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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=black vlink=black><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The best talks are ones that offer concrete, how-to take aways.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In the discussion of the specification we felt that the low-level API and utilities were respective of IDNA and international email addresses but (most of) the high level apps were not taking advantage of those tools yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A presentation of a survey of the different platforms and the relevant API that support IDNA and a little on how to use them, as well as identifying key high level apps that do or don’t support IDNA will go a long way with this group and the survey will help shame the apps that are most needed to add support and lead the way for others.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>tex<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Asmus Freytag (c)<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 11, 2017 10:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> Edmon Chung; ua-discuss@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [UA-discuss] UA at IUC? [or: Call for Participation Announced! - 41st Internationalization & Unicode Conference, Santa Clara, CA - October 16-18, 2017]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 3/11/2017 10:06 PM, Edmon Chung wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Sounds good.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>They would potentially be champions of UA within their companies then.</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>That.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Perhaps Don can help coordinate for a proposal to be submitted.. wonder what type of format (talk/discussion/etc.) would work best at such conference.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>At least in the past, they were small enough to allow serious networking outside of a presentation.<br><br>Talk works best when you have information to impart, discussion works best if you are looking for input / shared approaches.<br><br>If UA looks different for different protocols/processes/programs then why not have more than one talk?<br><br>A./<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Edmon</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> <a href="mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org</span></a> [<a href="mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org</span></a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Asmus Freytag<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 12 March 2017 13:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ua-discuss@icann.org</span></a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [UA-discuss] UA at IUC? [or: Call for Participation Announced! - 41st Internationalization & Unicode Conference, Santa Clara, CA - October 16-18, 2017]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Excellent idea -- audience tends to be heavy on internationalization and character encoding specialists, but might just have the kind of people that can get their companies to make UA fixes.<br><br>A./<br><br>PS: Haven't gone to one in a while, so I'm not sure whether it's changed much.<br><br><br>On 3/11/2017 4:21 PM, Jim DeLaHunt wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p>Hello, colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p><p>I'm a big fan of, and regular participant in, the annual Internationalization and Unicode Conference (IUC), brought to us by the people who brought us Unicode. I imagine that people who are interested in Universal Acceptance are likely to be interested in this conference, and may well have important contributions they could make to it.<o:p></o:p></p><p>So, #1, I'd like to make everyone in UASG aware that the IUC has a call for participation. The deadline for proposals is Friday, 24. March, 2017. Please consider proposing a talk if you have something that the IUC audience would benefit from.<o:p></o:p></p><p>And, #2, I don't recall there being a proper presentation of the UASG activity at the IUC conference. (Dave Crocker gave a 5-minute "lightning talk" about Universal Acceptance and the UASG, but that was barely enough time to say that it existed.)<o:p></o:p></p><p>I would like to see a proposal about the Universal Acceptance Initiative submitted to the conference this year. If someone is already working on this, I would like to talk to you off-list and see if it makes sense to work together. If there is no existing effort, I would like to start one. I welcome collaboration. I will see to it that a proposal gets submitted.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Best regards,<br> --Jim DeLaHunt<o:p></o:p></p><pre>- - <o:p></o:p></pre><pre> --Jim DeLaHunt, <a href="mailto:jdlh@jdlh.com"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>jdlh@jdlh.com</span></a> <a href="http://blog.jdlh.com/"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>http://blog.jdlh.com/</span></a> (<a href="http://jdlh.com/"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>http://jdlh.com/</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> multilingual websites consultant<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre> 355-1027 Davie St, Vancouver BC V6E 4L2, Canada<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> Canada mobile +1-604-376-8953<o:p></o:p></pre><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>-------- Forwarded Message -------- <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>Subject: </b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Call for Participation Announced! - 41st Internationalization & Unicode Conference, Santa Clara, CA - October 16-18, 2017<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>Date: </b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:34:19 -0500<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>From: </b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Unicode Conference <a href="mailto:programs@unicodeconference.org"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><programs@unicodeconference.org></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>To: </b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:from.unicodeconf@jdlh.com"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>from.unicodeconf@jdlh.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To see this message in your browser click <b><a href="http://www.unicodeconference.org/e-marketing/IUC41-CfP-022217.htm"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>here</span></a></b></span> <o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=800 style='width:600.0pt;background:white'><tr style='height:382.5pt'><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:382.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=832 height=832 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D29ABE.A1C9B3E0" alt="Image removed by sender. 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October 16-18, 2017 - Santa Clara, CA U.S.A."></span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><h2 align=center style='text-align:center'>Call for Participation Announced!<o:p></o:p></h2><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="90%" style='width:90.0%'><tr><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Internationalization and Unicode® Conference (IUC) is the annual conference of the Unicode Consortium where experts and industry leaders gather to map the future of internationalization, ignite new ideas and present the latest in technologies and best practices for creation, management, and testing of global, web, and multilingual software solutions. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p>Join in with other industry leaders to present your ideas and solutions at the <span style='color:#7285C2'>41st Internationalization & Unicode Conference</span> (IUC 41) in <span style='color:#7285C2'>Santa Clara, California, October 16-18, 2017</span>.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Please submit your proposals for presentations or tutorials by <span style='color:#7285C2'>Friday, March 24, 2017</span>. Topics can include case studies, best practices, and innovative technology within the following:<o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="95%" style='width:95.0%'><tr><td width="3%" style='width:3.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=9 height=9 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D29ABE.A1C9B3E0" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width="97%" style='width:97.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#6074B7'>APPLICATION AREAS</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=9 height=9 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D29ABE.A1C9B3E0" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#6074B7'>GENERAL TECHNIQUES</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=9 height=9 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D29ABE.A1C9B3E0" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#6074B7'>EVOLVING STANDARDS AND RELATED PRACTICES</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=9 height=9 id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D29ABE.A1C9B3E0" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#6074B7'>MANAGING GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED TEAMS</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p><b><span style='color:#D91E3B'>ABSTRACTS DUE BY MARCH 24TH!</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Please <a href="http://www.unicodeconference.org/call-for-participation.htm"><b><span style='color:#7285C2'>submit</span></b></a> a brief abstract by the deadline of <span style='color:#D91E3B'>Friday, March 24, 2017</span> to be considered as a presenter for the conference. <o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.unicodeconference.org/call-for-participation.htm"></a><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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