Dear All, As the closing date of the call for topics came to an end on January 18th, we are glad to announce that the Universal Acceptance topic got the highest support. (Please see the detail of the proposed topics with their proposers and supporters at the end of this email.) So the topic of the ICANN 64 ME Space in Kobe will be* Universal Acceptance (UA)* Moving to the next step, we are here making a *call for volunteers to form the drafting team*. Please express your interest to join the drafting team *before 31 January at 23:59*. We would encourage all those who proposed and/or supported the this topic as well as the whole MEAC community members to reply to this email expressing their interest in joining the drafting team. As a MEAC Space Leading Team we will be happy to support the drafting team and contribute each time it is necessary. For scheduling your time, below we copied the timeline and steps to follow to be ready for the final draft. 21 - 31 January Call for volunteers for the drafting team 04 February Announcement of the drafting team composition 05 - 13 February Drafting of the statement (1st draft). 13 February Publishing of the 1st draft for comments 14 - 21 February Comment period for the 1st draft of the statement 22 - 28 February Drafting of the final version 01 March Final draft published Looking forward to the continuation of the great momentum. Best regards, ME Space Leading Team 1. EPDP
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/epdp-gtld-registration-data-specs-init...> {Hadia, Ines} note: Report Overdue since 11th Jan 2019
1.1. Standardized access model within the EPDP {Hadia}/ Unified Model for Access and Accreditation <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/possible-unified-access-model-published-for-...> {Nitin}
2. New gTLD Subsequent Procedures <https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/new-gtld-subsequent-proced...> {Nitin}
2.1. Neustar proposal on the upcoming rounds <http://20181014_new_tld_subsequent_procedures_a_proposed_model_to_move_forwa...> {Tijani, Nadira, Hadia}
3. Universal Acceptance <https://uasg.tech/2018/12/icann-further-commits-to-universal-acceptance-of-d...> {Nitin, Ajay, Chokri, Fahd, Farzaneh, Hadia, Zakir, Ali, Abdalmonem}
3.1. Universal Acceptance (UA) /Email Address Internationalization (EAI) <https://uasg.tech/2017/07/bridging-digital-language-divide/> {Nitin, Ajay, Ali, Abdalmonem, Ahmed}
3.2. Universal Acceptance (UA)/ IDN TLDs <https://uasg.tech/2019/01/internationalized-domain-names-and-universal-accep...> {Ajay, Tijani, Zakir, Ali, Abdalmonem, Ahmed}/ {with focus on Arabic script {Zied, Hanan}
4. ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/strategic-plan-2018-12-20-en> {Chokri, Fahd} note: public comments are due 11th Feb, 2019
5. ICANN Operating Plan & Budget <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fy20-budget-2018-12-17-en> {Farzaneh} note: public comments are due 8th Feb, 2019