NOTES | UAC | 22 January 2025 (14:00 UTC)
Welcome by Abdalmonem. OOO at the moment. Regina and Bart will assist, due to limited internet connectivity
2.
Admin matters
a.
SoI
Fill out the ccNSO Statement of Interest form:
https://forms.gle/79Jw4wSnNhn5W4Z46.
Once processed by the Secretariat, you can check your SOI here: https://community.icann.org/x/doAFEg
Read here the ccNSO SOI Guideline:
https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-internal-procedure-general-soi-coi-21sep23-en.pdf
b.
Update UA days: ccTLD organized events
Bart: understood the selection has been completed.
Abdalmomen: overall stats regarding how many ccTLDs are there. Not clear as a solid number. We have Saudia Arabia who applied, also .om and Bangladesh. There might
be other ccTLDs joining. More than previous year, but no exact numbers
Bart: update at next call by icann staff?
Anna: we sent a proposal. We thought that we could have a global meeting for 2025. I understood that Vietnam is a potential candidate for a global event
Abdalmomen: yes. Many reasons. Limited resources for UASG. linked to another event, APAC DNS Forum 28 May 2025. Important for the region. Saving money thus
Anna: are you sure the participants will move from one event to the other?
Bart: let’s discuss at the next meeting. We will have a presentation by Anil on the agenda in 2 weeks time. Let’s also ask Seda and Sarmad to provide an update.
Maria: Global UA Day keystone offline event is planning to be on 8 May, on the first day of APAC DNS Forum. At the exact UA Day on 28 of March an online event is
planning...
c.
Update UASG
You previously agreed to invite Anil to the next meeting.
QingCai: CNNIC has a proposal for a UA Day adoption event. In mid May
Joke: link to QingCai’s latest UASG report
https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/320405890/UASG%C2%A0work%C2%A0monthly%C2%A0report%EF%BC%88Jan%C2%A02025%EF%BC%89.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1736778013000&api=v2
3.
Recap discussions to date & where do we stand re consultation of community
Bart: during the previous meeting we did a mentimeter poll on the drivers for UA readiness. The winner was “meet customer needs” . We also asked why you made the
selection.
Secondly, we asked about potential blockers to present during the session in Seattle. We did not have enough time to discuss, and deferred to today’s session.
You asked staff to check if we could find a presenter from UNESCO. As you may know, ICANN and UNESCO work closely together for the UA Day promotions etc. Bart asked
Seda/Sarmad: Sarmad confirmed he would reach out to UNESCO, to ask someone to present on the importance of the support for local language communities and why UA Readiness is so important.
Regarding the blockers
4.
Preparing Seattle meeting: Discussion Option A – presentation driver and blocker and consultation or Option B – presentation driver, testimonials
and consultation
Bart: at ICANN82, there will be a 60 min UAC session during the ccNSO Members Meeting
Regarding the proposed structure of the session, Bart circulated a proposal with 2 options:
Combined with testimonials (1 driver testimonial, 1 blocker testimonial), and mentimeter polling.
However, the session would be very packed. It makes it almost impossible to give sufficient time to the testimonials. No ccTLD testimonials. Also, limited added value for audience
Presentation by UNESCO, and have one or two testimonials by ccTLDs. Why is it important ? Raise awareness. We could combine it with audience polling via mentimeter. Ask the audience about
drivers for UA readiness, and ask why people did the way they did. As such, you can explore drivers in depth, and have enough time to discuss.
This would mean we could organise a session during ICANN83 in Prague on blockers.
Bart: we will use Zoom whiteboard for polling.
Abdalmomen: supports option B.
With focus on blockers in Prague.
Bart: Based on the zoom votes and zoom chat, there is a preference for option A.
Why did you vote the way you did?
Maria: i picked option A. I recently joined UAC, and I want to listen to the audience, to the ccnso membership. What are their views? It would be good to tease out
information, and then have an idea on the best way forward. At the next session, provide info to the membership, based on the results form the consultation.
Bart: option B is focus on drivers at ICANN82, and focus on blockers at ICANN83. Opportunity for discussion will be limited under option A.
Regina: i voted on option B. both drivers and blockers should be addressed. But since the time is limited, let’s split up. Prefer discussion in depth.
Maria: what are testimonials?
Bart: we will ask unesco to provide a keynote presentation. Why is it important? Why are they involved?
CIRA is also focusing on local language communities. That could be an example of a testimonial.
Synonym is probably case study
Sabrina: example of a testimonial. Experience of doing something.
Anna: success story
Maria: ok. Understand
Bart: for option A, a testimonial would be impossible
Abdalmonem: Russia is also a good testimonial. Other success stories: adoption of UA readiness and enabling e-mail address internationalisation
Bart: should we do another vote, after these additional clarifications?
Regina: yes
Option A: green mark in zoom (3 votes)
Option B: red mark in zoom (5 votes)
Maria: question regarding timing. To allow enough time for consultation, I changed my mind and will switch to option B.
Bart: you are familiar with UA, but many members of the audience are not familiar with the topic. Thus you need enough time to explain
Anna: motivation through testimonials.
Regina: they present the drivers in practice. That will trigger the discussion.
Abdalmomen: ccTLDs want to see what other ccTLDs are doing. UA Day event as driver.
Vadim: both drivers and blockers are important. Briefly refer to them, and still have time to discuss. We should provide the complete picture.
Mirjana: the most productive option would be option B.
Sami: i prefer option A. it is could to have the community feedback. We have multiple sessions for testimonials. Cctld news can feature testimonials. Ua adoption
is too slow. Seattle and prague. Perhaps have a better story for Prague, once you identified more blockers
Abdalmomen: reason for selecting option B, not all audience members are fans for UA. first focus on motivators, drivers. And then go for the drivers. Making infrastructure
first for Seatlle. Awareness by audience will increase.
Vadim: audience will forget by Prague what happens in Seattle
Bart: no worries. We will record the polling results. Available both to UAC, and the broader community. We can refer back to the seattle consultation in prague.
Maria: results form seattle. In prague we can take the results, and remind the audience about the previous session. We can discuss the correlation. Here are the
drivers, and list the matching blockers.
Bart: nice approach.
Option A: green mark in zoom (1 vote)
Option B: red mark in zoom (9 votes)
Maria: will we have a feedback survey after the session on ICANN82?
Joke: yes. Immediate polling at session end, satisfaction survey after meeting end
5.
Next meeting
3 topics for next meeting:
5 February 2025 - with UASG chair as guest speaker
19 February 2025
ICANN82 (8-13 March 2025)
6.
AOB
None
7.
Closure