<div dir="ltr">FYI<div><br></div><div>AK<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Universal Acceptance Steering Group via UA-Ambassador</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ua-ambassador@icann.org">ua-ambassador@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 5:42 PM<br>Subject: [UA-Ambassador] UASG Newsletter - September 2021<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:ua-ambassador@icann.org">ua-ambassador@icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>






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col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;margin-bottom:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><div class="m_5084709685496516742mceText" style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;width:100%"><h1><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">UASG Chair’s Blog on FY21 Progress and Looking Ahead</span></span></h1><p class="m_5084709685496516742last-child"><span style="color:#0f1419"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The newly published UA-Readiness Report for FY21 shows that progress is being made but more work needs to be done to support a multilingual and inclusive Internet. The UASG chair</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> gives an overview of the report in his blog.<br></span><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=39b1f9af09&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">New blog</span></a></p></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;border-top:20px solid transparent;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="center" valign="top"><img width="270" style="width:270px;height:auto;max-width:100%" alt="" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561/images/8e4e0594-8031-7a0d-a86a-a6c21eeadd85.png?w=270&dpr=2" role="presentation"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="m_5084709685496516742section_6abc786d8747e67caeec1f2af438c69c"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="top" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="center" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="24" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;margin-bottom:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><div class="m_5084709685496516742mceText" style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;width:100%"><h3><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">FY21 UA-Readiness Report</span></span></h3><p class="m_5084709685496516742last-child"><span style="color:#0f1419"><span>Did you know that only 6.3% of over 2 million mail servers’ IP addresses tested can accept an internationalized email address with the domain part in ASCII? Check out the new FY21 UA-Readiness Report for a full breakdown of testing results.<br></span></span><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=a1bb9ec614&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span>Full report</span></span></a></p></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;border-top:20px solid transparent;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="center" valign="top"><img width="270" style="width:270px;height:auto;max-width:100%" alt="" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561/images/31d2b7e9-9459-867f-82b8-9ddb4b02ef50.png?w=270&dpr=2" role="presentation"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#f7b21a;background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="top" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:48px;padding-right:48px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><div class="m_5084709685496516742mceText" style="font-size:14px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 class="m_5084709685496516742last-child"><span style="color:#ffffff">UA Events</span></h1></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#b7d4f2;background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="top" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:48px;padding-right:48px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><div class="m_5084709685496516742mceText" style="font-size:14px;text-align:left;width:100%"><h3 class="m_5084709685496516742last-child"><span style="color:#476584">Upcoming Events</span></h3></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="m_5084709685496516742section_cd70c290337a7926c1010f9e78dc9e8c"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="top" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="center" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="24" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;margin-bottom:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><div class="m_5084709685496516742mceText" style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;width:100%"><h1><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting</span></span></h1><p class="m_5084709685496516742last-child"><a><strong><span style="color:#0f1419">28 October 2021</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#0f1419"><br></span></strong><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=b2f7e99f58&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GAC meeting with the UASG</span></span></a><span style="color:#0f1419"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> is scheduled on </span></span><span style="color:#191919"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">28 October at 17:30-19:00 UTC.</span></span><span style="color:#0f1419"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> The cross-community interaction has been initiated by the UASG to  </span></span><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><span style="font-size:14px">share the updates on the current gaps in UA and highlight the role of governments in achieving UA readiness. </span></span><span style="color:#0f1419"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To join the meeting, </span></span><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=dfee7dc074&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">register</span></span></a><span style="color:#0f1419"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> to ICANN72.</span></span></p></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;border-top:20px solid transparent;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="center" valign="top"><img width="270" style="width:270px;height:auto;max-width:100%" alt="" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561/images/943248c4-9633-80f7-7b2f-88d7fb9e2979.png?w=270&dpr=2" role="presentation"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="m_5084709685496516742section_ea37bbfc7aa45b25cec640c9b894b9e8"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="top" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="center" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="24" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;margin-bottom:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><div class="m_5084709685496516742mceText" style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;width:100%"><h1><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">IGF 2021</span></span></h1><p class="m_5084709685496516742last-child"><a><strong><span style="color:#0f1419">6-10 December 2021</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#0f1419"><br></span></strong><span style="color:#0f1419"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The UASG is organizing the town hall session, </span></span><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=13bcf9b221&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Universal Acceptance for Wider Access through Collaboration</span></span></a><span style="color:#0563c1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">,</span></span><span style="color:#0f1419"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> at IGF 2021. Town halls are interactive sessions organized by entities dealing with Internet governance-related issues of international scope. Through town hall sessions, stakeholders exchange views on topical and controversial Internet governance issues.</span></span> <a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=feb84270e1&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank">Registration</a> is required.</p></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;border-top:20px solid transparent;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="left" valign="top"><img width="270" style="width:270px;height:auto;max-width:100%" alt="" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561/images/746148d4-ab73-4583-0504-33da82f54505.png?w=270&dpr=2" role="presentation"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#b7d4f2;background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="top" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:48px;padding-right:48px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><div class="m_5084709685496516742mceText" style="font-size:14px;width:100%"><h3 class="m_5084709685496516742last-child"><span style="color:#476584">Past Events</span></h3></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="m_5084709685496516742section_3a39cac8b646b9af2810013e1d3016bf"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="top" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="center" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="24" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;margin-bottom:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><div class="m_5084709685496516742mceText" style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;width:100%"><h1><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">WHOIS Hackathon</span></span></h1><p class="m_5084709685496516742last-child"><strong><span style="color:#0f1419">25-26 September 2021</span></strong><span style="color:#0f1419"><br><span>The Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation (RNIDS) and Quantox Technology hosted a </span></span><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=d0d0debee7&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span>WHOIS Hackathon</span></span></a><span style="color:#0f1419"><span> that tested participants' ability to provide working applications for domains, including IDNs. </span></span><span style="color:black"><span>The realization of the hackathon was supported by </span></span><span style="color:#191919"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ICANN</span></span><span style="color:black"><span>.<br></span></span><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=44c51b744e&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span>Learn more</span></span></a><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span><span style="color:#0f1419"><span>  </span></span><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span></p></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;border-top:20px solid transparent;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="left" valign="top"><img width="270" style="width:270px;height:auto;max-width:100%" alt="" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561/images/5645e04f-a321-a3f8-aa9e-ea4958352ecb.png?w=270&dpr=2" role="presentation"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="m_5084709685496516742section_4956052ae56c7c5677f51f05d288dcee"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="top" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="center" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="24" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;margin-bottom:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><div class="m_5084709685496516742mceText" style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;width:100%"><h1><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Github Pull Request  Hackathon</span></span></h1><p class="m_5084709685496516742last-child"><a><strong><span style="color:#0f1419">15-09 September 2021<br></span></strong></a><span style="color:#0f1419"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The GitHub Pull Request Hackathon was held by THNIC Academy. The event was organized in a virtual format and had a seven-day competition to modify a GitHub project to become UA-ready and open a pull request to notify the GitHub project owner. The total score in the competition was calculated from the number of pull requests and the number of merge pull requests, as well as their importance for the selected project to edit</span></span>.<br><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=82095da56e&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank">Learn more</a></p></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;border-top:20px solid transparent;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="left" valign="top"><img width="270" style="width:270px;height:auto;max-width:100%" alt="" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561/images/338bcd86-8ad9-70d4-08c4-486dd45d25df.png?w=270&dpr=2" role="presentation"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="m_5084709685496516742section_7963b96012a9252a59c14dd6143f3e03"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="top" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="center" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="24" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;margin-bottom:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><div class="m_5084709685496516742mceText" style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;width:100%"><h1><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Pre-IIGF 2021 </span></span></h1><p class="m_5084709685496516742last-child"><strong><span style="color:#0f1419">14 September 2021<br></span></strong><span>FICCI-ILIA hosted the second UA session at </span><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=f09acee7f4&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span>pre-India Internet Governance Forum</span></a><span> (IIGF): the Changing Landscape of the Indic-Internet and Importance of Universal Acceptance (UA). Earlier on 31 August, the session</span><span style="color:#0f1419"><span> </span><span style="font-size:14px">Universal Acceptance and Multilingual Internet Awareness and Promotion was also held.<br></span></span><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=d55606105b&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Recording 14 Sept</span></span></a><span style="color:#0f1419"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br></span></span><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=f02672fd66&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Recording 31 Aug</span></span></a></p></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:transparent;border-top:20px solid transparent;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="left" valign="top"><img width="270" style="width:270px;height:auto;max-width:100%" alt="" src="https://dim.mcusercontent.com/cs/c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561/images/990c83e4-c4fe-cf78-c8e9-f03cf5aee852.png?w=270&dpr=2" role="presentation"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="m_5084709685496516742section_a7db3b0bec02517794cf179a14534945"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="top" colspan="12" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" align="center" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="24" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><colgroup><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"><col span="1"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-position:center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;margin-bottom:24px" class="m_5084709685496516742mceColumn" valign="center" colspan="6" width="50%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5084709685496516742mceSpacing-24" id="m_5084709685496516742mceColumnContainer" valign="top"><div class="m_5084709685496516742mceText" style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;width:100%"><h1><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">SEAIGF 2021</span></span></h1><p class="m_5084709685496516742last-child"><strong><span style="color:#0f1419">1 September 2021<br></span></strong><span style="color:#0f1419">The SEAIGF 2021 is an initiative coordinated by the Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Informatics and IGF Indonesia for stakeholders to get involved and contribute to building better Internet governance in the Southeast Asia region.</span> The session <a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=c6672ce5b4&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank">Universal Acceptance of Domain Names and Email Addresses for a More Linguistically Inclusive and Diverse Internet</a> <span style="color:#0f1419">was held on 1 September with participation from UASG members. </span><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=35cfa9594a&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">Presentation</span></a><span style="color:#0563c1"> | </span><a href="https://tech.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9a7ed41cb8fd2ffd53689561&id=ad7caee8e9&e=a1fcb9147e" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Recording</span></span></a></p></div><table border="0"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The UASG Newsletter provides an overview of Universal Acceptance (UA) materials and news, primarily published by the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG). This includes blogs, announcements, reference material, and other UA-related news and publications from external resources. The intent of the newsletter is to update UASG community members, and is for informational and educational purposes only. The UASG Newsletter is published by the UASG, and is distributed to UASG working groups and general mailing list subscribers. Your name or email address will not be shared with a third party for commercial or marketing purposes. You can withdraw your consent from the UASG mailing list at any time with effect for the future. For more information about how ICANN, which oversees and funds the UASG, processes personal information, please visit ICANN Privacy Policy (<a href="https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy</a>).
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