[UA-discuss] Question for UASG Chair candidates: what are strategic obstacles blocking UA?

Thu Mar 23 10:14:21 UTC 2023

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here.

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On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 at 13:06, Anil NIXI via UA-discuss <ua-discuss at icann.org>
wrote:

> Thank you Maxim for supporting progress and advancement of New phase of
> Internet powered by UA.
> Thank,
> Anil
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 23-Mar-2023, at 2:55 PM, maximskvortsova at gmail.com wrote:
>
> 
>
> Jim, thank you for asking this question from Anil and Satish, who offered
> their names as suitable candidates to be the UASG's next chair.
>
> Anil, I must say that your response is outstanding. It was well stated and
> explained, and it gives the impression that you are a very seasoned expert.
> The India Roadmap on Universal Acceptance and Multilingual Internet report
> that you shared in your response is truly remarkable, and it's an excellent
> document that can be shared globally, especially in GAG, so that many
> nations can follow suit or adopt.
>
> Absolutely yes, it’s our clear expectations from new leadership that must
> continue the good work started by Ram Mohan & team and wings provided by
> Dr. Ajay Data and team.
>
> You have won my support thanks to your wonderful answer, which firmly
> convinced me to do so. 😊
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Maxim
>
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 at 12:56, Anil Jain via UA-discuss <
> ua-discuss at icann.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Jim and all UASG Community Members
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim, thank you for your email and for putting this question.
>>
>>
>> Since you already mentioned that I am committed to Universal Acceptance
>> and have a track record of working diligently to attain that objective, I
>> will not place my words here to share more on this to you and the rest of
>> the community about this; rather, I will respond directly to your question.
>>
>>
>> Because identifying and addressing difficulties and hurdles requires work
>> and coordination among many stakeholder groups, the response below is
>> entirely in my individual capacity.
>>
>>
>> According to me, the most significant strategic hurdles currently
>> impeding Universal Acceptance are:
>>
>>
>> *Feeling of Urgency*: I believe we need to "generate a sense of
>> urgency," which means motivating stakeholders to take appropriate
>> independent action. UASG and ICANN's activities should be educational and
>> proactive, advocating for the necessary activity to attain universal
>> acceptance. The primary goal of ICANN will be to connect those who have
>> impediments with those who can eliminate them, an action on this has
>> already been initiated, and we will soon see some development on it.
>>
>>
>> *Clear Goal*: The requirement of the hour is that domain names in a TLD
>> be used in applications independent of the written script, length, or
>> newness of the TLD. Name registration must function, protocols must
>> function, and services/applications affecting the user must function;
>> function also in the sense that domain names and the identifiers
>> constructed on them are usable in administratively permissible ways. This
>> goal includes the usefulness of Internationalised email addresses, an
>> action on this has already been initiated, and if you will see that today
>> all IDN domains which we from NIXI provides are completely usable from day
>> one as we are providing email with every IDN domain name and also other
>> services required around that. Not just that we also have a dedicated UA
>> desk to listen the concerns form the registrants and try to provide them
>> support.
>>
>>
>> *UA's demand-side characteristics:* Universal Acceptance is a crucial
>> technical prerequisite for an Internet that is truly multilingual and
>> inclusive. It is also essential for realising the full potential of
>> Internationalized Domain Names, Email Address Internationalization, and new
>> generic Top-Level Domains. Application developers and service providers are
>> delaying making their systems UA-ready due to the demand-side components of
>> UA, which must be addressed. Governments and the technical community will
>> be essential in creating demand. To get a sense of the importance of
>> Universal Acceptance, consider India. It has one of the fastest growing
>> internet user populations on the planet and provides an illuminating case
>> study on adoptions of universal acceptance. Since 2014 NIXI is managing 22
>> IDNs of India and I am CEO of NIXI. I am pleased to share with you that as
>> per the directives of government a committee was formed under my
>> chairmanship here in India to prepare an India Roadmap on Universal
>> Acceptance and Multilingual Internet, and that the Phase 1 report of that
>> committee is now being under implementation in India.
>> https://registry.in/system/files/ua-and-multilingual-internet-india.pdf
>>
>>
>> To summarise, I am confident that we will all recognise that, aside from
>> the founding visionaries of the UASG, the current leadership of the UASG
>> has carried forward the UA work from their successors in a significant way
>> in the last four years, we have significant participation and contributions
>> from the community in the universal acceptance steering group by nearly 700
>> volunteers, significant technological development has occurred in recent
>> years, and there is still much to be done to achieve universal acceptance.
>> Even the present leadership team came up with the idea for UA Day, which
>> will be celebrated for the first time on March 28, 2023. Current UASG
>> leadership has done a wonderful work to bring all the stakeholders together
>> to celebrate UA day including all SO/AC of ICANN. With my experience as
>> Communication Chair of UASG , we were successful to raise the awareness of
>> importance that's why 42 countries are celebrating UA day on 28th March. We
>> must continue the good work started by Ram Mohan & team and wings provided
>> by Dr. Ajay Data and team.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> With kind regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Anil Kumar Jain
>>
>>
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