March 2023 - UA-discuss - lists.iana.org

Get ready for UA Day on 28th March 2023
by ajay＠data.in March 13, 2023

March 13, 2023

Dear All I am pleased to share 50 events happening in 40+ countries to celebrate UA Day on 28th March 2023. See list of events with locations. https://uasg.tech/ua-day/ #multistakeholder These are Global Effort to Drive a More Inclusive and Multilingual Internet. ICANN and the UASG is working together to Mobilize the Global Internet Community for Universal Acceptance. See the press release. https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2023-03-09-en Please block your calendar and share with others to chose the event they would like to attend. The success of UA day is not possible without all of us contributing to it and raise awareness of UA in your region. Looking forward to witness one of the largest multi stakeholders event. Best wishes Dr. Ajay Data Chair - UASG -- Sent from my Android device with XGen Email.

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Re: [UA-discuss] ICANN76 UA Sessions
by Jane Sexton March 12, 2023

March 12, 2023

Attaching a UA Day Zoom background for those joining ICANN76 virtually. Best, Jane From: UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Seda Akbulut via UA-discuss <ua-discuss(a)icann.org> Reply-To: Seda Akbulut <seda.akbulut(a)icann.org> Date: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 11:00 PM To: Ajay Data via UA-discuss <ua-discuss(a)icann.org> Subject: [UA-discuss] ICANN76 UA Sessions Dear all, Attached please find the UA related sessions at ICANN. We look forward to your participations. Best regards, Seda Akbulut

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ICANN76 UA Sessions
by Seda Akbulut March 11, 2023

March 11, 2023

Dear all, Attached please find the UA related sessions at ICANN. We look forward to your participations. Best regards, Seda Akbulut

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UA Day Press Release and Page Update
by Jane Sexton March 9, 2023

March 9, 2023

Hi All – ICANN and the UASG have published a press release on UA Day events. Please find links to the release and social posts below and share across your networks. The UA Day page has also been updated with an event calendar and session resources. UA Day page: https://uasg.tech/ua-day/ https://universalacceptance.day/ Press release: UASG: https://uasg.tech/2023/03/ua-day-global-effort-to-drive-a-more-inclusive-an… ICANN (translations available at the top of the page): https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2023-03-09-en Social posts: https://twitter.com/UASGTech/status/1633871173154111489?s=20 https://www.facebook.com/uasgtech/posts/pfbid02hJyS686TsXnRP6gaAoL9UGuAUy4p… https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7039637765528940544 -- Jane Sexton Communications, Global Domains and Strategy Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mobile: +1 310 570 7293 Slack: jane.sexton www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>

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UASG Elections 2023 - Accepting Nominations
by Seda Akbulut March 4, 2023

March 4, 2023

Dear Universal Acceptance (UA) Community Members, Universal Acceptance Working Group (UASG) is announcing the call for nominations for its leadership positions. Interested candidates should send a self-nomination with a Statement of Interest (SOI) to the email: UAprogram(a)icann.org<mailto:UAprogram@icann.org> before 23:00 UTC on 3 March 2023 for Chair position, and on 31 March 2023 for Vice-Chair position. The SOI should include the following information: 1. Name of the nominee 2. The position contesting for (UASG Chair or UASG Vice-Chair) 3. A short bio of the nominee, covering current position and the company being worked for, relevant UA experience, motivation, expression of interest and any other relevant information. The final list of candidates and their Statements of Interests (SOI) will be published on 6 March 2023 for Chair position, and on 4 April 2023 for Vice-Chair position. Open Positions for Election - One Chair of the UASG - Vice-Chairs of the UASG (up to three positions) The UASG Structure The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) is overseen by one chair and two to three vice-Chairs, called the UASG leadership team. The UASG leadership team will be appointed for a two-year term with the possibility of one reappointment, i.e., the chair and vice-chairs can serve for a period of two years and no more than four in each position. For more information about the timeline and self-nominations, please find attached documents. To see the current UASG Administrative Group, visit https://uasg.tech/about/people/. Best Regards, Seda Akbulut Universal Acceptance (UA) Program Manager The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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by Asmus Freytag March 2, 2023

March 2, 2023

Just a heads up for whoever is interested: There is a proposal in the works in the Unicode Consortium to deprecate the "deviation" mappings in UTS#46 and to declare the transitional period to be over. This recognizes the fact that some registries are no longer compatible with the deviation mappings and some browsers have stopped supporting them. Four characters are affected, including ß and final sigma. A./

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