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The theme/topic itself sits very well with me and I must commend you for bringing it up, especially in today's world of rapid digital changes, the role of UA has not been a major focus in helping users access information, education, health care, commerce and social opportunities in their own languages and cultures.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes ahead!</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000">Sincerely,</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(68,68,68);width:400px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 6px;width:259px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><font size="2">Samuel Osei Mensah<br>Digital & Communications</font></font></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(68,68,68);width:400px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;padding:0px;font-size:10pt;width:400px"><div style="font-family:"Lucida Grande",Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000">| </font><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><a href="https://netbuzzafrica.com/" style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" target="_blank">News Media</a></span><font color="#000000"> | </font><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><a href="https://pivotdigitalmedia.tk/" style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" target="_blank">Creative Media</a></span><a style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </a><font color="#000000">| </font><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><a href="https://radio.netbuzzafrica.com/" style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" target="_blank">Digital Radio</a></span><font color="#000000"> | </font><a href="https://protour.africa" target="_blank"><font color="#ff0000">Travel & Tour</font></a></p></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Lucida Grande",Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><a href="https://facebook.com/samcillabaakojr" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/hexagonal-logo/fb.png" alt="facebook icon" width="26" height="25" border="0"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/samcillabaakojr" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/hexagonal-logo/tt.png" alt="twitter icon" width="26" height="25" border="0"></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samcillabaakojr" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/hexagonal-logo/ln.png" alt="linkedin icon" width="26" height="25" border="0"></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/heysamcilla" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/hexagonal-logo/it.png" alt="instagram icon" width="26" height="25" border="0"></a><a href="https://youtube.com/c/pivotdigitalmedia" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.mail-signatures.com/signature-generator/img/templates/hexagonal-logo/yt.png" alt="youtube icon" width="26" height="25" border="0"></a></div></td></tr><tr><td width="200" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;padding:0px;color:rgb(23,147,206);width:200px;height:15px"><span style="display:inline-block;height:15px"><a href="https://netbuzzafrica.com/loving-my-christmas-jackie-appiah/" rel="noopener" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(35,82,124);outline:0px" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Banner" width="400" src="https://netbuzzafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Email-banner.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;width:400px;height:auto"></a><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(135,135,135)"><font size="1">The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. 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What on earth is happening at this time?", but this temporary glitch to a connected user is only the tip of the iceberg, and nothing compared to the close to a billion unconnected in the Global South of which some of my immediate family is a part of. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This made me take a particular interest in Universal Acceptance after becoming aware of it and its importance in helping bridge the digital divide during our research for the Project Youth summit before the 2021 Global IGF in Poland. I immediately joined the UA training after the IGF and received my certificate of participation or course completion which led to my involvement in the UA-discuss. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">My name is Fred Kwadwo Aazore, and I am a 2021 IGF youth Ambassador from Ghana who is directly involved in the Technical sector as a Software/Telecom Engineer and a Tech Speaker. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I would like to express my interest in becoming one of the speakers in your proposed IGF session.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you.</span></p></span><br><div><br></div><div><span>--</span><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Regards,</div><div>Fred Kwadwo Aazore,<br>Mobile (Gh) / Whatsapp: +233 54 857 9168 </div><div>Mobile (US): +1 (571) 477-5538</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:fredaazore@gmail.com" target="_blank">fredaazore@gmail.com</a><br>Skype: fredlen2</div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-kwadwo-aazore-9b866289/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/fredaazore" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 5:20 PM Mark W. Datysgeld via UA-discuss <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div id="m_7585537584086107755m_-203613724887076623m_-6794980537207839180nine_body_n1874d4-51c53" dir="auto"><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;line-height:1.3;color:rgb(0,0,0)" id="m_7585537584086107755m_-203613724887076623m_-6794980537207839180nine_body_n1874d4-18bf5" dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Amina,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am from GRULAC, Brazil, and recently out of the youth category, so I am calling myself "former youth". :)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have been speaking in UA events for around 5 years now, and I'm always available to do enagement of this sort. Let me know if you'd like to talk more.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div><div id="m_7585537584086107755m_-203613724887076623m_-6794980537207839180nine-sign-n1874d4-18bf5" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.3" dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">---</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">Mark W. Datysgeld</span><br style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">Director at Governance Primer</span><br style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">ICANN GNSO Councilor</span></div></div></div><div id="m_7585537584086107755m_-203613724887076623m_-6794980537207839180quoted_header_n1874d4-18bf5" dir="auto"><hr style="border:none;height:1px;color:rgb(225,225,225);background-color:rgb(225,225,225)"><div style="border:none;padding:3pt 0cm 0cm" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Amina Ramallan via UA-discuss <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 4, 2023 11:47<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank">ua-discuss@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [UA-discuss] Request for speakers<br></span></div></div><div id="m_7585537584086107755m_-203613724887076623m_-6794980537207839180quoted_body_n1874d4-18bf5" dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br type="attribution"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="MsoNormal" dir="auto">I am a member of the Youth IGF and this year I plan on submitting a proposal for a session at the upcoming Global IGF scheduled to take place in October at Japan. The proposed topic is
<i><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">UA and its influence on the digital divide and bringing the next billion users online</span></i><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">.</span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" dir="auto">As this is going to the submitted via the youth platform, it will be amazing if the speakers are of a diverse age, thereby encouraging an intergenerational dialogue on the panel.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" dir="auto">Kindly note that there is room for two moderators but I will be putting my name down as a moderator, so the second slot is still available.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" dir="auto">I hereby humbly request for volunteer speakers, rapporteurs and one moderator from all over the world who would like to work together on this topic during the IGF, if the proposal gets selected.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" dir="auto">Looking forward to your positive responses in my inbox.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" dir="auto">Thank you</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" dir="auto">Amina Ramallan</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" dir="auto">Nigerian Communications Commission</div>
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