<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div>But to be very clear about this, UASG is ICANN-supported, but it is not part of the ICANN traditional structure. It is neither an SO nor an AC, but an independently chartered entity made up of individuals from both within and external to the ICANN community. It is not policy-focused, nor is its remit restricted to work within ICANN’s bylaws. This gives credence to the idea that it should operate its own SOI process that doesn’t borrow from ICANN’s.<div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 21, 2024, at 5:07 PM, Mark Datysgeld via UA-discuss <ua-discuss@icann.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">You may not be aware, Jeff, but you are not only an observer, but rather a voting member of the group by default. That puts you in the position of being directly involved in the policy generation and outcomes of the UASG, whether you are actively pursuing that or not. Think of the UASG as one huge ICANN Working Group for practical purposes (I am not saying it is one, but I am saying in practice that's the closest comparison). Therefore, mailing list participants need to have a SOI.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Best,<br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br></div><div class="moz-cite-prefix" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On 21 Mar 2024 11:44, Jeff Neuman via UA-discuss wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:BYAPR17MB29206AD13319671D2AAFB744F0322@BYAPR17MB2920.namprd17.prod.outlook.com" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">FYI, the GNSO requires SOIs only from those that participate in a working group and not those (like me) that merely observe the mailing list. If I want to be an active participant then I should have to submit an SOI. And that SOI should be the same as the SOIs for all other working groups. I have no issue with submitting as SOI, but shouldn't I just have to give you the link to where it already is? I don't want to have to update multiple SOIs every time something changes.</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So here is the link to my most current SOI: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Jeff+Neuman+SOI" id="LPlnk674760" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Jeff+Neuman+SOI</a></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div id="Signature"><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span id="cid:part1.2wM6BF2L.Otx0tvgc@governanceprimer.com"><Outlook-anc5cxap.png></span></div></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 704.609375px;"><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>UA-discuss<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on behalf of Seda Akbulut via UA-discuss<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><ua-discuss@icann.org></a><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, March 21, 2024 6:04 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">ua-discuss@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><ua-discuss@icann.org></a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[UA-discuss] ACTION REQUIRED by May 15, 2024 For Continuation of Your UASG Membership</font><div> </div></div><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="en-TR" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="x_WordSection1"><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dear UASG members,</span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We hope this email finds you well. As part of ICANN’s ongoing efforts to enhance transparency and accountability within the multistakeholder ecosystem, we are reaching out to verify your continued interest in receiving information from the UASG. To retain access to UASG mailing lists, you must submit your Statement of Interest (SOI) by 15 May, 2024. This practice is consistent with other groups of the ICANN community (e.g., see<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">SOIs for GNSO</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">, or click “New SOIs” on the left menu<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">.)</span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The SOI form is available at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/725e244f1369423182ea1bf932df6962" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(11, 87, 208);">https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/725e244f1369423182ea1bf932df6962</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">.</span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">If you are unable to complete your SOI by 15 May 2024 deadline, you will be unsubscribed from all UASG email lists. However, you can resubscribe at a later time by submitting your SOI.</span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ICANN will publicly publish the received SOIs at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://uasg.tech/member-area/" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://uasg.tech/member-area/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. </span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We sincerely appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter. Your participation is instrumental in building a more transparent and robust community. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:info@uasg.tech" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">info@uasg.tech</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. </span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to your valuable contributions.</span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Best regards,</span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">UASG Leadership Team</span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p></div></div><br><fieldset class="moz-mime-attachment-header"></fieldset><pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">_______________________________________________
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By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy</a>) and the website Terms of Service (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos</a>). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.</pre></blockquote><div class="moz-signature" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Mark W. Datysgeld [<a href="https://markwd.website/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">markwd.website</a>]<br>Director at Governance Primer [<a href="https://governanceprimer.com/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">governanceprimer.com</a>]<br>ICANN GNSO Councilor</div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; 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font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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