[At-Large] UA Days

[Carlton Samuels]

A proposition worthy of our support, especially from those of us that are
still concerned with equitable Internet access!  An insightful view of how
a change in the conversation could positively impact the lowly end user.

Many thanks Roberto.

Carlton

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On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 at 11:23, Roberto Gaetano via At-Large <
at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have attended the UA Days in Belgrade. I am taking the opportunity of a
> delay in my flight back to drop some notes.
>
> The meeting was very interesting. We had a full house in the morning, with
> numbers decreasing in the afternoon. I don’t know about the online
> participation. Please find the programme here:
> https://uaday.rs/program/?lang=en
>
> The first panel was about multilingualism, Sally Costerton was among the
> speakers. It seems that the concept that the ultimate goal is
> multilingualism in the Internet is taking speed. To be noted that Anil
> Kumar Jain, UASG Chair, mentioned the four “pillars” among which there is
> no mention of the role of the user community. Interesting contribution by
> Leonid Todorov, arguing that we will have a stronger push to UA readiness
> from places and people that are more disadvantaged rather than from places
> and people that are better aware - in an intellectual way - about the need
> for equality of opportunities in internet access.
>
> The second panel featured some registries that have been active in
> achieving results in term of UA readiness. I was the last speaker, and
> brought the point of view of the users, who are the most affected by lack
> of UA, making also a couple of examples. The good news is that my
> contribution was well received, the bad news is that I made the point that
> the user community should play a role - I argued that it should be the
> “fifth pillar” in the UA strategy - as users can put pressure on the
> providers that are not UA ready, proposing that we have a paradigm shift
> from “providers will graciously become UA compliant as a bonus for the
> users” to “users worldwide have the right to demand that all users have the
> same Internet experience regardless their language or script they use”. The
> bad news is in the fact that I have proposed that the user community - and
> At-Large at the forefront - use their footprint in the wider community to
> build awareness of the user rights and produce pressure - also in
> collaboration with governments - to providers to be UA compliant. That
> means a call for action for At-Large.
>
> In summary, we need to move from being spectators, waiting for things to
> happen, for the technical community to provide solutions, for providers to
> deploy UA-compliant services, to an active part of the community to demand
> and obtain the same level of service for all Internet users, regardless
> language, script, physical location, or other factors.
>
> Cheers,
> Roberto
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