Thank you for the welcome. I consider this to be a key discussion to bring to Latin America, as internationalization has become a critical concern for businesses as we recover from a series of structural crises. On top of that, very little has been discussed historically about the non-ASCII characters we use locally, and users remain unaware that it is possible for us to move towards making more natutal use of our language to represent ideas and brands online. It has been a pleasure following the UA group during 2018, and hopefully 2019 will bring many new opportunities and activities. Best, -- Mark W. Datysgeld from Governance Primer [www.markwd.website] Representing businesses in IG together with AR-TARC and ABES On January 31, 2019 4:05:54 PM GMT-02:00, Don Hollander <don.hollander@icann.org> wrote:

Welcome to Mark Datysgeld as a new UASG Ambassador

Based in Brazil, Mark has taken a keen interest in Universal Acceptance and the opportunities (and challenges) that it provides to the local Internet community and the LAC region more generally. Mark coordinated the first study that looked at the UA Readiness of Brazil's leading websites and has since remained active in the subject. He is an independent consultant acting under the Governance Primer brand, providing advice and support for the private sector's engagement with Internet Governance.

And farewell to Tobias Sattler who's withdrawn from the role due to existing (and time consuming) professional developments.

Don Hollander Secretary General - UASG Skype: Don_Hollander