no chase of anonymously communication the key to any kind of working group success in my opinion. Yes, that's true. I started to understand ICANN better when I started attending face to face meeting. I was able to better understand the purpose of UA during the Marrakech meeting. It will be appreciated if UASG can fund only travel of these 2 F2F meetings only for working group individuals who give their 90% presence even during virtual meetings in that calendar year, this will lead to maximum involvement of committed members and working group can deliver its mission. It is always better to have the hard conversations face-to-face. So much gets lost in translation otherwise, and a small problem can grow in a big problem simply because we didn't make the effort to meet with someone face-to-face to talk through the issue and work out a solution. The real key here is to make them productive, smart, effective meetings, not just irritating meetings that really are a waste of time. Best Regards Harry Jacob On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:51 AM Jim DeLaHunt <list+uasg(a)jdlh.com<mailto:list%2Buasg@jdlh.com>> wrote: Hello, UA-discuss. There is a lot to support in this message from Richard Nims. There are also some things which I think might not be so helpful. I will interleave comments in Richard's message. On 2019-07-29 04:06, richard nims wrote: ... [some text omitted for brevity] ... Fundamental Principles of Operation For the development of standards, openness and due process are mandatory. Openness means that any person who has, or could be reasonably expected to have, a direct and material interest, and who meets the requirements of these procedures has a right to participate by: a) Attending working group meetings b) Becoming a member of the working group c) Expressing a position for chair of working group and its basis, These are positive sentiments. I think there should be, at the top of the list, something about doing specific activities to promote Universal Acceptance, preferably outside the UA-Discuss and UASG context. We are not here to build an organisation for its own sake. We are here to spread Universal Acceptance. Authority should derive from accomplishments. Due process is based upon equity and fair play. The standards development process should strive to have both a balance of interests and not be dominated by any single interest category. I support these sentiments, but I also think they are pretty general and not very helpful to spread Universal Acceptance. Election of Chair of working group: The UASG administrative group must get elections done for every working group. The interested members of the working group must file self-nomination or any member of working group should nominate, ... I don't see why this proposal puts so much emphasis about electing the chair of the working group, and so little emphasis on how the group will work. What really matters is to spread Universal Acceptance in the real world. I think much importance is attached to the chair because the chair determines and steer the group to achieve set objectives. However, the chair must have basic leadership requirements, but not necessarily 100% technical. More importantly, the group must have a solid operational procedure for the working group. ...fundamentally that individual member nominated shall not be on any position in UA administrative group or any other working groups at the same time. Members of the working group should only be allowed to cast the vote and select chair of working group.... This looks like it is trying to prevent or solve a problem, but I'm not sure what the problem is. Why shouldn't a leader of the UASG also participate in a regional working group for their own region? Why shouldn't someone with expertise, or active in multiple regions, participate in multiple regional working groups? Is there a concealed message that the UA administrative group is a danger to be kept at a distance? If so, I don't agree with that. My experience with these working groups is that it is difficult to find people willing to get the work done. We should welcome anyone who wants to put in the effort. My understanding of this statement is that it encourages as much as diverse participation in the working group leadership, preventing conflict of interest and distraction to fulfil the set goals. It is not stating that qualified and expertise should not participate in the working group, but not in the leadership of the working group to encourage people for leadership. For clarity, I proposed "fundamentally that individual member nominated shall not hold any leadership position in the UA administrative group or any other working groups at the same time. Working Group: Working group member should be individual. Each member is expected to attend meetings. We must record attendance at meetings via teleconferencing and/or electronic means, e.g., Internet conferencing, shall count towards the attendance requirements apart from F2F meeting during ICANN or other events. Responsibilities of Working Group: Set goals and deadlines and adhere to them Prioritize work to best serve the group and its goals Get the materials available for community related to working of group Maintain lists of unresolved issues, action items, and assignments. The working group will engage in a fact-finding effort of the perceived problems raised in there space and what are the possible solutions, and what are the pros and cons relating these possible solutions. What activities are actually underway, how extensive are they. The Working Group can circulated surveys to gather facts about the technical and issues raised by services currently being provided in there space. It seems to me that all this focusses on the operation and the internal activities of the working group. Nothing mentions the external activities of spreading Universal Acceptance in the real world. It seems a big oversight to me that the responsibilities of the working group does not include, "promote Universal Acceptance". It seems that before we expect members to attend meetings, we should expect them to do activities outside the meetings to spread Universal Acceptance, to contribute to Universal Acceptance discussion on email lists, and to have evidence of this activity be readily available for others to confirm. I have a concern that this proposal will set up a structure which will consume a lot of energy for its own internal operations and politics, and won't be very focussed on spreading Universal Acceptance. I think that is not the best way to direct our attention and energy. 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Re: [UA-discuss] [UA-EAI] [Ext] Re: UA-EAI WG charter
by richard nims Aug. 9, 2019

Aug. 9, 2019

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Evaluation of Major Email Software and Services for EAI Support
by Sarmad Hussain Aug. 6, 2019

Aug. 6, 2019

Dear All, UASG has undertaken an evaluation of email software and services for EAI support, as per the details below. The report and associated documentation is being shared for your review and feedback, before it is finalized and published. The first phase of this project, Discovery and Analysis, was completed September 2018 and published on the UASG’s website as UASG021A<https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/UASG021A.pdf>. That initial phase selected a broad set of components from the email software ecosystem to be analyzed, defined the test criteria to use when evaluating a particular piece of software, and provided an estimate of the effort required to evaluate a select few representative software and service offerings from that set. The resulting Discovery and Analysis Report<https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/UASG021A.pdf> and accompanying test criteria<https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/UASG021A.xlsx> can be found on the UASG’s website. The second and current phase of this project comprises a Proof of Concept Evaluation. A targeted set of software and service providers have been evaluated according to the criteria detailed by UASG021A. The purpose of this phase is to: 1. Confirm whether the evaluation criteria developed in the UASG021A report are fair and reasonable, amending or clarifying them where necessary, 2. Develop a template for reporting future test results, and 3. Determine the amount of effort required to evaluate additional email software and service providers. The third and final phase of the project will provide a more complete evaluation of the email software ecosystem, including a larger number of components and informed by the experience of this pilot. Please share your feedback at ua-discuss(a)icann.org<mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org> by 25 August 2019. Please visit https://uasg.tech/subscribe to self-scribe to this email list. Regards, Sarmad

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Technology readiness in open-source languages and frameworks
by Team Polyglot Aug. 3, 2019

Aug. 3, 2019

We would like to help with review and remediation for technological readiness of popular open-source languages and frameworks as this is exactly the kind of work we do day in and day out. (We're an open-source-only software development agency which works on improvements that are requested by multiple clients). I have seen the action plan document here: https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/UASG-FY20-Action-Plan.pdf Has any work begun on this task? "Determine the evaluation criteria for choosing Frameworks and Programming Languages. Include objective measures that can be used to see results." Here are some ideas to begin with: - IEEE Survey of programming languages: https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1333572# - TIOBE index: https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ - StackOverflow Developer survey: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018#technology - GitHub: The state of the octoverse: https://octoverse.github.com/projects.html Once, we identify the top 20 languages and frameworks, we can build a test suite to continuously track the progress on technological readiness. Also, I am assuming that we would be including databases among the open-source tools which need to be reviewed. - Nilesh Polyglot.Network

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Re: [UA-discuss] [Ext] Re: Draft Charter for Local Initiatives
by Sarmad Hussain Aug. 1, 2019

Aug. 1, 2019

Dear Roberto, Thank you for your input and support for local initiatives. It has been the intention to keep the charter for local initiative at high-level and flexible, while also keeping a focus on the UASG FY20 Action Plan. It is anticipated that there will be differences in how different local Initiatives may want to address the UA issues locally, and the proposal they develop will capture such solutions (and differences). However, please share if there are any particular clauses within the charter which you consider restrictive and suggestions on how these may be addressed. It is left to the community on how they would like to see a particular local initiative organized geographically. We anticipate different models, which could be limited to a country or territory, or may involve multiple countries (e.g. Middle East). These local initiatives will be working closely with other UASG Working Groups (on technology, EAI, Measurements and Communications) and UA-discuss list, which will allow the UASG community to work collaboratively and leverage the significant expertise available. We are aiming to start the work with the proposed model, while reviewing its effectiveness over time; this will allow us to adapt it as needed moving forward based on the experience gained. We look forward to your further feedback. Regards, Sarmad From: Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano(a)hotmail.com> Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 3:19 AM To: Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain(a)icann.org> Cc: Universal Acceptance <ua-discuss(a)icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Re: [UA-discuss] Draft Charter for Local Initiatives Dear Sarmad - and all, Kudos for the initiative. I personally believe that we need to promote local initiatives. This said, I wonder whether a formal charter so detailed will address best the need of getting more input from the local communities. Let’s put aside for the moment some objections on whether “one size fits all” and therefore whether a formally centralised decided charter will be the best option, and go to some o the practical aspects. I have no idea on what is the (geographical) size of the local initiative that is envisaged by this proposal. Are we talking about regions like “Middle East” or “Latin America”, or are we narrowing down to “South Caucasus” or even language minorities? In the former case, it might become a formal ratification of what can already exist - maybe using the ICANN regions as a model - but like almost every formalisation of the existent will not add anything that is really creating new opportunities. The latter case would be more interesting by far. But in this case, are we sure that a local, motivated and enthusiastic but resources-limited, community could comply with a charter like this? Maybe there are not enough local developers or experts, considering the detail of the required roles? My personal opinion - but I don’t want to get into philosophy - is that while the local communities can be by far our best option to identify the problems and the issues that have local impact due to the local specificity, the technical solution might best be addressed by a wide collaboration by technical experts. In simple words, the technical solution to an issue manifesting itself in Latin America can come from an expert living in SE-Asia. However, I might have missed some points in the initiative - in this case I would appreciate feedback helping me understand better. Cheers, Roberto On 19.07.2019, at 08:08, Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain(a)icann.org<mailto:sarmad.hussain@icann.org>> wrote: Dear all, Based on the UASG’s FY20 Action Plan [uasg.tech]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__uasg.tech_wp-2Dcontent…>, please find attached the draft charter for the Local Initiatives for your review and feedback. You are requested to share comments on ua-discuss(a)icann.org<mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org> email distribution list by 31 July, 2019. Regards, Sarmad <UASG Local Initiative - Charter 20190719.pdf> _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_privacy_…>) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos [icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_privacy_…>). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.

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