Great news! Jiankang Yao From: Ram Mohan Date: 2015-09-11 09:18 To: UA-discuss Subject: [UA-discuss] UASG Budget approved, Mark Svancarek becomes M&M area lead, F2F meeting in Philadelphia, things are moving! Team, Over the past few months, one of the big tasks that I worked on with the UA Coordination team was the inaugural UASG budget. I’m pleased to inform you that our request for approximately $775,000 for the July 2015-June 2016 has been approved. In summary: Documentation workstream$95,000 Technical workstream$100,000 Awareness workstream$53,500 EAI workstream$55,000 Measurement & Monitoring workstream$226,250 UASG Meetings & Administration$245,000 Total$774,750 Mark Svancarek has agreed to take on the lead role for the Measurements and Monitoring work stream. Mark has worked at Microsoft since 1993 and has held various roles in hardware, software and online services throughout the company. He holds eight U.S. patents. He is presently a Principal Program Manager for corporate IPv6 and Universal Acceptance Engineering efforts, and focuses on aspects which impact customer and partner satisfaction. The UASG Coordination group, which consists of leads for the workstreams above, will meet face to face at Afilias’ offices in Philadelphia on Sep 17 and 18 to progress work and retain momentum. We will publish detailed notes, and specifics on the projects at the meeting. We are working on a conference bridge and Adobe for next week’s meeting – details from Don Hollander. As always, I’m open to feedback and input. Regards, Ram Chair Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) o: +1.215.706.5700 x103; m: +1.215.431.0958; f: +1.215.706.5701 Skype: gliderpilot30