Hi, I agree with Pongpen Sutharoj that there are concerns specifically for the Chair voting period of March 8-20, 2023 (10-day voting period), voting period dates should be chosen to omit the ICANN76 period or to provide for additional time in the start and end dates. I suggest Voting should start for all position only after ICANN76. Lee Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook> ________________________________ From: UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Pongpen Sutharoj via UA-discuss <ua-discuss@icann.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 11:58 AM To: Seda Akbulut <seda.akbulut@icann.org> Cc: Seda Akbulut via UA-discuss <ua-discuss@icann.org> Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] UASG Elections 2023 - Accepting Nominations 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 ------- Original Message ------- 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<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)