<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear All,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ramadan
Greetings,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We
start by thanking the penholders Abdalmonem Galila and Zied Bouziri for their
dedication in putting the time to prepare the first draft statement about UA
& Internationalization of Email addresses using Arabic script.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">With
accordance to the timeline below the<b> comment period will start from</b> <b>May 16
to 27th</b>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You
can find the same content of the attached draft on the following Google Document link</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bAdUEryfG5j1asvTB0DElgaBl9cf79VE1Wt1-BOqHtM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bAdUEryfG5j1asvTB0DElgaBl9cf79VE1Wt1-BOqHtM/edit?usp=sharing</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">We
also thank the drafting team members for </span>their<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt"> </span>input<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hoping the community comments will enrich the statement with more relevant
recommendations. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best Regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tijani
BEN JEMAA & Nadia AlArajME <br>Space Co-Chairs</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 9:18 PM Nadira Alaraj <<a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com" target="_blank">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear All,</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Ramadan Karim,<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">We start thanking all those who volunteered to be on the drafting team within the timeline.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">The drafting team below is listed in accordance of the date received.</div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span name="Abdalmonem Tharwat Galila" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;white-space:nowrap;display:inline;vertical-align:top;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px;line-height:20px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>Abdalmonem Galila</span><span style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span> </div></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:nowrap">Hadia EL Miniawi</span> </div></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span name="Ahmed Bakhat Masood" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;white-space:nowrap;display:inline;vertical-align:top;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px;line-height:20px">Ahmed Bakhat </span></div></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span name="Ahmed Bakhat Masood" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;white-space:nowrap;display:inline;vertical-align:top;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px;line-height:20px"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>Zied BOUZIRI</span> </span></div></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span name="Ahmed Bakhat Masood" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;white-space:nowrap;display:inline;vertical-align:top;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px;line-height:20px"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px">Nabil Benamar</span></span></div></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span name="Ahmed Bakhat Masood" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;white-space:nowrap;display:inline;vertical-align:top;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px;line-height:20px"><span name="wafa Dahmani" style="display:inline;vertical-align:top;letter-spacing:0.2px;line-height:20px">Wafa Dahmani</span><span style="font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span> </span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please, keep an eye by May 16 to give your feedback on the first draft.</div></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Best wishes,</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div><font color="#002e7a"><b><span class="gmail_default"></span></b></font><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>Tijani BEN JEMAA & Nadia AlAraj</div><div>ME Space Co-Chairs<br><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 10:53 PM Tijani BEN JEMAA <<a href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@topnet.tn" target="_blank">tijani.benjemaa@topnet.tn</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><font color="#002e7a">Dear all,</font><div><font color="#002e7a"><br></font></div><div><font color="#002e7a">Following up on our e-mail below, We are glad to announce that we will continue the process and form a drafting team to prepare a statement on the topic of </font><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#002e7a"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>Universal Acceptance & Internationalization of E-mail Addresses using Arabic Script.</font></span></div><div><font color="#002e7a">The resulting statement will be sent to the ICANN Board and to Universal Acceptance Steering Group.</font></div><div><font color="#002e7a">Please find below the timeline for this process:</font></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#002e7a"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> 04-08 May </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> call for volunteers to draft a statement
on UA & IEA using Arabic Script<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#002e7a"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> 08 May</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> Announcement
of the drafting team composition<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#002e7a"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> 11-15 May </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">Drafting of the first draft<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#002e7a"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> 16 May</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> Publication
of the first draft for comments<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#002e7a"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span> 16-27 May</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> Comment period<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#002e7a"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> 28-31 May</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> Compilation of the comments and
preparation of the last draft<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#002e7a"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> 01 June</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> Publication
of the last draft and call for a ME Space teleconference for the <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt;text-indent:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font color="#002e7a"> statement to be discussed,
modified (if any), and approved.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#002e7a"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> 08 June</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> ME Space
teleconference for the statement discussing, modifying (if any), and <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt;text-indent:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font color="#002e7a"> approval</font><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;color:red">Note: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;color:red">Eid El Fitr will be by 25 May 2020</span></p><div><font color="#002e7a"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>Nadira Al Araj </b>& <b>Tijani BEN JEMAA</b></font></div><div><font color="#002e7a">ME Space Co-Chairs</font></div><div><font color="#002e7a"><br></font></div><div><br></div>
<div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Le 9 avr. 2020 à 15:57, Tijani BEN JEMAA <<a href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@topnet.tn" target="_blank">tijani.benjemaa@topnet.tn</a>> a écrit :</div><br><div><div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#002e7a">Dear all,<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><div><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#002e7a"> </font></span><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#002e7a">As you all
know, the ME Space can’t be convened face to face due to the Corona Virus pandemic,
and this situation may last for long time.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,46,122)">We thought
we can undertake remote activities that may replace our face to face work
during this period to achieve our objective which is to make the voice of our region
heard for all important issues at ICANN.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,46,122)">Therefore,
Nadira and myself, with the strong support of Baher and Fahd, we propose to
address the Universal Acceptance under the angle of Arabic script e-mail
addresses and prepare a statement to be discussed virtually in a
teleconference, modified if necessary, adopted and sent to the ICANN Board and
the UASG.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,46,122)">But before
that, and to permit to our community members to better understand the UA in
general and the Arabic script for e-mail addresses in particular, a webinar
will be organized with 3 experts who will present all aspects of the topic.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,46,122)">This whole
process will start on 15 April at 10:00 UTC by the webinar. A detailed mail
will be sent soon with all information (speakers, zoom, agenda, etc.).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,46,122)">Best</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,46,122)">Nadira AL
ARAJ & Tijani BEN JEMAA </span><span style="color:rgb(0,46,122)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#002e7a">ME Space
co-chairs</font></span></p></div><div><font color="#002e7a"> <br><br>
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