<div dir="auto"><div>Hello Jeff, just create the Soil today so you don't forget 😂 please.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Regards,<br><br>Raymond Mamattah<br>Accra, Ghana <br><br>    </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 5:38 PM Jeff Neuman <<a href="mailto:jeff@jjnsolutions.com">jeff@jjnsolutions.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



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<div dir="ltr">Raymond, I respect the fact there some organizations have their own version of the SOI, but to be honest I can tell you in advance that I will likely forget to update this SOI even if I have updated my GNSO one.  So, I will ask for forgiveness
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 21, 2024 11:57:19 AM<br>
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<div>There are some unique considerations for all UA mailing list people to have the SOI which is not the same for other SO/ACs. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Unlike in At-Large (AFRALO) where only ALS reps/reps of individual members vote for decisions on leadership in UA everyone on the UA mailing list gets the chance to vote.</div>
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<div dir="auto">In this case, anyone on the UA mailing list is a decision maker.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Furthermore, if you already have an SOI in the GNSO and you engage in At Large we don't say because you already have a GNSO SOI you won't do At-Large SOI when needed. I actually have both At-Large and GNSO SOI.</div>
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<div dir="auto">However, I think it will be okay to have a portion to share the link of our other existing SOIs in the SO/ACs when creating that of UA.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Let's all welcome the new requirement of SOI for UA. It's long overdue to know who is who.</div>
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<div>On 21.03.2024, at 15:44, Jeff Neuman via UA-discuss <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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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
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<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Thursday, March 21, 2024 6:04 AM<br>
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