<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">I attended as well the UA day - thanks Roberto for the great summary and holding the fort.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">An interesting insight was that Sally Costerton also said that the new gtld round would specifically focus on IDN applications and try to address UA.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">A lot of good coverage in the local press - including</div><div dir="ltr"><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://rts.rs/magazin/tehnologija/5400807/direktorka-icann-a-za-sajt-rts-a-neke-drzave-bi-da-usitne-internet-a-to-bi-ga-unistilo.html"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://rts.rs/magazin/tehnologija/5400807/direktorka-icann-a-za-sajt-rts-a-neke-drzave-bi-da-usitne-internet-a-to-bi-ga-unistilo.html" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E9E9EB;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center" align="center"><img style="width:300px;filter:brightness(0.97);height:168px;" width="300" height="168" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-mediaImage" alt="seli-t.jpg" src="cid:832B89AB-6C8A-4A9E-9DC5-5CD9FE17EDDB"></td></tr><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E9E9EB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(233, 233, 235, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://rts.rs/magazin/tehnologija/5400807/direktorka-icann-a-za-sajt-rts-a-neke-drzave-bi-da-usitne-internet-a-to-bi-ga-unistilo.html" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">Директорка ICANN-а за Сајт РТС-а: Неке државе би да уситне интернет, а то би га уништило</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://rts.rs/magazin/tehnologija/5400807/direktorka-icann-a-za-sajt-rts-a-neke-drzave-bi-da-usitne-internet-a-to-bi-ga-unistilo.html" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">rts.rs</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">best</div><div dir="ltr">Desiree</div><div dir="ltr">—</div><div dir="ltr">Informational RFC 5592</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 29 Mar 2024, at 17:52, Carlton Samuels via At-Large <at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Many thanks Roberto.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Carlton</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>==============================<br><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Carlton A Samuels</font></i><br><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i>Mobile: 876-818-1799<br><font color="#33CC00">Strategy, Process, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround</font></i></font><br>=============================</div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 at 11:23, Roberto Gaetano via At-Large <<a href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org">at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I have attended the UA Days in Belgrade. I am taking the opportunity of a delay in my flight back to drop some notes.</div>
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<div>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: <a href="https://uaday.rs/program/?lang=en" target="_blank">https://uaday.rs/program/?lang=en</a></div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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