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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 19, 2021 at 5:33 AM<br/>
<b>From:</b> "Mark Svancarek (CELA) via UA-discuss" <ua-discuss@icann.org><br/>
<b>To:</b> "ua-discuss@icann.org" <ua-discuss@icann.org><br/>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harish Chowdhary via UA-discuss<br/>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 14, 2021 10:03 PM<br/>
<b>To:</b> ua-discuss@icann.org<br/>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [UA-discuss] UASG 2021 Election - Nominations and Result</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations to all !</p>
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UASG Chair: Dr. Ajay Data<br/>
UASG Vice-Chair: Eng. Abdelmonen Galila<br/>
UASG Vice-Chair: Dessalegn Mequanint Yehuala<br/>
UASG Vice-Chair: Dr. U.B. Pavanaja</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
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On March 12, 2021 at 1:41 AM Mohamed Elbashir via UA-discuss <<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>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuasg.tech%2Fuasg-charter%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C51ced77b044941ad319a08d8e76fb439%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637513815770464154%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=jdpRelWX7OVsxXuWwLqPiMZzUWPLqPxEozwckzJA1tI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;">UASG charter</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"> indicates, the UASG will be <em><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;">“overseen by one Chair and two to three Vice-Chairs who will be appointed to two-year terms.”</span></em> </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;">Interested candidates for the Chair and Vice-Chair positions </span><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuasg.tech%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F02%2F2021-UASG-Election-Accepting-Nominations.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C51ced77b044941ad319a08d8e76fb439%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637513815770464154%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=gDAaWocKxzTsap0CahbdtHYGHhoAP9IvN5lqnhsdGdA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><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></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family: Arial , sans-serif;">UASG Chair and Vice-Chairs for 2021-2023 </span></u></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><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></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">Mohamed (Mo) Elbashir</span></strong></p>

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