Hi Don, all,

The initial shortlist for countries was done on the following factors:

Geographical diversity,
Potential for UA local initiatives, and
Ability to get a list of websites across various domains (govt., media, etc.) from that country.

Based on these factors the initial list of 20 countries was developed, with intention to continue adding more countries in the future iterations of this work.

ICANN’s GSE team and UASG leadership were consulted in the process.

Regards,
Sarmad

From: UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Don Hollander <don.hollander@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "don@I2.org.nz" <don@I2.org.nz>
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 12:44 AM
To: Jane Sexton <jane.sexton@icann.org>, "ua-discuss@icann.org" <ua-discuss@icann.org>
Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] New UA Resource: UASG027

Hi Jane, et al.

How were the countries chosen?

Neither the USA nor Canada were included – and these would be very large communities.
Nothing in the Pacific – and New Zealand indigenous language, te reo Māori, makes use of macrons – and this was done by a New Zealand based firm!
Was there coordination with the local ccTLDs?

Don

From: UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org> On Behalf Of Jane Sexton
Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 5:34 AM
To: ua-discuss@icann.org
Subject: [UA-discuss] New UA Resource: UASG027

Hi All –

The UASG has just published UASG027 [uasg.tech] – Country-Based Evaluation of Websites for Acceptance of Email Addresses in 2020.

Please help promote and share on your channels if possible. @UASGTech: https://twitter.com/UASGTech/status/1260258814017728514?s=20 [twitter.com]

Best,

Jane

Jane Sexton

Communications Coordinator, Global Domains Division

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Mobile: +1 310 570 7293

Slack: jane.sexton