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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear all,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">UASG Leadership Team drafted the “Five-Year Strategic Plan for UASG” in achieving UA goals. The plan will be further consulted to the community at a dedicated session at ICANN78.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please kindly review the plan and share your inputs what actions should each UASG Working Group (Measurement, EAI,Comms,Tech WGs) take in the next 5 years.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As we do <a href="https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/UASG-FY24-Action-Plan.pdf">
annual action plan</a> for UASG, this time, we are kindly asking each WG to come up with a 5-year action plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This topic will be included in the upcoming UASG WG recurring meetings. The timeline for this planning process is shared in the table below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Accordingly, each WG should aim to finalize their 5-year action plan by
<span style="color:red">31 December 2023.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Five Year Strategic Plan FY (2025 - 2029)</span></b><b><span lang="TR" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D2obkDSmhH-6mI5BDQT06F0ox42MCRL2h2a-e6wYLSE/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D2obkDSmhH-6mI5BDQT06F0ox42MCRL2h2a-e6wYLSE/edit?usp=sharing</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">To keep abreast of all the updates and discussions around this, we highly recommend each of you to join the following meeting at ICANN78:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tue, 24 Oct</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://icann78.sched.com/event/1T4OU/five-year-planning-for-universal-acceptance-ua-and-governance-of-ua-steering-group-uasg"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">10:30
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="TR" style="color:black">(08:30 am – 10:30 am UTC)</span><span lang="TR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Five-Year Planning for Universal Acceptance (UA) and Governance of UA Steering Group (UASG)<br>
<a href="https://icann78.sched.com/event/1T4OU/five-year-planning-for-universal-acceptance-ua-and-governance-of-ua-steering-group-uasg?iframe=no">https://icann78.sched.com/event/1T4OU/five-year-planning-for-universal-acceptance-ua-and-governance-of-ua-steering-group-uasg?iframe=no</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Here is the timeline for the next phases, for your information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:lime;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Strategic plan:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Discuss with community in Hamburg
</span><span lang="TR" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ICANN78
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">– Oct</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Admin WG</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">21-26 October 2023</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:lime;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Strategic plan:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> After the Coordination WG inputs,
</span><span lang="TR" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">a</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">sk each WG to come up with their 5-year plan to reach 5-year goals by 31 December. </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">EAI, Tech, Measurement, Comms WGs</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">31 December 2023</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:lime;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Strategic plan:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Compile WG inputs and discuss with Coord WG and Admin team. </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Staff</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">30 January 2023</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:lime;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Strategic plan:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Get community input by 15 Feb.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">15 February 2024</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:lime;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Strategic plan:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Finalize the plan by 27 Feb</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Coordination WG</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">27 February 2024</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:lime;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Strategic plan:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Present at ICANN79</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">4 March 2024</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you for your time and inputs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Seda</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Akbulut<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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