Team: I support the nomination of Harsha Wijayawardhana for the role of Vice Chair of the WG. Regards Biju From: harsha wijayawardhana via UA-Tech <ua-tech@icann.org> Sent: Monday, 24 July, 2023 10:50 PM To: Seda Akbulut <seda.akbulut@icann.org> Cc: Seda Akbulut via UA-Tech <ua-tech@icann.org> Subject: Re: [UA-Tech] Nominations for UA Technology WG Vice-Chair positions - Now Open Dear Seda, I would like to nominate myself as one of the Vice Chairs of the UA Technology Working Group. I'm one of the Internet and Unicode Pioneers in Sri Lanka. I Co-chaired ICANN's Sinhala Generation Panel. I chair Universal Acceptance Steering Committee for the Sri Lanka Universal Acceptance Local Initiative project. I'm also a member of the Board of Directors of the LK Domain Registry since its inception and was the founding president of ISOC Sri Lanka. I led many government Software Development projects in Sri Lanka as the head of the Software Development Unit of the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) and COO/CTO of Theekshana, a company set up originally by UCSC. Currently, I'm involved in the development of the Electronic Government Procurement System for the Government of Sri Lanka. I'm an author and researcher who was involved in encoding Sinhala Numerals and implementation of Sinhala Unicode. I'm a Charted Fellow of the British Computer Society (CITP, FBCS) For my long CV, please visit https://www.theekshana.lk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Harsha_WijayawardhanaRe... Thanks and Regards Harsha Wijayawardhana B.S., CITP, FBCS On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 12:14 AM Seda Akbulut via UA-Tech <ua-tech@icann.org <mailto:ua-tech@icann.org> > wrote: Dear UA Technology Working Group members, I am writing to inform all of you that the UASG Leadership is calling for nominations for the following open positions: * Vice-Chair of UA Technology WG (two open positions) The Vice Chairs should have a solid understanding of the technical aspects of the UA. Expertise in defining the technical scope of UA remediation and providing strategies for UA implementation is desirable. The Vice Chairs should be able to develop technical documentation and training materials to address technical gaps. For more details about the required qualifications for these positions, and about this process, please review the Technology WG Charter. Please also find out more information about the Technology WG action plans here. Please share self-nomination or support for self-nominations using the Technology WG email list. Please share self-nominations by 31 August 2023 Monday, 12:00 UTC. This can be done by emailing on the UA Technology WG mailing list with your interest in vice-chair position and sharing a short “Statement of Interest” and relevant experience in your email. We are always looking for candidates who can volunteer their time and effort to promote UA. Please consider participating. Thank you all for your continued efforts to promote UA. Regards, Seda For UASG Leadership Team _______________________________________________ UA-Tech mailing list UA-Tech@icann.org <mailto:UA-Tech@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ua-tech _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos <https://secure-web.cisco.com/136ro2_84fItQ5lXnyBnbeX4yISd5VINFdy_zt52CIKHvYO...> ). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. <some text>