<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace;">Dear Fariz</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace;">According to the UASG 2023 Election Schedule, it must be today, as it was informed that the final list of Vice-chair candidates and their statements of Interest (SOI) will be announced today, April 4th, 2023.</span><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: rgb(12, 12, 20); font-family: Menlo, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;"></span></span></div><p style="line-height:15pt;margin:1em 0px 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:system-ui, sans-serif;text-align:start;background:white"><span style="line-height:1.5;color:black"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Menlo, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace;">Azhar Ibrahim</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height:15pt;margin:1em 0px 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:system-ui, sans-serif;text-align:start;background:white"><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 10.5pt;">(Vice President)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.5;margin:1em 0px 0.0001pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:system-ui, sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:14.98px"><span style="line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Menlo, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace; line-height: normal;">Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.</span></span></span></p><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: rgb(12, 12, 20); font-family: Menlo, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;"></span></span></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">
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On Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 at 12:06 PM, Fariz Ahmadi via UA-discuss <ua-discuss@icann.org> wrote:<br><br>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div><span>Congratulations to Mr. Anil Jain on being appointed chair of the UASG. I wish you well in your position and hope you'll keep importance for universal acceptance , like your previous chair. In the last 4 years, Dr. Data has emphasised the value of universal acceptance and brought ICANN's attention to it.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span>What is the status of the vice chairs, when will they be finished, and I trust we have nominations by now?</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span style="color:rgb(12, 12, 20);font-family:"Inter var", system-ui, sans-serif;font-weight:700;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Fariz Ahmadi</span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton">
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On Thursday, March 30th, 2023 at 12:25 AM, Seda Akbulut via UA-discuss <ua-discuss@icann.org> wrote:<br><br>
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UASG Chair Election Results</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#0E101A"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) Community,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">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 target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://uasg.tech/uasg-charter/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">UASG charter</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">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 target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ua-discuss/2023-February/004181.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">announcement</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">. 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">UASG Chair for 2023-2025 (two years)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">A total of 244 UASG members cast their vote. Based on these votes, the following has been elected:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">UASG Election Coordination Team</span></p>
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