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<p class="MsoNormal">The UASG is an open and diverse community driven by a common goal. Anyone is welcome to join the UASG in many ways, through leadership, working groups, the ambassador program and local initiatives. There is no shortage of opportunities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I served the UASG in different ways and continue to participate, though not as active as in the past. I’m here and available as my time permits.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The charter gives the community a chance to become part of the leadership and shape the future of the work. I think it has served the UASG community well thus far and don’t see a need for a change.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dennis<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of "UA-discuss@icann.org" <ua-discuss@icann.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Shaked Ayelet <shakedayelett@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 3:58 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Seda Akbulut <seda.akbulut@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"UA-discuss@icann.org" <ua-discuss@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] Re: [UA-discuss] Request for feedback: Election Process and a Timeline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993300">Caution:</span></strong><span style="color:#993300"> </span><span style="color:black">This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless
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It is time for all of us to ask the UASG leadership to review the organization's charter because we have already lost a great number of qualified individuals who helped build UASG in the past, including Ram Mohan, DON, Dennis, Edmon Chung, Richard Merdinger,
Mark Svancarek, and Dusan Stojicevic. <br>
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Sad part is that due to the restrictions of the current charter, many of these persons who were the UASG’s strong pillars are no longer involved or active in the UASG group.
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As per me the current charter has a lot of problems which i am highlighting as below:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Number of people in leadership</b>: Present: One Chair and two to three Vice-Chairs. Purposed: The minimum current requirements of UASG leadership is One chair and at least Three Vice chairs should be always in position.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Term</b>: Present: Two-year terms with the possibility of one reappointment so Chairs and Vice-Chairs serve for a period of no less than two years and no more than four. Purposed: This should have been in line to ICANN Board charter at least three-year term
for maximum 3 consecutive times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Candidates</b>: The restriction that no more than one applicant from the same company may be a member of the UASG Admin Team should also be eliminated because it was not included in either the original charter of the UASG or the charter of ICANN. This restriction
deters qualified individuals from applying and nominating themselves, particularly from major corporations like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, verisign, Afilias etc. Let the community determine whether or not they want more members of the same groups
on the admin team when candidates are chosen through community vote. Nevertheless, in the interest of diversity if required we can have policy that No more than one candidate from the same company may run for the same seat/position i.e. Not more than one person
should participate in election for chair and Not more than one person should participate in election for Vice chair from the same organization.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Involvement of All previous UASG leadership/admin team</b>: To keep them engaged and continue supporting the continuing work of UASG, a dedicated working group of all former veterans who were members of the leadership and administrative team should be established.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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All are urged to evaluate the current charter and the UASG election procedure, and support the present UASG leadership to consider implementing the following proposals as essential changes to the current charter in response to UA community suggestions before
moving ahead for new elections.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Thanks.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202124;letter-spacing:.1pt">Shaked Ayelet</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 12:58 PM Seda Akbulut via UA-discuss <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Dear UASG members,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">UASG Leadership has developed a generic Election Process and a Timeline that can be used for future UASG Leadership elections.
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<span style="color:black">The Draft Election Process and the Timeline are now published at<span class="m3420374661954121067apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1GNjgHVc9dIyIx0K_kBcemfYvuxRSqPlka8DhhIg9yRVQa9zs6h9Ddsv2FQiD3NLkrz9GnWaePj7YSxuABXP3HnXQjJd-Mk02Q98hLTQRwhrA_MFSqeWtC3b_eLVmjDze1HkrJMFADOhULm60NVL6dnmgrKOFqw-XUtpnTB8r00c1l_arpXbE6AhYUGXsjvTeOIgbSCWo5IkTvOiGtS7ndfSoWl1YaFYQvdQosv9Ty_efAFRDg3mtaoky680FM3Tn/https%3A%2F%2Fuasg.tech%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F10%2FUASG-Election-Process-Draft.pdf" target="_blank">https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UASG-Election-Process-Draft.pdf</a></span><span lang="EN-IE">,
that is also accessible from <a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1PzCuz7Vfq8H_z3ksV3G1jfpEgmh4bvUX6hZuSm-yRsTbwosITrM9zHSYPXNHi1ul3qo72ECt8amRIu-X6KDYQ2noj1c8JLPKMPpFVEViEI10TrrSeBA1-xPZ6oiQ3EJsg-MzpuDDTon2nnJ3cumfpm9EI2pjtqY1Sh2zyVVjQp0AGv7aNmDqNRhocMTCdXFqiGFTqvv3jJaJvS2O6DDJBOVO7KwyEw9UGYcwasWEjhu6DvHZej_Q3PDwjk9puM8b/https%3A%2F%2Fuasg.tech%2F" target="_blank">
https://uasg.tech/</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Kindly review the election process and the timeline, and provide your feedback through the webform
<a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1gkOMG-oRaGeZMzk85up9VOXT9dCPBDFuRNZ_v3XioFVls5eKau9fuJzZa_WBwLegWcV7iwVqwYVJYtSKpfWR5Hq34p_4jYovnsQ2ZMU91JPcWalqWYIQK_8HfbM_yFpYRAhd_C5hMLZZ_3XHgev83_c12hE8bapNH4PGmQV_iEzkSDgc3KPvEgClrgQtM5z1Xc2jS6xF5iJeWlLisLzICGSwmYe0yBL0DDdmf2FqIQHA-yD5A__be5dx1-1OOOCe/https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2F9aD2hFZxqrYcnHUc7" target="_blank">
https://forms.gle/9aD2hFZxqrYcnHUc7</a> </span><b><span style="color:red">by 30 October 2022.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">After 30 October, UASG leadership team will take into account the input received and finalize the UASG Election Process and Timeline. The final<span class="m3420374661954121067apple-converted-space"> process
</span>will then be published at<span class="m3420374661954121067apple-converted-space"> <a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1PzCuz7Vfq8H_z3ksV3G1jfpEgmh4bvUX6hZuSm-yRsTbwosITrM9zHSYPXNHi1ul3qo72ECt8amRIu-X6KDYQ2noj1c8JLPKMPpFVEViEI10TrrSeBA1-xPZ6oiQ3EJsg-MzpuDDTon2nnJ3cumfpm9EI2pjtqY1Sh2zyVVjQp0AGv7aNmDqNRhocMTCdXFqiGFTqvv3jJaJvS2O6DDJBOVO7KwyEw9UGYcwasWEjhu6DvHZej_Q3PDwjk9puM8b/https%3A%2F%2Fuasg.tech%2F" target="_blank">https://uasg.tech/</a>.
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<span style="color:black">We look forward to your feedback.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Seda Akbulut</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">(on behalf of UASG Leadership team)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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