It makes sense and is true that voting cannot take place during the ICANN76 period since there is a significant scheduling conflict. A clear 10-day window must be provided to allow for fair and transparent voting post ICANN76. 

Best Wishes

Fariz Ahmadi

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On Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 at 5:07 PM, olgachuychenko via UA-discuss <ua-discuss@icann.org> wrote:

I agree with you and honestly i am a little shocked that why UASG secretariat overlooked these crucial dates during the announcement. 

Voting should not happen during ICANN76 and the travel period; dates must be reevaluated, and all voting must begin after March 20, 2023.

Olga

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On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 at 12:28 PM, Pongpen Sutharoj via UA-discuss <ua-discuss@icann.org> wrote:

Hello, 

I'm find glitches with the UASG election shared document, explicitly the Chair voting period. 

Election for Chair: March 8-20, 2023 (10-day voting period): The beginning of the chair elections has been announced. 

Please keep in mind that the majority of us will be travelling and busy in ICANN76 from March 9th to March 20th, 2023, thus voting period dates should be chosen to exclude the ICANN76 period or provide for some more time in the start and end dates. It could fall between March 6th and March 25th, 2023. This will be interest of all UASG community members so that they get appropriate time for casting their vote and making selection of suitable candidate.  

Regards 

Pongpen Sutharoj 

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On Monday, February 20th, 2023 at 7:00 PM, Seda Akbulut via UA-discuss <ua-discuss@icann.org> wrote:

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)

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