NOTES | UAC | 27 Aug 2025 at 7 UTC
1. Welcome and roll call
Welcome by Abdalmomen
2. Admin matters
a. SoI updates if any
Consult the
ccNSO SOI Guideline
Complete the SOI
template
Check the ccNSO
Statements of Interest
b. Action items meeting 30 July
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Action item #1: draft letter to be send to Abdalmonem as
chair GAC UA working party (completed)
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Action item #2: turn report consultation sessions into document
to share with community (pending)
Abdalmomen: the first session by GAC UA-IDN WG is tomorrow. I will gave them a heads up about the ICANN84 session, pending Regina’s letter
c. Update UA Expert group
Sami: We had the 2nd meeting yesterday. Discussion on scope and charter. Scope including approaching the big techs and making UA more accessible.
There were also voices raised to involved smaller players. Bring examples out of them, and bring that to the big techs. Bottom up approach, vs bottom down approach by icann. That has proven not to be successful. Further steps pending
Seda: thank you for the explanation. We shared the charter online in the icann announcements. Members are also public. See the icann blog.
Bart: AI has a drastic impact on content. Will change the dynamics on UA. Will that be discussed?
Seda: Currently we have 4 focus areas. One is big tech, open source, gvt, academia. We do not want to go beyond this scope, due to limited time.
Maybe in future
Sami: give them the knowledge base to develop the technology. Create the content, using AI tool.
3. ICANN84 session - GAC UA working group to UAC session to discuss government-ccTLD roles regarding UA readiness
(tentatively agreed by GAC leadership)
Suggestions on improvements, added to google doc.
Bart: by when do you need to invite?
Abdalmomen: as the GAC UA-IDN WG is tomorrow, it would be good to have the letter today.
Group agrees with the intent of the letter, to be shared by Regina
Seda: in prep of the ICANN84 meeting, are there lists where we can share with GAC case studies, what ccTLDs have done. Share info as what ccTLDs have done. Share
also with UNESCO. Short list of what we can ask from them. E.g. ccTLDs do UA events, and ask gvt to be part of the events.
Bart: testimonials are one element. Your items are good elements for prep of the agenda. Do not add too many details here. People will not read.
Next step is preparing the session, following the icann84 session, we could prepare a briefing paper. What you mentioned is perfect to build the session and introduce
the areas for cooperation.
Abdalmomen and Regina agree.
Abdalmomen: ccNSO as role model. Join the WG. thanks for the input. Areas for cooperation, what encourages?
Regina: what Seda described would be a good outcome of the session. Would also be good for the preparation. Would the info that there will be
a session at the next SEEDIG in Athens.
the session on local languages online will be on Saturday 11 October 12-13 local time, CODI and Eurid in cooperation
Action item:
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Staff will clean up draft invite letter and send to UAC leaders
Abdalmomen: involvement of GAC UA-IDN WG Vice chair.
Bart: I will be on vacation from now onwards. The idea is, at the next meeting, the small team starts thinking about how to structure the session in Dublin.
Volunteers: Abdalmomen, Regina, Sami, Seda, Qing Cai
Smaller group to discuss the set-up of the meeting in Dublin.
Suggestion is to turn this into a real working session, and use flipcharts.
Qing Cai: Jiankang and I will be attending in person in Dublin.
I can present about Chinese domain study
4. Next steps ICANN82 and ICANN83 consultations: turn outcome of sessions into actionable items
Document introduced during the call on 16 July (re-circulated and updated) :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SIZ2t8B5KDuNarQb9Uw3fgzU10-PlGEluCMtY3FJ3gk/edit?usp=sharing
Bart: I added next steps
Main question: how can you as UAC address the barriers to address some of the key barriers identified?
See sticky notes in the whiteboard exercise
Question: how can the UAC address key barriers to increase UA readiness within 5 years?
This is really about actionable items.
Vadim: add more entries in the library. Make sure the materials are relevant for ccTLDs. Which software do we use for our ccTLDs? Add the list
in the library
We all have docs for our own internal audits. This we can share
Bart: how to expand the reach?
Vadim: promote the library
Abdalmomen: idea based on Vadim’s suggestions. FRED, COCA, other software providers attending icann meetings. Put them all at the table, make
sure they are UA ready
Bart: is that a role for UAC?
Abdalmomen: UAC needs to increase adoption
Qing Cai: have more ccTLDs join UAC and share case studies. Good to talk to others, such as GAC at ICANN84.
Ai-Chin: lack of demand
Khaled: likes the suggestion by Vadim
Anne: not sure about the meaning of the barriers. Where to agree about the complexity and impact of each barrier? Tackle the low hanging fruits
first.
Jiankang: support by big tech.
Maria:
Action item #2:
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Staff will cluster the suggestions and share the report with UAC. then define the priorities and include them in the workplan.
5. AOB
6. Next meetings
Wednesday, 10 September at 13 UTC: small team only
Wednesday, 17 September at 7 UTC: full UAC
7. Adjourn