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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Mr. Hemp, we should probably take this conversation offline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">LinkedIn is a good platform for such private conversations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">I was looking for you on LinkedIn, and could not find your profile info. Is this you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:JA">Please advise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Ram Mohan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 20, 2019 5:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike Hemp <mikehamp1971@mail.com>; Richard Merdinger <rmerdinger@godaddy.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> ua-discuss@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mr. Hemp,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I see no reason to disparage any member on this list or to impugn their motives – you have done that to two people in one email, and that deserves an apology.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Everyone who has participated in the UASG, especially those in leadership positions, have made significant contributions, both in their time and effort, and in many cases, their employer has underwritten their ability to contribute.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You are welcome to vote any way you prefer, but I urge you to refrain from impugning members. Please review the code of conduct for participation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Ram<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chair, UASG<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Mike Hemp <<a href="mailto:mikehamp1971@mail.com">mikehamp1971@mail.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Richard Merdinger <<a href="mailto:rmerdinger@godaddy.com">rmerdinger@godaddy.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] Call for Nominations<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hello Richard,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">1. Recommendation by your existing friends specailly from Edmon (He is part of UASG secretrait) is bad. Huge conflict of Interest. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">2. You and your company has no interest in IDN and EAI.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In previous ICANN you have that shared in our discussion, you are trying but your comapny do not see opportunity in this area. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We shall nominate persons from China or India. That will be appropriate and in the best interest of the UASG. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Gracias</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Mike</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 11:57 PM<br>
<b>From:</b> "Richard Merdinger" <</span><a href="mailto:rmerdinger@godaddy.com"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">rmerdinger@godaddy.com</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">><br>
<b>To:</b> "Don Hollander" <</span><a href="mailto:don.hollander@icann.org"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">don.hollander@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">>, "</span><a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">ua-discuss@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">"
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">All,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Dennis’ email address is
</span><a href="mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">dtantanaka@verisign.com</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">; I will send his phone number to
the info@ email address as a formal nomination.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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on behalf of Don Hollander <</span><a href="mailto:don.hollander@icann.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">don.hollander@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 9:52 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"</span><a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">ua-discuss@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">" <</span><a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">ua-discuss@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[UA-discuss] Call for Nominations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Elections for UASG Chair and Vice-Chair – 2019</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">V2019-02-20</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The UASG is having elections for the Chair and Vice Chair. Here’s the process. NB: All times are 23:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Nominations</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This is a call for nominations. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Anyone subscribed to the
</span><a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">UA-discuss@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> mailing list is eligible to
stand.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Nominations (including self-nominations) should be sent to
</span><a href="mailto:info@uasg.tech" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">info@uasg.tech</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">and should include:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">the name of the person nominated</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">the position(s) for which they are nominated</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">contact details for the person nominated. This should include an email address and a telephone number.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The election administrator will verify that the nominated person accepts the nomination.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Candidates can be nominated for Chair, Vice-Chair or both.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Relevant links:</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Position Description-Chair
</span><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuasg.tech%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F01%2F07-Position-Description-Chair-UASG.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C541aa266a07245488e5f08d6979fa76f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636863109320187944&sdata=RganN1Y1yECnyiG7jymQlQH9tvPlDUNLsC4bXUtSW60%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Chair-UASG.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Position Description-Vice-Chair
</span><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuasg.tech%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F01%2F07-Position-Description-Vice-Chair-UASG.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C541aa266a07245488e5f08d6979fa76f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636863109320187944&sdata=BLOil2nmiZct8XyhH9i7jrBKzF98CWoVsmWVKTISHNg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Vice-Chair-UASG.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Other documents of interest may be found at
</span><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uasg.tech%2Fdocuments&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C541aa266a07245488e5f08d6979fa76f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636863109320344196&sdata=JC2bxFW30PxUQ6d%2FYiWqTPgIgrYtyr9qNFxkcroOplg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">www.uasg.tech/documents</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Voting</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Voting will be done using
</span><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opavote.com&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C541aa266a07245488e5f08d6979fa76f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636863109320344196&sdata=fzq9R9efEsm%2BV2b4YgzOYRZ4iKF6lFgHjlB8b6ceZKU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">www.opavote.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">For the Chair the method used will be Instant Runoff Voting
</span><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opavote.com%2Fmethods%2Finstant-runoff-voting&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C541aa266a07245488e5f08d6979fa76f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636863109320344196&sdata=aabyuCGK9x4bwMNnzNbZmRFaNL3cIxsTkLYs9B1L9Qs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">https://www.opavote.com/methods/instant-runoff-voting</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">For the Vice-Chair the method used will be Scottish STV
</span><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opavote.com%2Fmethods%2Fsingle-transferable-vote%23scottish-stv&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C541aa266a07245488e5f08d6979fa76f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636863109320344196&sdata=Isx0ZBulCBnTUTtfaJ%2Bx%2FC%2BJi6DJ5ST%2FfBMhjnhKMBU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">https://www.opavote.com/methods/single-transferable-vote#scottish-stv</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">These voting methods allow voters to rank their choices. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Secretary General – UASG</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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