Difference between revisions of "Universal Acceptance Steering Group"
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==Members== | ==Members== | ||
* [[Ram Mohan]], Chair - CTO of [[Afilias]] | * [[Ram Mohan]], Chair - CTO of [[Afilias]] | ||
| − | ** "Providing diversity and choice are important to the Internet community. While the DNS infrastructure is able to support diversity, it’s now important to make sure that all the software that uses the Internet is able to also support the Diversity"<ref name="uasg"></ref> | + | ** "Providing diversity and choice are important to the Internet community. While the DNS infrastructure is able to support diversity, it’s now important to make sure that all the software that uses the Internet is able to also support the Diversity."<ref name="uasg"></ref> |
* [[Edmon Chung]], Vice Chair - [[.asia]] | * [[Edmon Chung]], Vice Chair - [[.asia]] | ||
| + | ** "Many of the next Billion Internet users will come from the non-Latin based language communities. It’s vital that they have equal access to all the services on the Internet."<ref name="uasg"></ref> | ||
* [[Christian Dawson]], Vice Chair - works with Internet Infrastructure providers | * [[Christian Dawson]], Vice Chair - works with Internet Infrastructure providers | ||
| + | ** "We need to get the global Internet community aware that the world has moved beyond .com and that there will soon be more than a thousand names to choose from."<ref name="uasg"></ref> | ||
* [[Rich Merdinger]], Vice Chair - Vice President of Domains at [[GoDaddy]] | * [[Rich Merdinger]], Vice Chair - Vice President of Domains at [[GoDaddy]] | ||
| + | ** "It's imperative that all registrants have equal opportunity and this Universal Acceptance initiative is important for choice and diversity on the Internet. GoDaddy is fully behind this initiative."<ref name="uasg"></ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 04:41, 18 April 2016
Universal Acceptance Steering Group, or UASG is an administrative group, formed in February 2015, and tasked with undertaking activities that will target Universal Acceptance of all ASCII domain names, ASCII email addresses, IDN domain names, and IDN email.[1]
Members
- Ram Mohan, Chair - CTO of Afilias
- "Providing diversity and choice are important to the Internet community. While the DNS infrastructure is able to support diversity, it’s now important to make sure that all the software that uses the Internet is able to also support the Diversity."[1]
- Edmon Chung, Vice Chair - .asia
- "Many of the next Billion Internet users will come from the non-Latin based language communities. It’s vital that they have equal access to all the services on the Internet."[1]
- Christian Dawson, Vice Chair - works with Internet Infrastructure providers
- "We need to get the global Internet community aware that the world has moved beyond .com and that there will soon be more than a thousand names to choose from."[1]
- Rich Merdinger, Vice Chair - Vice President of Domains at GoDaddy
- "It's imperative that all registrants have equal opportunity and this Universal Acceptance initiative is important for choice and diversity on the Internet. GoDaddy is fully behind this initiative."[1]