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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A">Dear All, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A">The Universal Acceptance (UA) Steering Group (UASG) is inviting qualified contractors to apply for the following published Statements of Work (SOW). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/126421223/SOW%20-%20UA%20Standards%20and%20Best%20Practices%20-%20%2010132020.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1602580105000&api=v2"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#0052CC;background:white">UA
Readiness - Evaluation of Standards and Best Practices</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0E101A;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Technology Working Group<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0E101A;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Due Date of Submission: 5 November 2020<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0E101A"><a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/126421223/SOW%20-%20EAI%20Technical%20education%20and%20Awareness%20to%20the%20developers%27%20community%20websites%20-%2010132020.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1602580746679&api=v2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4A6EE0">EAI
Technical education and Awareness to the developers' community via Q&A websites</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0E101A;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Email Address Internationalization (EAI) Working Group<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0E101A;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Due Date of Submission: 5 November 2020<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0E101A"><a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/126421223/SOW%20-%20UASG.tech%20website%20redesign%20-%2010132020.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1602580455320&api=v2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4A6EE0">UASG.tech
Website Redesign</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0E101A;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Communications Working Group<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0E101A;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Due Date of Submission: 2 November 2020<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A">The proposals should be submitted to <a href="mailto:UAProgram@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4A6EE0">UAProgram@icann.org</span></a> before the submission deadlines as indicated
in each SOW document.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#0E101A">Thank you <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mohamed (Mo) Elbashir<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#595959">Universal Acceptance (UA) Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959;background:white">The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span style="color:#595959">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#595959">One World, One Internet</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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