<br />Dear Ram,<br /><br />I endorse your suggestion.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Harish Chowdhary<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br /><br />From: ua-discuss-request@icann.org<br />Sent: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 17:30:09 GMT+0530<br />To: ua-discuss@icann.org<br />Subject: UA-discuss Digest, Vol 26, Issue 17<br /><br />Send UA-discuss mailing list submissions to<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ua-discuss@icann.org<br /><br />To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=https%3A%2F%2Fmm%2Eicann%2Eorg%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fua%2Ddiscuss&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ua-discuss</a><br />or, via email, send a message with subject or body &#39;help&#39; to<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ua-discuss-request@icann.org<br /><br />You can reach the person managing the list at<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ua-discuss-owner@icann.org<br /><br />When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br />than &quot;Re: Contents of UA-discuss digest...&quot;<br /><br /><br />Today&#39;s Topics:<br /><br />&nbsp; 1. Re: Election update... (Tan Tanaka, Dennis)<br />&nbsp; 2. Re: Election update... (Andre Schappo)<br />&nbsp; 3. Re: Election update... (Satish Babu)<br />&nbsp; 4. Re: Election update... (Rinalia Abdul Rahim)<br />&nbsp; 5. Re: Election update... (Jiankang Yao)<br />&nbsp; 6. Universal Acceptance White Paper - Draft for Comment<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(Don Hollander)<br />&nbsp; 7. Re: Election update... (Don Hollander)<br />&nbsp; 8. FW: Proposed update of UTS #46,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for Unicode domain names<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(Mark Svancarek)<br />&nbsp; 9. [UA-discuss]<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elinkedin%2Ecom%2Fpulse%2Ftrue%2Dmultilingual%2Dinternet%2Dstarts%2Duniversal%2Dacceptance%2Dcindy%2Dzhou%3Ftrk%3Dhp%2Dfeed%2Darticle%2Dtitle%2Dpublish&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/true-multilingual-internet-starts-universal-acceptance-cindy-zhou?trk=hp-feed-article-title-publish</a><br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(Don Hollander)<br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 1<br />Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:14:16 +0000<br />From: &quot;Tan Tanaka, Dennis&quot; &lt;dtantanaka@verisign.com&gt;<br />To: Anthony Harris &lt;anthonyrharris@gmail.com&gt;, Richard Merdinger<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;rmerdinger@godaddy.com&gt;<br />Cc: ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br />Message-ID: &lt;309F09AE-5DBB-4B29-BB55-1F226D3D66C9@verisign.com&gt;<br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;<br /><br />Ram,<br /><br />I endorse your suggestion to do away with a vote and accept all 6 vice-chairs.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />-Dennis<br /><br />From: &lt;ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org&gt; on behalf of Anthony Harris &lt;anthonyrharris@gmail.com&gt;<br />Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 2:26 PM<br />To: Richard Merdinger &lt;rmerdinger@godaddy.com&gt;<br />Cc: &quot;UA-discuss@icann.org&quot; &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br /><br />Ram,<br /><br />I too endorse your suggestion.<br /><br />Tony Harris<br /><br />On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Richard Merdinger &lt;rmerdinger@godaddy.com&lt;mailto:rmerdinger@godaddy.com&gt;&gt; wrote:<br />Ram,<br />I wanted to chime in and fully endorse your suggestion. &nbsp;The UASG has, since its inception, been an openly collaborative effort and embracing the initiative and expertise of my fellow vice-chair candidates would be great.<br /><br />So, my ?vote? to do away with the election and embrace all 6.<br /><br />And, thank you for your willingness to continue leading the group. I look forward to supporting you and working alongside you and the rest of the UASG team.<br /><br />Best,<br />--Rich<br /><br />Richard Merdinger<br />VP, Domains - GoDaddy<br />rmerdinger@godaddy.com&lt;mailto:rmerdinger@godaddy.com&gt;<br /><br /><br /><br />From: &lt;ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org&lt;mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org&gt;&gt; on behalf of Ram Mohan &lt;rmohan@afilias.info&lt;mailto:rmohan@afilias.info&gt;&gt;<br />Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 11:04 AM<br />To: Don Hollander &lt;don.hollander@icann.org&lt;mailto:don.hollander@icann.org&gt;&gt;, ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&lt;mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;&gt;<br />Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br /><br />Dear UA-Folks:<br />First off, thank you for re-nominating me to the Chair of this community initiative! I?m pleased and honored to serve this second and last term.<br /><br />Second, I?m so impressed at the enthusiasm and the energy from community members for the Vice Chair position. Six people want to volunteer their time and energy to build momentum for the UA initiative ? that?s phenomenal!<br /><br />May I suggest that we accept all six volunteers to the position, and do away with a vote? I know that I could use the help, and I also know that corralling the energies of these six individuals, all of whom who have already participated and made material contributions to the UA initiative, will be a worthwhile enterprise.<br /><br />If you agree with my proposal (or have a different point of view), please post back to the list. If we can hear some consensus on my proposed approach, then we?ll take the administrative steps to having 6 vice-chairs ratified.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Ram<br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Ram Mohan<br />o: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5700'>+1.215.706.5700</a> x103; m: <a href='http://+1.215.431.0958;'>+1.215.431.0958;</a> f: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5701'>+1.215.706.5701</a><br />Skype:gliderpilot30 |@rmohan123|www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan&lt;<a href='http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan&gt;'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan&gt;</a><br /><br />From: Don Hollander [mailto:don.hollander@icann.org&lt;mailto:don.hollander@icann.org&gt;]<br />Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:45 PM<br />To: ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&lt;mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;&gt;<br />Subject: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br /><br />A quick update on the election process:<br /><br />There was one accepted nomination for Chair: &nbsp;Ram Mohan. &nbsp;So, Ram continues in the role for another two years. &nbsp; Congratulations.<br /><br />There were six accepted nominations for the three positions of Vice-Chair:<br /><br />Vice-Chair - Edmon Chung<br />Vice-Chair - Ajay Data<br />Vice-Chair - Christian Dawson<br />Vice-Chair - Jothan Frakes<br />Vice-Chair - Rich Merdinger<br />Vice-Chair - Mark Svancarek<br /><br />I am currently gathering materials from the candidates. &nbsp;Should be done in the next day.<br /><br />Then, I?ll send a link to voting to all subscribers of this UA discuss list (as of the beginning of this week)<br /><br />Voting will be available for a week and then we should have a decision.<br /><br />Don<br /><br /><br />Don Hollander<br />Universal Acceptance Steering Group<br />Skype: don_hollander<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />-------------- next part --------------<br />An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br />URL: &lt;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fmm%2Eicann%2Eorg%2Fpipermail%2Fua%2Ddiscuss%2Fattachments%2F20170224%2F8028c11e%2Fattachment%2D0001%2Ehtml&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ua-discuss/attachments/20170224/8028c11e/attachment-0001.html</a>&gt;<br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 2<br />Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:43:53 +0000<br />From: Andre Schappo &lt;A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk&gt;<br />To: Ram Mohan &lt;rmohan@afilias.info&gt;, ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br />Message-ID: &lt;B968EACD-017B-4BA9-8475-EC33B3697E36@lboro.ac.uk&gt;<br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;<br /><br />? I am ok with having 6 vice chairs. I think it will be good for this group. The names are familiar to me and they are all people who contribute significantly to UA &amp; i18n<br /><br />? How many subscribers does this ua-discuss list have? I am interested in how many people have a direct interest in UA.<br /><br />Andr? Schappo<br /><br />On 23 Feb 2017, at 19:04, Ram Mohan &lt;rmohan@afilias.info&lt;mailto:rmohan@afilias.info&gt;&gt; wrote:<br /><br />Dear UA-Folks:<br />First off, thank you for re-nominating me to the Chair of this community initiative! I?m pleased and honored to serve this second and last term.<br /><br />Second, I?m so impressed at the enthusiasm and the energy from community members for the Vice Chair position. Six people want to volunteer their time and energy to build momentum for the UA initiative ? that?s phenomenal!<br /><br />May I suggest that we accept all six volunteers to the position, and do away with a vote? I know that I could use the help, and I also know that corralling the energies of these six individuals, all of whom who have already participated and made material contributions to the UA initiative, will be a worthwhile enterprise.<br /><br />If you agree with my proposal (or have a different point of view), please post back to the list. If we can hear some consensus on my proposed approach, then we?ll take the administrative steps to having 6 vice-chairs ratified.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Ram<br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Ram Mohan<br />o: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5700'>+1.215.706.5700</a> x103; m: <a href='http://+1.215.431.0958;'>+1.215.431.0958;</a> f: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5701'>+1.215.706.5701</a><br />Skype:gliderpilot30 |@rmohan123|www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan&lt;<a href='http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan&gt;'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan&gt;</a><br /><br />From: Don Hollander [mailto:don.hollander@icann.org&lt;mailto:don.hollander@icann.org&gt;]<br />Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:45 PM<br />To: ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&lt;mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;&gt;<br />Subject: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br /><br />A quick update on the election process:<br /><br />There was one accepted nomination for Chair: &nbsp;Ram Mohan. &nbsp;So, Ram continues in the role for another two years. &nbsp; Congratulations.<br /><br />There were six accepted nominations for the three positions of Vice-Chair:<br /><br />Vice-Chair - Edmon Chung<br />Vice-Chair - Ajay Data<br />Vice-Chair - Christian Dawson<br />Vice-Chair - Jothan Frakes<br />Vice-Chair - Rich Merdinger<br />Vice-Chair - Mark Svancarek<br /><br />I am currently gathering materials from the candidates. &nbsp;Should be done in the next day.<br /><br />Then, I?ll send a link to voting to all subscribers of this UA discuss list (as of the beginning of this week)<br /><br />Voting will be available for a week and then we should have a decision.<br /><br />Don<br /><br /><br />Don Hollander<br />Universal Acceptance Steering Group<br />Skype: don_hollander<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />-------------- next part --------------<br />An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br />URL: &lt;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fmm%2Eicann%2Eorg%2Fpipermail%2Fua%2Ddiscuss%2Fattachments%2F20170224%2Fa0454c3f%2Fattachment%2D0001%2Ehtml&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ua-discuss/attachments/20170224/a0454c3f/attachment-0001.html</a>&gt;<br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 3<br />Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:28:08 +0530<br />From: Satish Babu &lt;sb.inapp@gmail.com&gt;<br />To: Andre Schappo &lt;A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk&gt;<br />Cc: ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br />Message-ID:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;CAA8UJvDhuDVByfUG_gV7c+VnO8p=2sG1VLWS+uDz_v-X8PquDg@mail.gmail.com&gt;<br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;<br /><br />Congratulations to the new Chair and the six Vice-Chairs!<br /><br />We can hopefully take up more activities given this additional capacity<br />within the leadership.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />satish<br /><br /><br />On Feb 24, 2017 20:15, &quot;Andre Schappo&quot; &lt;A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk&gt; wrote:<br /><br />? I am ok with having 6 vice chairs. I think it will be good for this<br />group. The names are familiar to me and they are all people who contribute<br />significantly to UA &amp; i18n<br /><br />? How many subscribers does this ua-discuss list have? I am interested in<br />how many people have a direct interest in UA.<br /><br />Andr? Schappo<br /><br />On 23 Feb 2017, at 19:04, Ram Mohan &lt;rmohan@afilias.info&gt; wrote:<br /><br />Dear UA-Folks:<br />First off, thank you for re-nominating me to the Chair of this community<br />initiative! I?m pleased and honored to serve this second and last term.<br /><br />Second, I?m so impressed at the enthusiasm and the energy from community<br />members for the Vice Chair position. Six people want to volunteer their<br />time and energy to build momentum for the UA initiative ? that?s phenomenal!<br /><br />May I suggest that we accept *all six* volunteers to the position, and do<br />away with a vote? I know that I could use the help, and I also know that<br />corralling the energies of these six individuals, all of whom who have<br />already participated and made material contributions to the UA initiative,<br />will be a worthwhile enterprise.<br /><br />If you agree with my proposal (or have a different point of view), please<br />post back to the list. If we can hear some consensus on my proposed<br />approach, then we?ll take the administrative steps to having 6 vice-chairs<br />ratified.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Ram<br />------------------------------------------------------------<br />------------------<br />Ram Mohan<br />o: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5700'>+1.215.706.5700</a> x103; m: <a href='http://+1.215.431.0958;'>+1.215.431.0958;</a> f: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5701'>+1.215.706.5701</a><br />Skype:gliderpilot30 |@rmohan123|<a href='http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan'>www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan</a><br /><br />*From:* Don Hollander [mailto:don.hollander@icann.org]<br />*Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:45 PM<br />*To:* ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />*Subject:* [UA-discuss] Election update...<br /><br />A quick update on the election process:<br /><br />There was one accepted nomination for Chair: &nbsp;Ram Mohan. &nbsp;So, Ram continues<br />in the role for another two years. &nbsp; Congratulations.<br /><br />There were six accepted nominations for the three positions of Vice-Chair:<br /><br />Vice-Chair - Edmon Chung<br />Vice-Chair - Ajay Data<br />Vice-Chair - Christian Dawson<br />Vice-Chair - Jothan Frakes<br />Vice-Chair - Rich Merdinger<br />Vice-Chair - Mark Svancarek<br /><br />I am currently gathering materials from the candidates. &nbsp;Should be done in<br />the next day.<br /><br />Then, I?ll send a link to voting to all subscribers of this UA discuss list<br />(as of the beginning of this week)<br /><br />Voting will be available for a week and then we should have a decision.<br /><br />Don<br /><br /><br />Don Hollander<br />Universal Acceptance Steering Group<br />Skype: don_hollander<br />-------------- next part --------------<br />An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br />URL: &lt;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fmm%2Eicann%2Eorg%2Fpipermail%2Fua%2Ddiscuss%2Fattachments%2F20170224%2F29268236%2Fattachment%2D0001%2Ehtml&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ua-discuss/attachments/20170224/29268236/attachment-0001.html</a>&gt;<br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 4<br />Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:08:44 +0000<br />From: Rinalia Abdul Rahim &lt;rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com&gt;<br />To: Don Hollander &lt;don.hollander@icann.org&gt;, Ram Mohan<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;rmohan@afilias.info&gt;, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br />Message-ID:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;CANZv7UGJ4skVXFRE04UPeBb_5pE4TRHQbcau04zB8pZwfroYog@mail.gmail.com&gt;<br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;<br /><br />+1 in support, Ram.<br /><br />Rinalia<br /><br />On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 at 8:04 PM, Ram Mohan &lt;rmohan@afilias.info&gt; wrote:<br /><br />&gt; Dear UA-Folks:<br />&gt;<br />&gt; First off, thank you for re-nominating me to the Chair of this community<br />&gt; initiative! I?m pleased and honored to serve this second and last term.<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Second, I?m so impressed at the enthusiasm and the energy from community<br />&gt; members for the Vice Chair position. Six people want to volunteer their<br />&gt; time and energy to build momentum for the UA initiative ? that?s phenomenal!<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; May I suggest that we accept *all six* volunteers to the position, and do<br />&gt; away with a vote? I know that I could use the help, and I also know that<br />&gt; corralling the energies of these six individuals, all of whom who have<br />&gt; already participated and made material contributions to the UA initiative,<br />&gt; will be a worthwhile enterprise.<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; If you agree with my proposal (or have a different point of view), please<br />&gt; post back to the list. If we can hear some consensus on my proposed<br />&gt; approach, then we?ll take the administrative steps to having 6 vice-chairs<br />&gt; ratified.<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Regards,<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Ram<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Ram Mohan<br />&gt;<br />&gt; o: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5700'>+1.215.706.5700</a> x103; m: <a href='http://+1.215.431.0958;'>+1.215.431.0958;</a> f: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5701'>+1.215.706.5701</a><br />&gt;<br />&gt; Skype:gliderpilot30 |@rmohan123|<a href='http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan'>www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan</a><br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; *From:* Don Hollander [mailto:don.hollander@icann.org]<br />&gt; *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:45 PM<br />&gt; *To:* ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />&gt; *Subject:* [UA-discuss] Election update...<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; A quick update on the election process:<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; There was one accepted nomination for Chair: &nbsp;Ram Mohan. &nbsp;So, Ram<br />&gt; continues in the role for another two years. &nbsp; Congratulations.<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; There were six accepted nominations for the three positions of Vice-Chair:<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Vice-Chair - Edmon Chung<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Vice-Chair - Ajay Data<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Vice-Chair - Christian Dawson<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Vice-Chair - Jothan Frakes<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Vice-Chair - Rich Merdinger<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Vice-Chair - Mark Svancarek<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; I am currently gathering materials from the candidates. &nbsp;Should be done in<br />&gt; the next day.<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Then, I?ll send a link to voting to all subscribers of this UA discuss<br />&gt; list (as of the beginning of this week)<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Voting will be available for a week and then we should have a decision.<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Don<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Don Hollander<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Universal Acceptance Steering Group<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Skype: don_hollander<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />&gt;<br />-------------- next part --------------<br />An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br />URL: &lt;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fmm%2Eicann%2Eorg%2Fpipermail%2Fua%2Ddiscuss%2Fattachments%2F20170224%2F77528d49%2Fattachment%2D0001%2Ehtml&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ua-discuss/attachments/20170224/77528d49/attachment-0001.html</a>&gt;<br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 5<br />Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 23:13:19 +0800 (GMT+08:00)<br />From: &quot;Jiankang Yao&quot; &lt;yaojk@cnnic.cn&gt;<br />To: &quot;Ram Mohan&quot; &lt;rmohan@afilias.info&gt;<br />Cc: ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br />Message-ID: &lt;1895cacd.2801.15a70aef896.Coremail.yaojk@cnnic.cn&gt;<br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ram,<br /><br /><br /><br />I endorse your suggestion.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Jiankang Yao<br /><br /><br /><br />-----????-----<br />???:&quot;Ram Mohan&quot; &lt;rmohan@afilias.info&gt;<br />????:2017-02-24 03:04:08 (???)<br />???: &quot;Don Hollander&quot; &lt;don.hollander@icann.org&gt;, ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />??:<br />??: Re: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br /><br /><br /><br />Dear UA-Folks:<br /><br />First off, thank you for re-nominating me to the Chair of this community initiative! I?m pleased and honored to serve this second and last term.<br /><br /><br /><br />Second, I?m so impressed at the enthusiasm and the energy from community members for the Vice Chair position. Six people want to volunteer their time and energy to build momentum for the UA initiative ? that?s phenomenal!<br /><br /><br /><br />May I suggest that we accept all six volunteers to the position, and do away with a vote? I know that I could use the help, and I also know that corralling the energies of these six individuals, all of whom who have already participated and made material contributions to the UA initiative, will be a worthwhile enterprise.<br /><br /><br /><br />If you agree with my proposal (or have a different point of view), please post back to the list. If we can hear some consensus on my proposed approach, then we?ll take the administrative steps to having 6 vice-chairs ratified.<br /><br /><br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Ram<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Ram Mohan<br /><br />o: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5700'>+1.215.706.5700</a> x103; m: <a href='http://+1.215.431.0958;'>+1.215.431.0958;</a> f: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5701'>+1.215.706.5701</a><br /><br />Skype:gliderpilot30 |@rmohan123|<a href='http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan'>www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan</a><br /><br /><br /><br />From: Don Hollander [mailto:don.hollander@icann.org]<br />Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:45 PM<br />To: ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />Subject: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br /><br /><br /><br />A quick update on the election process:<br /><br /><br /><br />There was one accepted nomination for Chair: &nbsp;Ram Mohan. &nbsp;So, Ram continues in the role for another two years. &nbsp; Congratulations.<br /><br /><br /><br />There were six accepted nominations for the three positions of Vice-Chair:<br /><br /><br /><br />Vice-Chair - Edmon Chung<br /><br />Vice-Chair - Ajay Data<br /><br />Vice-Chair - Christian Dawson<br /><br />Vice-Chair - Jothan Frakes<br /><br />Vice-Chair - Rich Merdinger<br /><br />Vice-Chair - Mark Svancarek<br /><br /><br /><br />I am currently gathering materials from the candidates. &nbsp;Should be done in the next day.<br /><br /><br /><br />Then, I?ll send a link to voting to all subscribers of this UA discuss list (as of the beginning of this week)<br /><br /><br /><br />Voting will be available for a week and then we should have a decision.<br /><br /><br /><br />Don<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Don Hollander<br /><br />Universal Acceptance Steering Group<br /><br />Skype: don_hollander<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />-------------- next part --------------<br />An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br />URL: &lt;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fmm%2Eicann%2Eorg%2Fpipermail%2Fua%2Ddiscuss%2Fattachments%2F20170224%2F55c5b653%2Fattachment%2D0001%2Ehtml&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ua-discuss/attachments/20170224/55c5b653/attachment-0001.html</a>&gt;<br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 6<br />Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:58:12 +0000<br />From: Don Hollander &lt;don.hollander@icann.org&gt;<br />To: ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />Subject: [UA-discuss] Universal Acceptance White Paper - Draft for<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Comment<br />Message-ID: &lt;73553CCF-82D3-4E63-8CB4-F3D5B45E7F16@icann.org&gt;<br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;<br /><br />You may recall that last year we commissioned a White Paper to look at the Economic, Social and Cultural value of pursuing Universal Acceptance.<br /><br />Please find attached a draft of the report prepared by Analysys Mason.<br /><br />Your comments would be welcome either on-line or during the UASG Workshop in Copenhagen where we?ll devote some considerable time to it.<br /><br />Please note that this is a draft and is not ripe for public distribution.<br /><br />Don<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />-------------- next part --------------<br />A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br />Name: Draft UA white paper for UASG - version 2 CLEAN with water mark.pdf<br />Type: application/pdf<br />Size: 1143662 bytes<br />Desc: not available<br />URL: &lt;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fmm%2Eicann%2Eorg%2Fpipermail%2Fua%2Ddiscuss%2Fattachments%2F20170224%2F33c7ecf2%2FDraftUAwhitepaperforUASG%2Dversion2CLEANwithwatermark%2D0001%2Epdf&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ua-discuss/attachments/20170224/33c7ecf2/DraftUAwhitepaperforUASG-version2CLEANwithwatermark-0001.pdf</a>&gt;<br />-------------- next part --------------<br /><br />Don Hollander<br />Universal Acceptance Steering Group<br />Skype: don_hollander<br /><br /><br /><br />-------------- next part --------------<br />A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br />Name: smime.p7s<br />Type: application/pkcs7-signature<br />Size: 3869 bytes<br />Desc: not available<br />URL: &lt;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fmm%2Eicann%2Eorg%2Fpipermail%2Fua%2Ddiscuss%2Fattachments%2F20170224%2F33c7ecf2%2Fsmime%2D0001%2Ep7s&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ua-discuss/attachments/20170224/33c7ecf2/smime-0001.p7s</a>&gt;<br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 7<br />Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:10:56 +0000<br />From: Don Hollander &lt;don.hollander@icann.org&gt;<br />To: Andre Schappo &lt;A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk&gt;<br />Cc: ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br />Message-ID: &lt;85FC2D01-2CD6-4DA8-AF92-7033C1AA0341@icann.org&gt;<br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;<br /><br />Andre: &nbsp;FYI we have about 245 subscribers to the list.<br /><br />Don<br /><br /><br />&gt; On 25/02/2017, at 3:43 AM, Andre Schappo &lt;A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk&gt; wrote:<br />&gt;<br />&gt; ? I am ok with having 6 vice chairs. I think it will be good for this group. The names are familiar to me and they are all people who contribute significantly to UA &amp; i18n<br />&gt;<br />&gt; ? How many subscribers does this ua-discuss list have? I am interested in how many people have a direct interest in UA.<br />&gt;<br />&gt; Andr? Schappo<br />&gt;<br />&gt;&gt; On 23 Feb 2017, at 19:04, Ram Mohan &lt;rmohan@afilias.info &lt;mailto:rmohan@afilias.info&gt;&gt; wrote:<br />&gt;&gt;<br />&gt;&gt; Dear UA-Folks: &lt;&gt;<br />&gt;&gt; First off, thank you for re-nominating me to the Chair of this community initiative! I?m pleased and honored to serve this second and last term.<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; Second, I?m so impressed at the enthusiasm and the energy from community members for the Vice Chair position. Six people want to volunteer their time and energy to build momentum for the UA initiative ? that?s phenomenal!<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; May I suggest that we accept all six volunteers to the position, and do away with a vote? I know that I could use the help, and I also know that corralling the energies of these six individuals, all of whom who have already participated and made material contributions to the UA initiative, will be a worthwhile enterprise.<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; If you agree with my proposal (or have a different point of view), please post back to the list. If we can hear some consensus on my proposed approach, then we?ll take the administrative steps to having 6 vice-chairs ratified.<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; Regards,<br />&gt;&gt; Ram<br />&gt;&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />&gt;&gt; Ram Mohan<br />&gt;&gt; o: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5700'>+1.215.706.5700</a> x103; m: <a href='http://+1.215.431.0958;'>+1.215.431.0958;</a> f: <a href='http://+1.215.706.5701'>+1.215.706.5701</a><br />&gt;&gt; Skype:gliderpilot30 &lt;skype:gliderpilot30&gt; |@rmohan123|<a href='http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan'>www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan</a> &lt;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elinkedin%2Ecom%2Fin%2Frmohan&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan</a>&gt;<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; From: Don Hollander [mailto:don.hollander@icann.org &lt;mailto:don.hollander@icann.org&gt;]<br />&gt;&gt; Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:45 PM<br />&gt;&gt; To: ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org &lt;mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;&gt;<br />&gt;&gt; Subject: [UA-discuss] Election update...<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; A quick update on the election process:<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; There was one accepted nomination for Chair: &nbsp;Ram Mohan. &nbsp;So, Ram continues in the role for another two years. &nbsp; Congratulations.<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; There were six accepted nominations for the three positions of Vice-Chair:<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; Vice-Chair - Edmon Chung<br />&gt;&gt; Vice-Chair - Ajay Data<br />&gt;&gt; Vice-Chair - Christian Dawson<br />&gt;&gt; Vice-Chair - Jothan Frakes<br />&gt;&gt; Vice-Chair - Rich Merdinger<br />&gt;&gt; Vice-Chair - Mark Svancarek<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; I am currently gathering materials from the candidates. &nbsp;Should be done in the next day.<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; Then, I?ll send a link to voting to all subscribers of this UA discuss list (as of the beginning of this week)<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; Voting will be available for a week and then we should have a decision.<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; Don<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; &nbsp;<br />&gt;&gt; Don Hollander<br />&gt;&gt; Universal Acceptance Steering Group<br />&gt;&gt; Skype: don_hollander<br /><br />Don Hollander<br />Universal Acceptance Steering Group<br />Skype: don_hollander<br /><br /><br /><br />-------------- next part --------------<br />An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br />URL: &lt;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fmm%2Eicann%2Eorg%2Fpipermail%2Fua%2Ddiscuss%2Fattachments%2F20170224%2F82a8780b%2Fattachment%2D0001%2Ehtml&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ua-discuss/attachments/20170224/82a8780b/attachment-0001.html</a>&gt;<br />-------------- next part --------------<br />A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br />Name: smime.p7s<br />Type: application/pkcs7-signature<br />Size: 3869 bytes<br />Desc: not available<br />URL: &lt;<a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fmm%2Eicann%2Eorg%2Fpipermail%2Fua%2Ddiscuss%2Fattachments%2F20170224%2F82a8780b%2Fsmime%2D0001%2Ep7s&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ua-discuss/attachments/20170224/82a8780b/smime-0001.p7s</a>&gt;<br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Message: 8<br />Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 00:48:08 +0000<br />From: Mark Svancarek &lt;marksv@microsoft.com&gt;<br />To: ua-discuss &lt;UA-discuss@icann.org&gt;<br />Cc: &quot;Jeff Stone \(CELA\)&quot; &lt;jeffsto@microsoft.com&gt;,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shawn Steele<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com&gt;,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peter Constable &lt;petercon@microsoft.com&gt;<br />Subject: [UA-discuss] FW: Proposed update of UTS #46,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for Unicode<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;domain names<br />Message-ID:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;MWHPR21MB07038B3949567B9C3C2FEEF8D1550@MWHPR21MB0703.namprd21.prod.outlook.com&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Content-Type: text/plain; charset=&quot;us-ascii&quot;<br /><br />I don&#39;t feel qualified to pass judgement on this update - UA folks, care to chime in?<br /><br /><br />From: root@unicode.org&lt;mailto:root@unicode.org&gt; [mailto:root@unicode.org] On Behalf Of announcements@unicode.org&lt;mailto:announcements@unicode.org&gt;<br />Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 2:40 PM<br />To: announcements@unicode.org&lt;mailto:announcements@unicode.org&gt;<br />Subject: Proposed update of UTS #46, for Unicode domain names<br /><br /><br />UTS #46 &quot;Unicode IDNA Compatibility Processing&quot;&lt;<a href='http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr46/tr46-18.html&gt;'>http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr46/tr46-18.html&gt;</a> is used by many applications to support internationalized domain names with non-English characters. The proposed update to Version 10.0 regenerates the UTS #46 data files based on new additions to the Unicode repertoire, and adds three new parameters for processing: CheckHyphens, CheckBidi, and CheckJoiners. These parameters allow implementations to reflect current practice in browsers. The note about the use of IDNA2008 now includes the number of &quot;missing&quot; IDNA2008 characters (26,568), and is reworded for clarity.<br /><br />There are two review notes requesting feedback on the use of Joiner characters.<br /><br />For details and information about how to provide feedback, please see Public Review Issue #347&lt;<a href='http://www.unicode.org/review/pri347/&gt;.'>http://www.unicode.org/review/pri347/&gt;.</a><br /><a href="//prolinks.rediffmailpro.com/cgi-bin/prored.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fblog%2Eunicode%2Eorg%2F2017%2F02%2Fproposed%2Dupdate%2Dof%2Duts%2D46%2Dfor%2Dunicode%2Ehtml&amp;rediffng=0" rel="external" target="_blank">http://blog.unicode.org/2017/02/proposed-update-of-uts-46-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