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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Greetings! I hope your year is off to an excellent start.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>writing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to you to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>confirm<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>you are aware
of the global Universal Acceptance Day that ICANN is co-organising together with the Universal Acceptance Steering Group on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>28 March 2023.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The thought behind this is that the Universal Acceptance Steering Group and ICANN are seeking to foster community event proposals for this day (or close to the day), in order to help spread Universal Acceptance awareness
and adoption with key stakeholders around the world. An announcement about this event is available at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-and-ua-steering-group-announce-inaugural-ua-day-and-call-for-proposals-21-12-2022-en" title="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-and-ua-steering-group-announce-inaugural-ua-day-and-call-for-proposals-21-12-2022-en"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-and-ua-steering-group-announce-inaugural-ua-day-and-call-for-proposals-21-12-2022-en</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="emailstyle19"><span lang="EN-US">The</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span class="emailstyle19"><b>At-Large UA Day workspace</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="emailstyle19"><span lang="EN-US">also</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="emailstyle19">includes
the UASG UA Day site and information on activities planned in</span><span class="emailstyle19"><span lang="EN-US">various</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="emailstyle19">RALOs (see:<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/CRALO/At-Large+Activities+at+the+2023+Universal+Acceptance+Day" title="https://community.icann.org/display/CRALO/At-Large+Activities+at+the+2023+Universal+Acceptance+Day"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://community.icann.org/display/CRALO/At-Large+Activities+at+the+2023+Universal+Acceptance+Day</span></a>).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="emailstyle19"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red">The deadline for proposals in 31 January.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On behalf of ICANN, I just wanted to check if you, by any chance, have considered organising a Universal Acceptance-related event on this date? We are very much hoping to be able to team up with local key players to organise technical
training sessions or just general awareness raising.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I would be grateful if you could let me know if you would be interested in organising such an event. More information on how to submit a call for proposals is available at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/uasg.tech/ua-day/__;!!PtGJab4!4XldkWag9-cJkT3roofd8c4c8hnzC8utQxKSbfLm3nBHdTJ7OODjPU6rZVe2nyVCB6jsJCAyLIL5ZrJAoHuxFl-GwLMZVg_DnQ$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/uasg.tech/ua-day/__;!!PtGJab4!4XldkWag9-cJkT3roofd8c4c8hnzC8utQxKSbfLm3nBHdTJ7OODjPU6rZVe2nyVCB6jsJCAyLIL5ZrJAoHuxFl-GwLMZVg_DnQ$"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://uasg.tech/ua-day/
[uasg.tech]</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:chris.mondini@icann.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">chris.mondini@icann.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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