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        On Thursday, March 30th, 2023 at 1:25 AM, Seda Akbulut via UA-discuss <ua-discuss@icann.org> wrote:<br><br>
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<p style="text-align:center;line-height:115%" align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#0E101A" lang="EN-US">2023
 UASG Chair Election Results</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#0E101A" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Dear Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) Community,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">On behalf of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), we are pleased to announce the results of the 2023 UASG chair election. As the
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://uasg.tech/uasg-charter/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">UASG charter</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"> 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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Interested candidates for the Chair position were asked to submit self-nominations and Statements of Interest by 3 March 2023 through the
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ua-discuss/2023-February/004181.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">announcement</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">. The UASG received two nominations for Chair. Based
 on the nominations and the following elections, following are the election results.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">UASG Chair for 2023-2025 (two years)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">A total of 244 UASG members cast their vote. Based on these votes, the following has been elected:</span></p>
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<li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">UASG Chair: Anil Kumar Jain</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">The SOI of the elected chair is attached.  We congratulate the new UASG Chair. The successor chair will take office once the vice chair elections are completed on 25 April 2023.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Thank you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">UASG Election Coordination Team</span></p>
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