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FW: Your UA Day 2023 Proposal: Nigeria's UA Day Celebration Awareness Program
by Amina Ramallan Feb. 23, 2023

Feb. 23, 2023

Hello Seda, This is to kindly bring the email below to your attention on way forward please. Thank you Amina Ramallan From: Amina Ramallan<mailto:aramallan@ncc.gov.ng> Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2023 2:41 PM To: amy.stathos(a)icann.org<mailto:amy.stathos@icann.org>; Justin Ho<mailto:justin.ho@icann.org> Cc: Seda Akbulut<mailto:seda.akbulut@icann.org>; Idris I. Abdullahi<mailto:IAbdullahi@ncc.gov.ng> Subject: RE: Your UA Day 2023 Proposal: Nigeria's UA Day Celebration Awareness Program Dear Amy, Reference is made to the email received below. I am writing in respect to the attachments below: 1. Vendor Setup form - Complete the Vendor Contact Information section and Receiving Bank / Account Detail section on the form. 2. W8-BEN-E form Kindly confirm if the above forms have to be filled by hosts that are not receiving any financial support from ICANN for hosting the webinar. However, if the above forms have to be filled by hosts that are not receiving financial support from ICANN, can we please have a quick call on zoom or teams to clarify how to go about filling the forms? Thank you, Amina Ramallan From: Justin Ho<mailto:justin.ho@icann.org> Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2023 12:27 AM To: Amina Ramallan<mailto:aramallan@ncc.gov.ng> Cc: Seda Akbulut<mailto:seda.akbulut@icann.org> Subject: Your UA Day 2023 Proposal: Nigeria's UA Day Celebration Awareness Program Dear Amina Ramallan, We are pleased to invite Nigerian Communications Commission, African Regional At-Large Organization (AFRALO), and GreenICT Initiative At-Large Structure (GreenICTi ALS) to the contracting phase of Universal Acceptance (UA) Day 2023. Your event, Nigeria's UA Day Celebration Awareness Program, may be qualified to receive up to 0 USD for the two hour event. To proceed with contracting, please provide all material information required for execution of the Sponsorship Agreement. Please ensure that all such information is complete, accurate, and up to date. To assist you in this effort, please complete the attached forms and provide them via email. Please note, ICANN’s final decision to support your event will be based on the information you provide. List of Attached Forms Please complete the listed forms unless specific instructions are provided. 1. Contract Information Request Google form - Complete the Google Form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4gsGpEqyypAdiuZz0-vhV_WTJl64DgKV…>. 2. Vendor Setup form - Complete the Vendor Contact Information section and Receiving Bank / Account Detail section on the form. 3. W8-BEN-E form 4. Conflict of Interest (COI) form Next Steps 1. Submit information and completed forms. 2. Execute Sponsorship Agreement with ICANN. 3. Send initial invoice to ICANN. ICANN will pay 25% of the specified funding amount. 4. Submit event report and send the second invoice to ICANN. ICANN will pay the remaining 75% of the specified funding amount. If you have any inquiries, please feel free to reply to this email. We wish you success as you move forward through this process. Best, Justin Ho -- Justin Ho (he/him) Senior Program Analyst Global Domains and Strategy Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mobile: +1 424 289 5850 Website: www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org>

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UA Communications WG Meeting, Monday 20 February UTC 1530
by Seda Akbulut Feb. 20, 2023

Feb. 20, 2023

UA Communications WG is inviting you to recurring meeting on Monday 20 February UTC 1530 Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/92496391581?pwd=S3JFTEF2K0xGZjNaYVNyQlRiM0FuQT09 Meeting ID: 924 9639 1581 Passcode: ^+XR6=%03? Meeting ID: 924 9639 1581 Mobile Passcode: 8421079539 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/acIaeN5FB6 ----- Meeting Agenda: 1. Welcome and roll-call 2. Updates on Quarterly UASG Newsletter<https://docs.google.com/document/d/163DiD5b2XNT87W1Zz1FNVBSrD52jHdzd/edit?u…> Contents (drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ndnl3YMeFwwASuwrAfKPs_Qgri5_7Hh4?us…>) 3. UA Day - 28 March 2023 * Google Doodle for UA Day * Wikipedia for UA Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Acceptance * Promote and support annual UA Day (update uasg.tech website) 1. Preparation for the UA Day (audio, video materials, etc)

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Call for Proposals by 5 Feb 2023: UA Curricula for Academic Programs
by Seda Akbulut Jan. 30, 2023

Jan. 30, 2023

Dear all, The proposal submission deadline for the “UA Curricula for Academic Programs” has been extended by 5 February 2023. Please find the Statement of Work (SOW) about this attached. And kindly share it within your network who might be interested in doing this work. SOW URL: https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA+Statements+of+Work Best regards, Seda From: Seda Akbulut <seda.akbulut(a)icann.org> Date: 8 December 2022 Thursday 21:25 To: "ua-comms(a)icann.org" <ua-comms(a)icann.org> Subject: FW: Call for Proposals for two Work Items: UA Explainer Videos and UA Curricula for Academic Programs Hello all, SOW on Explainer Videos is now posted for calling for proposals. Please see the details below, and help circulate the call for proposals to relevant parties. Thank you for your contribution. Seda From: Seda Akbulut <seda.akbulut(a)icann.org> Date: 8 December 2022 Thursday 21:22 To: "ua-discuss(a)icann.org" <ua-discuss(a)icann.org> Subject: Call for Proposals for two Work Items: UA Explainer Videos and UA Curricula for Academic Programs Dear all, Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) has developed two Statement of Works (SOW), that are now open for proposals: 1. SOW on “UA Explainer Videos” through the Communications WG 2. SOW on “UA Curricula for Academic Programs” through the Measurement WG The SOW documents have been posted on UASG wiki page to call for proposals: https://community.icann.org/display/TUA/UA+Statements+of+Work. We are looking for interested and competent parties to take up any of these works. If you are interested in this work, feel free to contact us at UAProgram(a)icann.org<mailto:UAProgram@icann.org> by 20 January 2023. Further details are provided in the SOW and at the wiki page. (also attached for your convenience) Kindly help circulate the call for proposals to relevant parties. With thanks and regards, Seda Akbulut Universal Acceptance (UA) Program Manager Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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UA Communications WG Meeting, 23 January 2023 Monday, UTC 1530
by Seda Akbulut Jan. 25, 2023

Jan. 25, 2023

UA Communications WG is inviting you to recurring meeting on 23 January 2023 Monday, UTC 1530 Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/92496391581?pwd=S3JFTEF2K0xGZjNaYVNyQlRiM0FuQT09 Meeting ID: 924 9639 1581 Passcode: ^+XR6=%03? Meeting ID: 924 9639 1581 Mobile Passcode: 8421079539 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/acIaeN5FB6

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UA Communications WG Meeting, 23 January Monday at UTC 1530
by Seda Akbulut Jan. 23, 2023

Jan. 23, 2023

UA Communications WG is inviting you to recurring meeting on 23 January Monday at UTC 1530 Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/92496391581?pwd=S3JFTEF2K0xGZjNaYVNyQlRiM0FuQT09 Meeting ID: 924 9639 1581 Passcode: ^+XR6=%03? Meeting ID: 924 9639 1581 Mobile Passcode: 8421079539 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/acIaeN5FB6 Meeting Agenda: 1. Welcome and roll-call 2. Updates on UASG Newsletter<https://docs.google.com/document/d/163DiD5b2XNT87W1Zz1FNVBSrD52jHdzd/edit?u…> Contents (drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ndnl3YMeFwwASuwrAfKPs_Qgri5_7Hh4?us…>) 3. Some action items from ICANN org and BIUWG Meetings * UASG to work with the Communications team to look into developing a video on UA by the Board members, also providing the talking points for them. * UASG will make a business plan for each big technology organization<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FuDHakMxrqBJgg2lzSerM68LClCFvT7h/edit#h…> to build dialogue Six companies shortlisted (two from each category): 1. Search Engines: Google and Microsoft (Bing) 2. Mobile Phones: Apple, Samsung 3. Social Media: Youtube, Meta (formerly known as Facebook) For communication to the above companies, we may first appreciate their existing efforts in UA because every company has a priority and business plan to implement UA in their industry. Second, we may write about the efforts ICANN undertook for the last 10 years under UASG which include technical development with respect to guidelines, sample codes, training, evaluations, etc. We may also adopt a research report conducted in 2017 which estimated an approximate business opportunity of 9.8 billion dollars for adoption of UA. (Or renew this study?) We may invite them separately in a conversation with UASG and motivate them to join efforts of UASG in future. 4. Google Doodle for UA Day 5. AOB

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Welcome To Visit Our Arab Health exhibition
by Recare Jan. 18, 2023

Jan. 18, 2023

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UA Communications WG Meeting, Alternate Mondays UTC 1530
by Seda Akbulut Jan. 18, 2023

Jan. 18, 2023

UA Communications WG is inviting you to recurring meeting on Alternate Mondays, UTC 1530 Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/92496391581?pwd=S3JFTEF2K0xGZjNaYVNyQlRiM0FuQT09 Meeting ID: 924 9639 1581 Passcode: ^+XR6=%03? Meeting ID: 924 9639 1581 Mobile Passcode: 8421079539 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/acIaeN5FB6

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Action required for the next Board meeting - Big tech companies
by Seda Akbulut Jan. 17, 2023

Jan. 17, 2023

Dear Comms WG members, UASG Leadership is planning to hold a meeting with the ICANN Board IDN and UA Working Group in February. UA Comms WG has been requested to suggest on the following topics below. Please see the action items below and share your input in response to this email and/or in the Google doc by 27 January Friday. Action Item1: UASG will make a business plan for each big technology organization to build dialogue. UASG to identify additional organizations for collaboration and BIUWG and ICANN org to look into the best way to follow up: 1. Shortlist the companies/prioritize (Please kindly pick two or three companies from each category from the list here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FuDHakMxrqBJgg2lzSerM68LClCFvT7h/edit?u… [docs.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1FuDHakMxrqBJ…> ) In the last meeting, it was suggested to pick the following categories. Please finalize the categories and then shortlist the companies. · - One company on “search engine”: Google · - One on “mobile phones”: Apple or Samsung · - Another one on “social media”: Meta – Facebook or anything on this category 1. How to communicate the selected companies? (All suggestions are welcome. We’d appreciate if you can also come up with some ideas on how to communicate, the method, etc.) Action Item2: UASG to identify additional steps each Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee could take on UA and share with BIUWG for further discussion. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Seda

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Meeting invites
by Seda Akbulut Jan. 13, 2023

Jan. 13, 2023

Dear UA-Comms members, For the year 2023, I have sent you three invitations for our regular meetings. Based on the day light saving changes in time zones, we have adjusted our meting times. The next meeting will be on 23 January at 15:30 UTC. We will hold fortnightly meetings at this time by March 12th. Then our meeting time will change to 14:30 UTC for the period of March 12th and November 5th. During winter times, we will go back to 15:30 UTC again. FYI Best regards, Seda

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UA Communications WG Meeting, Alternate Mondays UTC 1530
by Seda Akbulut Jan. 13, 2023

Jan. 13, 2023

UA Communications WG is inviting you to recurring meeting on Alternate Mondays, UTC 1530. Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/92496391581?pwd=S3JFTEF2K0xGZjNaYVNyQlRiM0FuQT09 Meeting ID: 924 9639 1581 Passcode: ^+XR6=%03? Meeting ID: 924 9639 1581 Mobile Passcode: 8421079539 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/acIaeN5FB6

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