Dear All : LACRALO has until September 15th, 2009 to endorse and submit a list of names of nominees for the ALAC Board Liaison who represents the ALAC and At-Large at the ICANN Board level. How the ALAC Board Liaison will be elected : The ALAC adopted a slightly amended election process for the Board Liaison as specified by the Board Liaison Process 2009 (https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?board_liaison_process_2009), at their August 4th meeting. Each RALO is requested to forward a list of names of nominees that have been endorsed by the RALO. The ALAC will then vote on the list of candidates using the Instant Runoff Voting system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting), which means that they will rank each candidate, from most preferred to least preferred. ALAC Board Liasion Election timetable: During its August 4 meeting, the ALAC adopted the following timetable for the Board Liaison election: * RALO Nominations Open Until: 15th September * Candidate Lists Published: 17th September * Candidate Conference Call with Community: Between 18th - 20th September * ALAC Election Period: 21st - 30th September * Results Announced: 1st October See also Board Liaison Process 2009 ((https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?board_liaison_process_2009) for a detailed overview of the process. ALAC Board Liaison Requirements and Obligations : For an overview on the general obligations and requirements for ALAC Liaison as specified by the organising instruments, see https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?obligations_and_requirements_of_ala... Interested candidates may also want to review the following documents : - the Draft Position Description for ALAC Members and Liaisons which was prepared by ALAC member Alan Greenberg and is currently open for comments from the At-Large community : https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_alac_pd - the Level of Commitment of Board Liaison https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?board_liaisons_election_2009_commitment_... as outlined in the Proposed Election Call Message for ALAC Board Liaison https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?Proposed%20Election%20Call%20Messag... LACRALO participants may indicate their nominations either by using the comment button on the LACRALO wikis : https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi?2009_election_call_lacralo_en OR https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi?2009_election_call_lacralo_es OR use the LAC-Discuss EN and ES lists. Also, there are other upcoming elections, information can be found at https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi?2009_election_call_lacralo_en (EN) or https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi?2009_election_call_lacralo_es (ES) Dev T LACRALO Secretariat