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Call for Proposals for "Rating Email Software Using EAI Self-Certification Guide"
by Seda Akbulut March 21, 2024

March 21, 2024

Dear UASG members, UASG Measurement Working Group has drafted a new Statement of Work (SOW) and is now accepting proposals. Work Item: Rating email software using EAI Self-Certification Guide (phase 1) The SOW document has been posted on UASG wiki page to call for proposals: https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA+Statements+of+Work We are looking for interested and competent parties to take up this work. If you are interested in this work, feel free to contact us at UAProgram(a)icann.org<mailto:UAProgram@icann.org> by 14 April 2024. Further details are provided in the SOW and at the wiki page. (also attached here for your convenience) Kindly help circulate the call for proposals to relevant parties. With thanks and regards, Seda Akbulut Universal Acceptance (UA) Program Manager Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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Regarding 2024 UA Day
by James Olorundare March 21, 2024

March 21, 2024

Dear UA Team, It was a pleasure to meet some of our members during the recent meeting - ICAN 79 Community Forum. More thoughts should be geared towards the upcoming 2024 UA Day. My Team and I are already planning our UA Day webinar and hope to see you all attend our webinar in which I will be hosting you online on the 26th of March, 2024. More info later. Thanks Team *Engr. Olorundare J. Kunle* *ISOC Nigeria Chapter President* --

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Invitation to Global UA Day keynote event (28 March 2024)
by Maria Kolesnikova March 4, 2024

March 4, 2024

Dear UASG members, On behalf of the CIS-EE Universal Acceptance Local Initiative, I would like to invite you to join the Universal Acceptance (UA) Day 2024 keystone event in Serbia. The Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation (RNIDS), a member of CIS-EE Universal Acceptance Local Initiative has the honor to be the host of the second UA Day keystone event. The event is organized by ICANN in partnership with RNIDS and UASG and will take place on 28th March in Crown Plaza hotel in Belgrade. The UA Day 2024 keystone event will gather representatives of international and local organizations, engineers, university professors, internet experts as well as software developers from all parts of the world to debate on the various UA-related topics. During the four panels, along with a technical workshop that will be organized, successful stories of UA implementation and UA ready solutions will be delivered, however challenges of implementing UA will also be discussed. Experiences and insights will be shared by experts from various countries, UA Ambassadors and UA Local Initiatives. These sessions will help interested stakeholders to better understand the benefits of UA and how they can make their systems UA-ready. A full schedule of the event is now published on: https://uaday.rs/?lang=en Registration is open! Attendees can join the event onsite or participate online via link that will be delivered to the registered participants. Looking forward to meet you on the event! With kind regards, Maria Kolesnikova Chair, CIS-EE Universal Acceptance Local Initiative

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Published the Shortlisted UA Day Events
by Seda Akbulut March 3, 2024

March 3, 2024

Dear UASG members, UASG has published the shortlisted events for the second annual Universal Acceptance (UA) Day, which will be held from March through the end of May and will feature 56 events spanning more than 52 countries around the world. To see the details of the 56 events, please visit https://universalacceptance.day/. Also, a new blog has been published to announce the 56 UA Day events: https://uasg.tech/2024/02/uasg-announces-shortlisted-events-for-ua-day-2024/. The UASG invites the entire global UA community to take part in these events and help achieve a more multilingual and digitally inclusive global Internet Feel free to share in your network. Regards, Seda Akbulut

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IDN and UA sessions at ICANN79
by Seda Akbulut March 1, 2024

March 1, 2024

Dear UASG members, Attached please find the Universal Acceptance session (in orange) that will take place from tomorrow, February 20 until 7 March at ICANN79. Please register the event at https://icann79.sched.com/ and participate Universal Acceptance sessions. We look forward to your contributions. Kind regards, Seda Akbulut

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ICANN79 UA sessions
by Seda Akbulut Feb. 12, 2024

Feb. 12, 2024

Dear all, ICANN79 schedule, including the prep week, is up on https://icann79.sched.com/. Please mark your calendar for participating the following UA sessions. ICANN79 | San Juan [a.sched.co]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/a.sched.co/track/click/30040188/icann79.s…> Timezone: America/Puerto Rico Tuesday, February 20 11:00am-12:00pm AST @ Prep 1 Universal Acceptance (UA) Community Update [a.sched.co]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/a.sched.co/track/click/30040188/icann79.s…> Saturday, March 2 1:15pm-2:30pm AST @ 101 B ccNSO: Universal Acceptance Committee Work Session [a.sched.co]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/a.sched.co/track/click/30040188/icann79.s…> Sunday, March 3 9:00am-10:00am AST @ Ballroom B (GAC) GAC: Brief on Universal Acceptance Strategies [a.sched.co]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/a.sched.co/track/click/30040188/icann79.s…> 10:30am-12:00pm AST @ Ballroom A (Main) Get to Know the ICANN Community: UASG, BC, and GAC Members Networking Event [a.sched.co]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/a.sched.co/track/click/30040188/icann79.s…> Tuesday, March 5 10:30am-12:00pm AST @ 208 BC UASG Governance and Plans Work Session [a.sched.co]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/a.sched.co/track/click/30040188/icann79.s…> Wednesday, March 6 9:00am-10:00am AST @ 209 ABC (ccNSO) UA Day 2024 Overview Work Session [a.sched.co]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/a.sched.co/track/click/30040188/icann79.s…> Best regards, Seda

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Published UASG048 UA Activities Report
by Seda Akbulut Feb. 7, 2024

Feb. 7, 2024

Dear UASG members, UASG has published a comprehensive UA Activities Report<https://uasg.tech/download/uasg-048-ua-activities-report/> (UASG 048) and a blog<https://uasg.tech/2024/02/uasg-publishes-universal-acceptance-activities-re…> about its highlights. UA Activities Report highlights include: * Outreach and engagement activities by ICANN and UASG, particularly by UA Local Initiatives and UA Ambassadors * Technical training materials on programming languages and email configuration * Publications to promote UA adoption * A summary of UA Day 2023 events * The role of the community in contributing to an inclusive and multilingual Internet Many thanks to everyone involved in pulling together the UA Activities Report and the entire UA community for your hard work over the past year in creating an #Internet4All. Report: https://uasg.tech/download/uasg-048-ua-activities-report/ Blog: https://uasg.tech/2024/02/uasg-publishes-universal-acceptance-activities-re… Have a good read. Please share within your network. Regards, Seda Akbulut

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UASG Podcast interview
by NABIL BENAMAR Feb. 6, 2024

Feb. 6, 2024

Dear UA members, It's my pleasure to share with you a recent episode of a podcast dedicated to domain names and this one was solely on Universal Acceptance. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Andrew Allemann <andrew(a)domainnamewire.com> Date: Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 18:14 Subject: Re: [Ext] UASG Query: Podcast interview To: Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson(a)icann.org> Cc: Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain(a)icann.org>, NABIL BENAMAR < n.benamar(a)umi.ac.ma> Hi everyone, The podcast is now live here: https://domainnamewire.com/2024/01/29/universal-acceptance-dnw-podcast-471/ It turned out great and I hope it helps people understand the importance (and challenge) of UA. Thanks, Andrew > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 2:28 PM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson(a)icann.org> > wrote: > > Thanks – and email addresses are below. > > > > Sarmad: sarmad.hussain(a)icann.org > > Nabil: n.benamar(a)umi.ac.ma > > > > > > Gwen Carlson > > ICANN > > Sr. Director of Communications > > > > > On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 12:44 PM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson(a)icann.org> > wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > > > > Sarmad has been with ICANN’s Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and > Universal Acceptance (UA) Programs since 2014. Before joining ICANN, Sarmad > was a professor of Computer Science at University of Engineering and > Technology in Lahore, where he held the IDRC Chair in Multilingual > Computing. His research has focused on developing computing solutions for > Asian languages, including research in linguistics, localization, language > computing standards, speech processing and computational linguistics. He > led the PAN Localization program from 2004-2010, which saw the development > of local language computing capacity across developing Asia, including > Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, > Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. > His involvement with IDNs commenced in 2006 and has been actively involved > in IDN country code top-level domain (ccTLD) development for Pakistan. He > has been an active member of the ICANN community since 2008 and was a > member of ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) before > joining ICANN as staff. > He obtained his doctoral degree in Speech Science from Northwestern > University, USA in 1997, an M.Phil. In Computer Speech and Language > Processing from Cambridge University, UK, in 1993, and a BS in Electrical > Engineering (with specialization in Computer Engineering with honors) from > University of Texas, Austin, USA, in 1992. > > UASG Vice Chair / Nabil Benamar > > Nabil Benamar is a professor of computer sciences and based in Morocco. > His main research topics relate to the use of AI techniques in different > fields such as autonomous driving, IoT, TinyML, network automation, and > healthcare. Nabil is currently serving as the Associate Editor of the IEEE > Access Journal and the Elsevier Journal of King Saud University – Computer > and Information Sciences. Nabil is a TPC member of different IEEE Flagship > conferences (Globecom, ICC, PIMRC, WCNC), as well as a member of the > Organizing Committee of IEEE WCNC 2019, IEEE MENACOMM’20 and IWCMC’23. > Furthermore, Nabil is an IPv6 expert and IPv6 trainer with multiple > international organizations. He became an expert in Internet governance > after completion of the ISOC next generation e-learning programme and has > been an ISOC Ambassador to the IGF, a Google panelist at the first > Arab-IGF, an ISOC fellow to the IETF, and an ICANN fellow. He is also a > member of the Arabic Generation Panel and Chair of the Task Force for > Arabic IDNs, as well as Chair of the UASG Measurement WG. > > > > > > Gwen Carlson > > ICANN > > Sr. Director of Communications > > gwen.carlson(a)icann.org > > > > > > *From: *Andrew Allemann <andrew(a)domainnamewire.com> > *Date: *Friday, January 12, 2024 at 1:03 PM > *To: *Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson(a)icann.org> > > domainnamewire.com/guest [domainnamewire.com] > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/domainnamewire.com/guest__;!!PtGJab4!8TwN…> > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:57 AM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson(a)icann.org> > wrote: > > Fantastic. From a logistics standpoint, how do you want to set this up? > I’m sure you have this down to a science, so we will do whatever is best > for you. > > G > > > > Gwen Carlson > > ICANN > > Sr. Director of Communications > > gwen.carlson(a)icann.org > > > > > > *From: *Andrew Allemann <andrew(a)domainnamewire.com> > *Date: *Friday, January 12, 2024 at 9:32 AM > *To: *Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson(a)icann.org> > *Subject: *Re: [Ext] UASG Query: Podcast interview > > > > Yes, that works great. > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 8:44 AM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson(a)icann.org> > wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > > > Does 25 January, 9:00amPT/11:00amCT work for you? Sarmad and Nabil are in > Pakistan and Morocco, respectively, and that time works for them. > > > > Thanks (and happy Friday!) > > G > > > > Gwen Carlson > > ICANN > > Sr. Director of Communications > > gwen.carlson(a)icann.org > > > > > > *From: *Andrew Allemann <andrew(a)domainnamewire.com> > *Date: *Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 8:52 AM > *To: *Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson(a)icann.org> > *Subject: *Re: [Ext] UASG Query: Podcast interview > > > > Can we get this scheduled for the week of Jan 22? > > > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 10:12 AM Andrew Allemann < > andrew(a)domainnamewire.com> wrote: > > OK, let's get something on the calendar please. > > > > Thanks, > > Andrew > > > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 11:44 AM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson(a)icann.org> > wrote: > > The week of the 22nd will work (Sarmad is out the week of the 14th.) > > > > Happy Holidays! > > G > > > > Gwen Carlson > > ICANN > > Sr. Director of Communications > > gwen.carlson(a)icann.org > > > > > > *From: *Andrew Allemann <andrew(a)domainnamewire.com> > *Date: *Friday, December 22, 2023 at 9:43 AM > *To: *Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson(a)icann.org> > *Subject: *Re: [Ext] UASG Query: Podcast interview > > > > I will be out of town Jan 17-19. Could we do Jan 16 or the week of Jan 22? > > > > Amdrew > > > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 2:52 PM Gwen Carlson <gwen.carlson(a)icann.org> > wrote: > > Hi Andrew > > > > I have confirmed Samrad Hussain (ICANN) and Nabil Benamar (UASG) for the > podcast. Due to travel schedules and the holidays, we are suggesting 17 or > 18 January (and within your CT timeframe.) Will you be setting up a call or > would you like me to coordinate a Zoom call? > > > > Best, > > G > > > > > > Sarmad Hussain > Senior Director IDN and UA Programs Sarmad has been with ICANN since > 2014. He is currently involved with Internationalized Domain Names and > Universal Acceptance initiatives at ICANN. He has a background in research > and development of local language technology, including localization and > specifically speech and language processing. He has been a professor of > Computer Science before joining ICANN. > > > > > > > > *UASG Vice Chair / Nabil Benamar* > > Nabil Benamar is a professor of computer sciences and based in Morocco. > His main research topics relate to the use of AI techniques in different > fields such as autonomous driving, IoT, TinyML, network automation, and > healthcare. Nabil is currently serving as the Associate Editor of the IEEE > Access Journal and the Elsevier Journal of King Saud University – Computer > and Information Sciences. Nabil is a TPC member of different IEEE Flagship > conferences (Globecom, ICC, PIMRC, WCNC), as well as a member of the > Organizing Committee of IEEE WCNC 2019, IEEE MENACOMM’20 and IWCMC’23. > Furthermore, Nabil is an IPv6 expert and IPv6 trainer with multiple > international organizations. He became an expert in Internet governance > after completion of the ISOC next generation e-learning programme and has > been an ISOC Ambassador to the IGF, a Google panelist at the first > Arab-IGF, an ISOC fellow to the IETF, and an ICANN fellow. He is also a > member of the Arabic Generation Panel and Chair of the Task Force for > Arabic IDNs, as well as Chair of the UASG Measurement. > >

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Re: [UA-discuss] Published the Shortlisted UA Day Events
by Nitin Walia Feb. 6, 2024

Feb. 6, 2024

Dear Seda and allIt`s great to hear about the enthusiasm surrounding Universal Acceptance (UA) Day 2024! It sounds like there are a lot of exciting events and initiatives planned to raise awareness and promote adoption of UA principles globally . The efforts of organizations, communities, and individuals involved in UA Day are crucial for ensuring that the internet remains accessible and inclusive for everyone, regardless of language, script, or other identifiers. It`s fantastic to see such widespread support and collaboration for this important thing . I`m sure that with the dedication and hard work of everyone involved, UA Day 2024 will indeed be a great success, building on the achievements of previous years and further advancing the goals of Universal Acceptance . Best wishes to all the hosts and participants of the events taking place around the world, and kudos to the Staff, Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) members, global partners, Internet community and ICANN for their support in driving UA awareness and adoption . Thanks Warm Regards Nitin Walia | DirectorData Xgen Technologies (P) LimitedTel: +91-141-2554970Fax: +91-141-2554972LinkedIn Twitternitin(a)xgenplus.com | नितिन(a)xn--v1bmv2ck2cxbe5k8bf.xn--h2brj9c | https://xgenplus.comVC: https://bridge01.videomeet.in - room: nitin pwd: 10000भाषाकीआजादी - Bridging the Digital Divide, Getting Next billion online >From: Seda Akbulut via UA-discuss MailId : [139942539]To: "ua-discuss(a)icann.org" Subject: [UA-discuss] Published the Shortlisted UA Day EventsDate: 06 Feb 2024 02:53:53 PM Dear UASG members, UASG has published the shortlisted events for the second annual Universal Acceptance (UA) Day, which will be held from March through the end of May and will feature 56 events spanning more than 52 countries around the world. To see the details of the 56 events, please visit https://universalacceptance.day/. Also, a new blog has been published to announce the 56 UA Day events: https://uasg.tech/2024/02/uasg-announces-shortlisted-events-for-ua-day-2024/. The UASG invites the entire global UA community to take part in these events and help achieve a more multilingual and digitally inclusive global Internet Feel free to share in your network . Regards, Seda Akbulut _______________________________________________UA-discuss mailing listUA-discuss@icann.orghttps://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ua-discuss_______________________________________________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) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) 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.Do not Remove:[HID]20240206145353739[-HID]

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UA Vice Chair Nabil Benamar Leads Insightful Interaction Program on Universal Acceptance
by Shreedeep Rayamajhi Jan. 31, 2024

Jan. 31, 2024

Dear all, We have successfully conducted Interaction program of Vice Chair Nabil Benamar about Universal Acceptance Steering Group - UASG. In an effort to promote Universal Acceptance (UA) on the internet, Vice Chair Nabil Benamar participated in an engaging interaction program organized by Shreedeep Rayamajhi Learn Internet Governance and co-hosted by Amina Ramallan UA Ambassador and ICANN79 Fellow on January 30th, 2024. The discussion delved into the challenges faced by users in Africa and the initiatives that UASG is taking to address these issues. Vice Chair Nabil Benamar shared insights into the strategies and advancements that UASG has made in fostering a more accessible and inclusive internet landscape. Shreedeep Rayamajhi Learn Internet Governance hosted the session, providing a platform for participants to learn about the significance of Universal Acceptance and its impact on internet governance. The organizers facilitated an open dialogue where attendees had the opportunity to ask questions and gain a deeper understanding of the UASG's mission and objectives. "As the internet continues to play a pivotal role in connecting people globally, initiatives like UASG, along with dedicated communication is the current need which can contribute significantly to creating a more inclusive digital space." says Nabil Benamar, Vice chair UASG. The organizers expressed their commitment to continuing such informative sessions to raise awareness and foster collaboration in the realm of internet governance. 1. Interaction program of Vice Chair Nabil Benamar about Universal Acceptance Steering Group - UASG Region: Africa Date: January 30th, 2024 Time: 5pm UTC Video link: https://youtu.be/O65UmtqmdAI Organizers: Shreedeep Rayamajhi Learn Internet Governance , Amina Ramallan Co-host Regards, Shreedeep Rayamajhi

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