[NCSG-PC] Fwd: [GNSO-SG-C-Leadership] Call for Nominations for Universal Acceptance (UA) Expert WG | DEADLINE 13 June 2025 GNSO Universal Acceptance EWG EOIs

[Wisdom Donkor]

I support Emmanuel's nomination, given his experience and contributions to
Universal Acceptance (UA), his active participation in numerous working
groups, and his leadership role within NPOC.

*Wisdom Donkor* (CASP+,  CISM, CEH Certified,)
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On Sun, 1 Jun 2025, 8:31 am Emmanuel Vitus, <emmanuelvitus at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Rafik,
>
> Having contributed to both phases of the IDNs EPDP for NCSG, I’d be glad
> to represent us. My expertise is in Internet governance, with recent work
> on Universal Acceptance and active engagement in underrepresented regions
> to promote multilingualism.
>
> I would appreciate being considered as one of the NCSG candidates for the
> Expert Working Group.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Emmanuel
>
> Typed with thumbs, powered by caffeine. Please excuse typos & brevity!
>
>
> On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 at 8:20 AM Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> There is a a call to nominate representative to UA expert WG. Nomination
>> will be by SO and AC. However, the messaging below assumes that we can get
>> some candidates and pass to GNSO council and SSC to select.
>>
>> I will  send later message to NCSG list but it would be better to
>> encourage people we think fit for the involvement in the experts WG.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear SG/C Chairs,
>>
>>
>>
>> Further to the message from Russ below, to allow time for the Standing
>> Selection Committee (SSC) to evaluate the UA EWG candidates, the deadline
>> for GNSO Expressions of Interest (EOIs) is *Friday, 13 June 2025*. This
>> provides groups the option of using meetings at ICANN83 to discuss
>> potential candidates, while still allowing time for the SSC to run its
>> selection process.  See the criteria in the announcement:
>> https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-call-for-nominations-universal-acceptance-expert-working-group-07-05-2025-en
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>> Please ensure that GNSO candidates submit EOIs to gnso-secs at icann.org no
>> later than *13 June 2025*.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Terri
>>
>> Policy Team Supporting the GNSO
>>
>>
>>
>> *****
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello SO/AC Chairs,
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope you are all doing well and getting ready for a productive ICANN83
>> Policy Forum in Prague! I caught up with Alejandra late last week and will
>> send a note shortly re: our Roundtable Agenda.  Before we get to the
>> Roundtable, I wanted to draw your attention to a recent announcement and
>> request for support from the SOAC’s related to a new Universal Acceptance
>> Expert Working Group.
>>
>>
>>
>> ICANN org recently announced a call for nominations
>> <https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-call-for-nominations-universal-acceptance-expert-working-group-07-05-2025-en>
>>  for a UA Expert Working Group. The community has been a key contributor
>> for promoting the Universal Acceptance.  ICANN is inviting each SO and AC
>> for a nominee for this working group. The working group will help us in
>> achieving a UA-ready world. We recommend that the nominee has expertise in
>> one or more of the following areas:
>>
>>
>>
>>    - Technical challenges and solutions for UA
>>    - Technical training for promoting the use of IDNs and UA
>>    - IDNs and/or Email Address Internationalization
>>    - Internet governance or public policy work related to digital
>>    inclusion and a multilingual Internet
>>
>>
>>
>> The working group will produce guidelines for ICANN org’s work on UA
>> adoption, which focuses on the following stakeholders:
>>
>>
>>
>>    - Big tech organizations
>>    - Tech developers and system administrators
>>    - DNS industry and related businesses
>>    - Internet governance and policy professionals
>>
>>
>>
>> The guidelines developed by the WG will be used by the org as it focuses
>> on implementation and operational efforts to address technical gaps,
>> technical training, and outreach to drive UA adoption. The UA Expert
>> Working Group will develop the guidelines over a period of 9-10 months.
>> After that time the group will be closed, as ICANN org follows up on the
>> guidelines in its UA implementation work.
>>
>>
>>
>> The working group members will attend regular, likely weekly, meetings
>> and a few more hours doing the work that is needed to deliver the
>> guidelines. Community support remains important to achieving UA, and we
>> would very much like to have someone from each SO & AC join this effort. We
>> request you to email the nomination by 25 June 2025 to the
>> UAProgram at icann.org.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Russ
>>
>>
>>
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