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UA Communications WG - FY22 Planning meeting
by Mohamed Elbashir April 23, 2021

April 23, 2021

Dear UA Communications WG, This is a dedicated meeting o discuss the WG FY22 plan, projects and activities. Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/3739680333?pwd=MDlVekhPOHJuV09ubDZKZ3M3d2hFZz09 Meeting ID: 373 968 0333 Passcode: 8A%t&a*.$d

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Monday meeting time options (Doodle) - Financial Year 2022 UA Projects Planning - UA Communications WG
by Mohamed Elbashir April 21, 2021

April 21, 2021

Dear UA Communications WG members, Please fill the doodle poll time slot options for the WG meeting scheduled for Monday 26 April 2021. Doodle (Time zone is UTC): https://doodle.com/poll/citrbtam5mxuq6xc?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link Thank you! Best Regards, Mohamed (Mo) From: UA-comms <ua-comms-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Maria Kolesnikova via UA-comms <ua-comms(a)icann.org> Reply-To: Maria Kolesnikova <masha(a)cctld.ru> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 6:35 AM To: "ua-comms(a)icann.org" <ua-comms(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [UA-comms] Financial Year 2022 UA Projects Planning - UA Communications WG Dear Comms WG members, I’d like to kindly remind you to send your proposals on our WG projects (current or new ones) for the FY22 Action plan inclusion. It would be great to have all of them by 25th of April. We had a fruitful discussion on the last call (19th of April) and I want to say many thanks to those who participated in it. We are going to make one more call on this topic next Monday, 26 April to finalize the proposals. Everyone is welcome to join! Shortly the doodle poll will be organized and sent to you to agree on time of the next call. With warm wishes, Maria Kolesnikova From: UA-comms <ua-comms-bounces(a)icann.org> On Behalf Of Maria Kolesnikova via UA-comms Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021 8:03 PM To: ua-comms(a)icann.org Subject: [UA-comms] Financial Year 2022 UA Projects Planning - UA Communications WG Importance: High Dear UA Comms Working Group members, today it has been announced that UA Comms WG needs to start planning our new projects and activities for the financial year 2022. FY22 covers the period from June 2021 until June 2022. Find attached the FY22 planning document which also contains the status of FY21 projects and budget. We are requested to fill the proposed FY22 projects and activities by Friday, 30 April 2021. So you are invited to prepare and send your proposals no later than 25 April 2021. We have only one planned WG call (Monday, 19 April) during the proposed period so you are more than welcome to join it for the FY22 discussion. With kind regards, Maria Kolesnikova

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UA Comms WG meeting - Today Monday, 19 April [16:00 UTC]
by Mohamed Elbashir April 19, 2021

April 19, 2021

Dear UA Comms. WG members, A kind reminder to join today’s UA Comms call at 16:00 UTC. Meeting Agenda: 1. Welcome and Roll-call 2. WG Chair updates 3. Communications Strategic Plan 4. FY22 Projects and activities planning: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VjxEDqrz97SNlrYjcYHgAL_Ira5UkQcp/view?usp=… [drive.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drive.google.com/file/d/1VjxEDqrz97SNlrY…> 5. AOB The WG Documents: * Case studies and blogs tracking : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CYp4jt6LfVNQ3g451Y1cmuq5xhVtfkHw/view?usp=… [drive.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drive.google.com/file/d/1CYp4jt6LfVNQ3g4…> * WG FY20 Progress and FY21 Plan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXDwasdtc-KTgFhvPfqLxRjvYqMTw2WM/view?usp=… [drive.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drive.google.com/file/d/1CXDwasdtc-KTgFh…> Join Zoom Meeting : https://icann.zoom.us/j/98860743964?pwd=YXZIdmhvOUR6Ri9KcTlZUkdUVGVuZz09 [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann.zoom.us/j/98860743964?pwd=YXZIdmhv…> Meeting ID: 988 6074 3964 Password: 1n.Txkus0C Thank you! Best regards, Mohamed (Mo)

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UASG communications tools and guidelines
by Maria Kolesnikova April 15, 2021

April 15, 2021

Dear UASG Working Groups members, I would like to introduce some recently prepared communications tools and guidelines for your usage to improve creation and distribution of UA-related content through the UASG social media channels and on the uasg.tech <https://uasg.tech/> website. #UA Events Calendar https://uasg.tech/events/ The UASG community members are invited to use the proposed UA EVENTS AND ENGAGEMENTS FORM <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.gle/f6MJrQGEHDD1XqyF6__;!!PtGJab4! prle5tWF8r-sV3LGybNfd_zGQLYstsANBr1ksVtsno_FJi9cefgwWYDP9_Sgro1UZyS7O6Iw$> to submit details about local or international events where you are taking part to present UA thematic. The goal is to regularly publish information about UA events worldwide in the website's calendar and to propose additional opportunities for their announcement through UASG channels, if requested. We encourage you to use the form at least 2-3 weeks before the event so it can be properly published and announced. #UA Publications in Social Media If you would like to make a suggestion regarding what to post on UASG social media channels, please fill out the UASG SOCIAL MEDIA SUGGESTION BOX <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9Bda6C8EokxETFQip1Ers0zILS2GPsgp 1m-aGxG-Yh8l6tA/viewform> . It would help to enrich and organize the UA-related content creation and its further distribution. #UASG Publishing and Promotional Guidelines The document provides recommendations and action plan if you would like to publish/and or promote your content on uasg.tech or UASG social media channels. The guidelines are attached to the letter and will be available at the UA Comms WG page on wiki (https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA+Communications+WG) With warm wishes, Maria Kolesnikova Chair, UA Communications Working Group ==================================== Follow UASG Twitter <https://twitter.com/UASGTech> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/uasgtech> | Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZQcTPv4Q2TRdx4w7V1ouw> | Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/company/uasgtech> ====================================

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UA Comms WG meeting - Monday, 19 April [16:00 UTC]
by Mohamed Elbashir April 15, 2021

April 15, 2021

Dear UA Comms. WG members, A kind reminder to join UA Comms call on Monday 19 April at 16:00 UTC. Meeting Agenda: 1. Welcome and Roll-call 2. WG Chair updates 3. Communications Strategic Plan 4. FY22 Projects and activities planning: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VjxEDqrz97SNlrYjcYHgAL_Ira5UkQcp/view?usp=… 5. AOB The WG Documents: * Case studies and blogs tracking : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CYp4jt6LfVNQ3g451Y1cmuq5xhVtfkHw/view?usp=… [drive.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drive.google.com/file/d/1CYp4jt6LfVNQ3g4…> * WG FY20 Progress and FY21 Plan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXDwasdtc-KTgFhvPfqLxRjvYqMTw2WM/view?usp=… [drive.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drive.google.com/file/d/1CXDwasdtc-KTgFh…> Join Zoom Meeting : https://icann.zoom.us/j/98860743964?pwd=YXZIdmhvOUR6Ri9KcTlZUkdUVGVuZz09 [icann.zoom.us]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann.zoom.us/j/98860743964?pwd=YXZIdmhv…> Meeting ID: 988 6074 3964 Password: 1n.Txkus0C Thank you! Best regards, Mohamed (Mo)

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Financial Year 2022 UA Projects Planning - UA Communications WG
by Maria Kolesnikova April 15, 2021

April 15, 2021

Dear UA Comms Working Group members, today it has been announced that UA Comms WG needs to start planning our new projects and activities for the financial year 2022. FY22 covers the period from June 2021 until June 2022. Find attached the FY22 planning document which also contains the status of FY21 projects and budget. We are requested to fill the proposed FY22 projects and activities by Friday, 30 April 2021. So you are invited to prepare and send your proposals no later than 25 April 2021. We have only one planned WG call (Monday, 19 April) during the proposed period so you are more than welcome to join it for the FY22 discussion. With kind regards, Maria Kolesnikova

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UA Comms WG meeting - Monday, 5 April [16:00 UTC]
by Maria Kolesnikova April 5, 2021

April 5, 2021

Dear UA Comms WG members, Here is the reminder to join today’s UA Comms call and its agenda: 1. Welcome and Roll-call 2. WG Chair update 3. UA in ICANN70 Update 4. UA Social Media Snapshot – ICANN Comms Team update (Presentation attached) 5. AOB The WG Documents: * Case studies and blogs tracking : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CYp4jt6LfVNQ3g451Y1cmuq5xhVtfkHw/view?usp=… [drive.google.com] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drive.google.com/file/d/1CYp4jt6LfVNQ3g4…> * WG FY20 Progress and FY21 Plan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXDwasdtc-KTgFhvPfqLxRjvYqMTw2WM/view?usp=… [drive.google.com] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drive.google.com/file/d/1CXDwasdtc-KTgFh…> Join Zoom Meeting : https://icann.zoom.us/j/98860743964?pwd=YXZIdmhvOUR6Ri9KcTlZUkdUVGVuZz09 [icann.zoom.us] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann.zoom.us/j/98860743964?pwd=YXZIdmhv…> Meeting ID: 988 6074 3964 Password: 1n.Txkus0C Thank you! Best regards, Maria Kolesnikova

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Re: [UA-comms] UA case studies in 2021
by 'Jim DeLaHunt' March 31, 2021

March 31, 2021

Ajay, Maria: Many thanks for your positive and helpful responses. I want to be clear that I am proposing case studies aimed at a particular niche: localisation service providers; and a particular venue: the LocWorld conference. To be effective, the case study should be about a company that has a product or service which they localise, and for which they decide to use globally inclusive domain names and email addresses, instead of Latin limited. Thus I think the "EAI case studies" of email providers like Datamail, Coremail, Apple, and Microsoft don't apply. There, the EAI service is the actual product, not a means for better localisation. Nor would a case study of an organisation like the Rajastan government, which adopts EAI and international domain names for their own use, be on target. Maybe the Indian Drivers Licence office, which could have used Latin limited domain names and email addresses, but chose to use globally inclusive domain names and email addresses, might apply, But perhaps this office did not use a localisation service provider. The most effective case study for the localisation industry will be a case study which involves a client company localising their product, and a localisation service provider, and a choice to use globally inclusive domain names and email addresses. That is the kind of case which I am suggesting. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt On 2021-03-30 21:38, Data wrote: > Maria / Jim > > There are similar efforts in different parts were done in past and are > already available in UASG documents including specific case studies of > EAI implementation. These could be good starting points and built up > from there. > > > > > > On March 30, 2021 8:24:05 PM GMT+05:30, Maria Kolesnikova via UA-comms > <ua-comms(a)icann.org> wrote: > > Dear Jim, > > Thank you for the idea and the suggested initiative. That is an > interesting case which we need to look at. It would be great to > include UA in localization processes. > > At once, I can mention the cases with such companies as Apple and > Microsoft which have implemented EAI support recently although I > am not sure whether these implementations were made as part of > localization of their products. > > Thank you! > > Maria > > *From:*Jim DeLaHunt <list+uasg(a)jdlh.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 2, 2021 2:07 AM > *To:* Maria Kolesnikova <masha(a)cctld.ru> > *Cc:* ua-comms(a)icann.org > *Subject:* Re: [UA-comms] UA case studies in 2021 > > Maria: > > I applaud this initiative to collect case studies. I would like > to add one specific kind of case study which I suspect will give > us access to a new audience. > > On 2021-02-20 07:56, Maria Kolesnikova via UA-comms wrote: > > …In 2021 we would like to ask for you to help identify any > relevant stakeholders or organizations that can be featured in > the coming case studies in the below categories: > > 1. *An Organization or Business EAI or UA successful > implementation* > > Entities that updated their systems to become UA ready or > supported EAI. > > 2. *The role of Governments in supporting UA readiness* > > An initiative or campaign lead by a Government agency that > supported UA readiness or EAI support. > > 3. *Registry system UA/EAI support* > > A domain registry or a registrar that updated their systems to > become UA ready and support EAI. > > Please share with us your suggestions in the nearest two-three > weeks. We’re looking forward to working with you to showcase > those stories! > > If we have any case study from group #1, which involves > localisation, I have a use for it. Imagine a company or > organisation in one geography, e.g. North America or Western > Europe, launching a product or service in another geography, where > the writing system is different. Imagine that essential to the > product or service is a website and/or some email addresses. For > instance, the website might have the name of the product, and give > more information about it. The email addresses might be to contact > the sales department, the customer support department, etc. Now > imagine that the website has an Internationalised Domain name, > and/or the email addresses are globally inclusive (EAI). > > If there is such a case, and if the company is willing, I think > that case study might make a compelling presentation at the trade > show, Localization World (LocWorld) https://locworld.com/ > <https://locworld.com/>. > > LocWorld is a conference for product localisers, translators, and > the language industry. The name is short for "Localization World". > Multilingual magazine <https://multilingual.com/>is one of the > conference producers. LocWorld has a long history. It is one of > the top conferences for the language industry. Attendees include > the product managers who want their product localised, the > translators and localisation specialists who do the localisation, > and the tool vendors who sell to the localisation specialists. I > think LocWorld does not talk about UA right now. > > I like having excuses to attend LocWorld. I would be interested in > talking to such a company, to see if they want to work together to > propose a case study report at LocWorld. I think that having the > company who localised as part of the presentation is essential. > LocWorld has turned down my proposal to present on UA as part of > localisation, without a specific case study. I think they really > want to hear from the companies involved in real-word projects, > not just encouragements from advocates like me. The message I > would want to embed in the case study is, "you may not know about > IDNs and EAI addresses, but they exist, and they are a tool which > you can use, to help you localise your product or service even > better". > > Come to think of it, such a case study would also make a possible > subject for an article in Multilingual Magazine > https://multilingual.com/ <https://multilingual.com/>. > > Please let me know if any of the case studies which you receive > seems to fit this profile. > > Best of luck with this excellent initiative. Best regards, > —Jim DeLaHunt > > -- > > . --Jim DeLaHunt, jdlh(a)jdlh.com <mailto:jdlh@jdlh.com>http://blog.jdlh.com/ <http://blog.jdlh.com/>(http://jdlh.com/ <http://jdlh.com/>) > > multilingual websites consultant > > 2201-1000 Beach Ave, Vancouver BC V6E 4M2, Canada > > Canada mobile +1-604-376-8953 > > > -- > Sent from my Android device with XGen Email. -- . --Jim DeLaHunt, jdlh(a)jdlh.com http://blog.jdlh.com/ (http://jdlh.com/) multilingual websites consultant 2201-1000 Beach Ave, Vancouver BC V6E 4M2, Canada Canada mobile +1-604-376-8953

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UA case studies in 2021
by Maria Kolesnikova March 31, 2021

March 31, 2021

Dear UA Communications WG Members, UA Local Initiatives Leads and UA Coordination Team, The Universal Acceptance (UA) case studies are an important tool to showcase the successful implementations or EAI and UA readiness by the different stakeholders. The UASG regularly publishes case studies that highlight the lessons learned and best practices adopted to resolve the UA issues. In 2021 we would like to ask for you to help identify any relevant stakeholders or organizations that can be featured in the coming case studies in the below categories: 1. An Organization or Business EAI or UA successful implementation Entities that updated their systems to become UA ready or supported EAI. 2. The role of Governments in supporting UA readiness An initiative or campaign lead by a Government agency that supported UA readiness or EAI support. 3. Registry system UA/EAI support A domain registry or a registrar that updated their systems to become UA ready and support EAI. Please share with us your suggestions in the nearest two-three weeks. We're looking forward to working with you to showcase those stories! Best Regards, Maria Kolesnikova Chair, UASG Communications Working Group <mailto:маша@кц.рф> маша(a)xn--j1ay.xn--p1ai | <mailto:masha@cctld.ru> masha(a)cctld.ru | +7 916 8357605 | skype: maria.sergeevna

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UA Sessions at Prep Week and ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum
by Maria Kolesnikova March 5, 2021

March 5, 2021

Dear UA Communications WG Members, I’m excited to see you all at the two Universal Acceptance (UA) sessions that will be held during ICANN70 Prep Week and ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum. Important reminder – in order to attend either session and view the full schedule, you will need to register for ICANN70 here <https://events.icann.org/icann70/registration> . Zoom participation links will be published 24 hours before each session. ICANN70 Prep Week * Community Update on Universal Acceptance Readiness | 11 March, 09:00 EST / 14:00 UTC * ICANN is now providing interpretation within the Zoom application. Languages available: English, Français, Español, 中文, العربية, Русский. ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum * Remediating Universal Acceptance Issues | 25 March, 09:00 EST / 14:00 UTC While attending the UASG and any other sessions at ICANN70, you are more than welcome to use a UA Zoom background image (attached). I hope you will find it of some fun and it helps you to feel our team spirit. It is also encouraged to share images of your ICANN70 experience on social media by tagging @UASGTech on Twitter (or Facebook/LinkedIn) and using the #ICANN70 and #Internet4All hashtags. All relevant posts will be retweeted and liked by the @UASGTech <https://uasg.tech/> handle. If you have any questions about attending the sessions or anything else, please reach out. With warm wishes, Maria Kolesnikova Chair, UASG Communications Working Group ==================================== Follow UASG Twitter <https://twitter.com/UASGTech> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/uasgtech> | Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZQcTPv4Q2TRdx4w7V1ouw> | Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/company/uasgtech> ====================================

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