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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Mark and Jim for your review and suggestions. We will update the announcement and the web page further, following your suggestions.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that <a href="https://uasg.tech/ua-day/">https://uasg.tech/ua-day/</a> links to the webpage for UA Day, and
<a href="https://universalacceptance.day">https://universalacceptance.day</a> maps onto the same webpage (latter easier to remember). We do intend to keep this webpage updated, as we make progress along the UA Day.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<br>
Sarmad<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Jim DeLaHunt via UA-discuss <ua-discuss@icann.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Jim DeLaHunt <list+uasg@jdlh.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 7:28 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"ua-discuss@icann.org" <ua-discuss@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [UA-discuss] UA Day 2024: Call for Proposals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Folks:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I share Mark Datysgeld's concerns. If our press release doesn't say what we really mean, how do we expect people to know what we really mean?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>On a related note, the page at <a href="https://uasg.tech/ua-day/"><https://uasg.tech/ua-day/></a> lacks a lot of relevant information which is now public in the press release and in our semi-public email threads. For example:<o:p></o:p></p>
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"UA Day" is an umbrella term for events both on the specific date and on nearby dates
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A link to the announcement <a href="https://uasg.tech/2023/11/uasg-announces-call-for-proposals-for-ua-day-2024/">
<https://uasg.tech/2023/11/uasg-announces-call-for-proposals-for-ua-day-2024/></a>
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A summary of the terms of the call for proposals from the announcement. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
A link to a page which will be the hub to keep track of UA Day plans as they form. (I would hope that page would be
<a href="https://uasg.tech/ua-day/"><https://uasg.tech/ua-day/></a> or <a href="https://universalacceptance.day">
<https://universalacceptance.day></a>.) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
A clarification about the roles of the two URLs, <a href="https://uasg.tech/ua-day/">
<https://uasg.tech/ua-day/></a> and <a href="https://universalacceptance.day"><https://universalacceptance.day></a>. Is the latter always only going to be a link to the former? Or will the latter become the hub, because it is the easier one to remember?
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Links to follow, for people who are inspired by what they learn from UA Day, and want to take the next step in their own UA work.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p>My suggestion is that the UA Day project put effort into keeping a page which is the hub to keep track of UA Day plans as they form. I would even suggest publishing information on the hub page before sending that same information out in the form of press
releases.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Best regards,<br>
—Jim DeLaHunt<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2023-11-01 13:03, Mark Datysgeld via UA-discuss wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Sarmad,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thank you for the clarification.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I still find it concerning that this is not listed in the press release, as it will dissuade engagement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 1 Nov 2023 17:03, Sarmad Hussain wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The UA Day is on 28 March but the events can be hosted between 1 March and 30 May. The window is listed on the UA Day page and UA Day proposal form. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sarmad <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On 02-Nov-2023, at 12:37 AM, Mark Datysgeld via UA-discuss
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<p>We have extensively discussed there will not be a single date for UA Day. Why does it say "28 March 2024" on the press release? I am literally already receiving confused messages from people and this is barely out.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 1 Nov 2023 15:31, Jane Sexton via UA-discuss wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All – <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The UASG has officially opened its call for proposals for UA Day 2024. Please see the announcement and social posts below. If you can reshare on your channels it would be greatly appreciated.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Announcement:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://uasg.tech/2023/11/uasg-announces-call-for-proposals-for-ua-day-2024/" title="https://uasg.tech/2023/11/uasg-announces-call-for-proposals-for-ua-day-2024/">https://uasg.tech/2023/11/uasg-announces-call-for-proposals-for-ua-day-2024/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">UA Day 2024 page: <a href="https://uasg.tech/ua-day/">https://uasg.tech/ua-day/</a> /
<a href="https://uasg.tech/ua-day/">https://universalacceptance.day</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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