Dear Colleagues, in early June we received an application for ALS from an organisation called BIKLAB, based in Guadeloupe. The application had initially gone to LACRALO by error and this was finally forwarded to EURALO - as Guadeloupe is French Overseas Region in the Caribbean. The application form contains personal details and confidential information that cannot be shared on a public mailing list, but if you are interested in looking at it, please email me and I'll forward it to you. In the meantime, I have asked EURALO leadership, that is, EURALO Board and appointees, directly by email, whether they have any objections to ratification of this organisation as an ALS. After some discussion regarding funding of this organisation (they are self-funding but had indicated otherwise by error), there were no objections to ratification of this organisation. In addition to this, since this organisation is located physically in the LACRALO region, we have struck a deal with LACRALO whereas members of BIKLAB could also participate in LACRALO activities as Observers. BIKLAB would retain its voting right in EUROPE only. So -- to summarise, if you'd like to have a look at the application, email me directly and I'll forward it to you by email. Otherwise, I'll give a last chance to discuss this during our EURALO monthly call tomorrow and then if there are no objections, I'll proceed with letting At-Large Staff know that the recommendation from EURALO to the ALAC is to ratify BIKLAB as an ALS. Kindest regards, Olivier