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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Jim,</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Would be good to see your comments on Don’s proposal, and edits so we can move this idea forward.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">-Ram</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Ram Mohan</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">o: +1.215.706.5700 x103; m: +1.215.431.0958; f: +1.215.706.5701</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Skype:gliderpilot30 |@rmohan123|<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan">www.linkedin.com/in/rmohan</a></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><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">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Don Hollander [mailto:<a href="mailto:don.hollander@icann.org">don.hollander@icann.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 12, 2017 1:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> Jim DeLaHunt <<a href="mailto:jfrom.uasg@jdlh.com">jfrom.uasg@jdlh.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org">ua-discuss@icann.org</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></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Jim,</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">If you’re familiar with the process and nature, please do go ahead and create a proposal.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">We can help with collateral, presentations, and a speaker.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps the following:</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">An introduction to Universal Acceptance</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Two marked changes in the Internet name space have occurred, but are not widely adopted. Hundreds of new Top Level Domains (including IDNs) and support for non-ascii mailbox names in email (EAI - Email Address Internationalisation)</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">This presentation will provide an introduction to the topics, an introduction to the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG - <a href="http://www.uasg.tech">www.uasg.tech</a>) and the work that is underway to provide documentation, resources, and mitigation efforts.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The presentation will actively seek out participants from the conference attendees who will be able to share what they learn when they return home.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">——</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Internationalisation and Unicode in domain names and email addresses - practical steps toward universal acceptance</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">This presentation will introduce Universal Acceptance and the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG - <a href="http://www.uasg.tech">www.uasg.tech</a>) and outline the work that is underway to facilitate acceptance of all domain names and all email addresses.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">—</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps something else.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Don</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 12/03/2017, at 1:21 PM, Jim DeLaHunt <<a href="mailto:jfrom.uasg@jdlh.com">jfrom.uasg@jdlh.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hello, colleagues:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Best regards,<br> --Jim DeLaHunt</span></p><pre style="background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">- - </span></pre><pre style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> --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>)</span></pre><pre style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> multilingual websites consultant</span></pre><pre style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> </span></pre><pre style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> 355-1027 Davie St, Vancouver BC V6E 4L2, Canada</span></pre><pre style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> Canada mobile +1-604-376-8953</span></pre><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><br><br>-------- Forwarded Message --------</span></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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Subject:</span></b></p></td><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Call for Participation Announced! - 41st Internationalization & Unicode Conference, Santa Clara, CA - October 16-18, 2017</span></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Date:</span></b></p></td><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:34:19 -0500</span></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">From:</span></b></p></td><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Unicode Conference<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:programs@unicodeconference.org"><programs@unicodeconference.org></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">To:</span></b></p></td><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:from.unicodeconf@jdlh.com">from.unicodeconf@jdlh.com</a></span></p></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To see this message in your browser click<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><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><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"></span></p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="800" style="width:266.65pt;background:white"><tr style="height:170.0pt"><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:170.0pt;background-repeat:no-repeat"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="832" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.unicodeconference.org/images/top-email.jpg" alt="Internationalization & Unicode Conference 40.
October 16-18, 2017 - Santa Clara, CA U.S.A."></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></p></div><h2 align="center" style="text-align:center;text-transform:capitalize"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#7484b9">Call For Participation Announced!</span></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></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Join in with other industry leaders to present your ideas and solutions at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:#7285c2">41st Internationalization & Unicode Conference</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(IUC 41) in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:#7285c2">Santa Clara, California, October 16-18, 2017</span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Please submit your proposals for presentations or tutorials by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:#7285c2">Friday, March 24, 2017</span>. Topics can include case studies, best practices, and innovative technology within the following:</span></p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="5" 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"><img border="0" width="9" height="9" id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.unicodeconference.org/images/red-dot.gif"></span></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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#7484b9"></span></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"><img border="0" width="9" height="9" id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.unicodeconference.org/images/red-dot.gif"></span></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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#7484b9"></span></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"><img border="0" width="9" height="9" id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.unicodeconference.org/images/red-dot.gif"></span></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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#7484b9"></span></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"><img border="0" width="9" height="9" id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://www.unicodeconference.org/images/red-dot.gif"></span></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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#7484b9"></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#d91e3b">ABSTRACTS DUE BY MARCH 24TH!</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Please<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.unicodeconference.org/call-for-participation.htm"><b><span style="color:#7285c2">submit</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>a brief abstract by the deadline of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:#d91e3b">Friday, March 24, 2017</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to be considered as a presenter for the conference.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.unicodeconference.org/call-for-participation.htm"></a></span><a href="http://www.unicodeconference.org/call-for-participation.htm"><img border="0" width="208" height="38" src="http://www.unicodeconference.org/images/button-submit-abstract.gif" align="left" alt="Submit Now!"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.unicodeconference.org/call-for-participation.htm"></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="699" valign="top" style="width:233.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#7285c2"><br><br></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Program Committee will notify authors by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:#7285c2">April 28, 2017</span>. 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