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<div>Great Recommendation to have Dennis as Vice Chair. But Why you should accept your nomination as Chair. I believe that You would gracefully reject nomination for yourself for the following reasons. </div>
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<div>1. Recommendation by your existing friends specailly from Edmon (He is part of UASG secretrait) is bad. Huge conflict of Interest. </div>
<div>2. You and your company has no interest in IDN and EAI.</div>
<div>3. No contribution by you in Eco System for IDN and EAI. Corrent me if I am wrong. Surely you were team member of UASG as founder member and served for 4 years. New energy should flow into UASG.</div>
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<div>In previous ICANN you have that shared in our discussion, you are trying but your comapny do not see opportunity in this area. </div>
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<div>We shall nominate persons from China or India. That will be appropriate and in the best interest of the UASG. </div>
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<div>Gracias</div>
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<div>Mike</div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 11:57 PM<br/>
<b>From:</b> "Richard Merdinger" <rmerdinger@godaddy.com><br/>
<b>To:</b> "Don Hollander" <don.hollander@icann.org>, "ua-discuss@icann.org" <ua-discuss@icann.org><br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to nominate Dennis Tan Tanaka from Verisign for Vice-Chair of the UASG. Dennis has been actively involved with the UASG since its inception and has applied his extensive technical experience with IDNs and domain industry knowledge generously over the past 4 years. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dennis’ email address is <a href="mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com" onclick="parent.window.location.href='mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com'; return false;" target="_blank"> dtantanaka@verisign.com</a>; I will send his phone number to the info@ email address as a formal nomination.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">--Rich</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Richard Merdinger</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vice-Chair, UASG</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">VP, Domains, GoDaddy.com</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:rmerdinger@godaddy.com" onclick="parent.window.location.href='mailto:rmerdinger@godaddy.com'; return false;" target="_blank">rmerdinger@godaddy.com</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;color: black;">From: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;color: black;">UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Don Hollander <don.hollander@icann.org><br/>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 9:52 PM<br/>
<b>To: </b>"ua-discuss@icann.org" <ua-discuss@icann.org><br/>
<b>Subject: </b>[UA-discuss] Call for Nominations</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Elections for UASG Chair and Vice-Chair – 2019</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The UASG is having elections for the Chair and Vice Chair. Here’s the process. NB: All times are 23:00 UTC</p>
<h1>Nominations</h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is a call for nominations. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone subscribed to the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org" onclick="parent.window.location.href='mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org'; return false;" target="_blank">UA-discuss@icann.org</a></span> mailing list is eligible to stand.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nominations (including self-nominations) should be sent to <span class="MsoHyperlink"> <b><a href="mailto:info@uasg.tech" onclick="parent.window.location.href='mailto:info@uasg.tech'; return false;" target="_blank">info@uasg.tech</a></b></span><b> </b>and should include:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The election administrator will verify that the nominated person accepts the nomination.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Once the nomination deadline has passed on <b>February 27 2019</b> a list of candidates will be prepared showing name, email address, photo and candidate statement. Names will be shown by position in alphabetical order of surnames.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Candidates can be nominated for Chair, Vice-Chair or both.</p>
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<h2>Relevant links:</h2>
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0.0in;">Position Description-Chair <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Chair-UASG.pdf" target="_blank">https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Chair-UASG.pdf</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0.0in;">Position Description-Vice-Chair <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Vice-Chair-UASG.pdf" target="_blank">https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Vice-Chair-UASG.pdf</a></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Other documents of interest may be found at <span class="MsoHyperlink"> <a href="http://www.uasg.tech/documents" target="_blank">www.uasg.tech/documents</a></span></p>
<h1>Voting</h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">Voting will be done using <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.opavote.com" target="_blank">www.opavote.com</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the Chair the method used will be Instant Runoff Voting <span class="MsoHyperlink"> <a href="https://www.opavote.com/methods/instant-runoff-voting" target="_blank">https://www.opavote.com/methods/instant-runoff-voting</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the Vice-Chair the method used will be Scottish STV <span class="MsoHyperlink"> <a href="https://www.opavote.com/methods/single-transferable-vote#scottish-stv" target="_blank">https://www.opavote.com/methods/single-transferable-vote#scottish-stv</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These voting methods allow voters to rank their choices. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Voting will open on March 3, 2019 and close on March 10, 2019. Decisions will be announced as soon as they are ready and have been verified.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Don Hollander</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Secretary General – UASG</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Skype: Don_Hollander</span></p>
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