<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">A nice way to end a fairly productive year.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Plans coming up:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There will be a Universal Acceptance gathering on Monday the 8th of January in Hong Kong with the Hong Kong IT Community. This is being organised by .asia, ISOC HK and UASG. If you’ve not yet received an invitation but will be in Hong Kong that afternoon, please let me know and we’ll organise one. 15:00 - 18:00 at the Sheraton.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The UASG Coordination Group will be meeting on Tuesday the 9th of January and the morning of the 10th if necessary, also in Hong Kong. The agenda will be out next week. Full remote participation will be available if there’s interest.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There will be a meeting of EAI operators on the 11th and 12th in Guangzhou, China, hosted by Coremail and CNNIC. If you are an EAI practitioner and would like to participate and have not otherwise registered, please let me know. I expect that we’ll have remote participation facilities.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The UASG is expecting another UA Workshop on Day 0 of the ICANN meeting in Puerto Rico as well as a public update session during the week. Dates and venues still to be confirmed.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Happy New Year to everyone. If you’re out celebrating, please get home safe.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Don</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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