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@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)