Dear all, With the discussion in the LACRALO bylaw working group and further discussion among several of the ALSes at the ICANN meeting in Cartagena, Colombia regarding participation of ALSes in LACRALO, it was decided by the LACRALO President and Secretariat to have : - a conference call with ALSes from the Latin American region - a conference call with ALSes from the Caribbean region Both of these conference calls would take place before the monthly LACRALO conference call. The suggested agenda of these two regional conference calls : - hear what ALSes have to say regarding their involvement in LACRALO and the way forward for improved ALS participation in LACRALO. - what information is needed by ALSes and its members to better participate in LACRALO. A series of possible briefing calls could then be planned. - mention of the possible LACRALO bylaw modifications to address participation in LACRALO. - a discussion regarding the idea of possible regional balance of the ALAC representatives from LACRALO so that one ALAC Representative from an ALS from the Latin American region and one ALAC Representative from an ALS in the Caribbean region. The call for ALSes from the the Caribbean region will be scheduled for 90 minutes and will be conducted in English. ALSes from the Caribbean are requested to complete the following Doodle by Friday 14 January 2011 at 2359 UTC. http://doodle.com/zn4xt78v5tu2mrqh Thank You. Kind regards, Andres Piazza LACRALO President Dev Anand Teelucksingh LACRALO Secretariat