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<b>Reply-To: </b>Mohamed Elbashir <mohamed.elbashir@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 3:10 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"UA-discuss@icann.org" <ua-discuss@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] [UA-discuss] UASG 2021 Election - Nominations and Result<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Dear Universal Acceptance (UA) Community</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On behalf of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), I am pleased to announce the results of the 2021 UASG leadership elections (Chair and Vice-Chair positions).
As the </span><a href="https://uasg.tech/uasg-charter/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UASG charter</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> indicates, the UASG will be <i>“overseen by one Chair and two to three Vice-Chairs who
will be appointed to two-year terms.”</i> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Interested candidates for the Chair and Vice-Chair positions
</span><a href="https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-UASG-Election-Accepting-Nominations.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">were asked</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to submit self-nominations and Statements
of Interest by 9 March 2021 (original deadline was extended). The UASG received four nominations – one for Chair and three for Vice-Chair – resulting in an uncontested election. Below are the results.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UASG Chair and Vice-Chairs for 2021-2023
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bio and Statement of Interest (attached) | </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajaykdata/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LinkedIn profile</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The ICANN UA and IDN Program staff would like to congratulate Ajay, Abdelmonen, Dessalegn, and Pavanaja on their leadership positions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Mohamed (Mo) Elbashir</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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