• 12 August – Announcement of call for nominations and Nominee’s Statement
• 12 August – 21 August (at 23:59 UTC) - Nomination period (nominations accepted for 10 calendar days).
• 28 August  (at 23:59 UTC) - Deadline for nomination acceptances*
• 31 August (at 00:00 UTC) - 07 September (23:59 UTC)  - Elections or confirmation poll (If required, elections or a confirmation poll will begin no later than one week after the deadline for nomination acceptances and end no later than two weeks after that deadline).
• 2015 AGM [ ICANN 54 ] - Newly elected ALAC representative shall be seated on the ALAC at the close of the 2015 AGM on Thursday, 22nd October 2015.

 
* All nominees are expected to submit a brief Nominee’s Statement explaining why they believe they are a suitable candidate. The Nominee’s Statements will be posted to the LACRALO wiki. Nominees are also requested to complete or update their Statement of Interest (see: At-Large New SOIs Workspace).

 
Criteria for ALAC Members:

According to 5.4.1 of the LACRALO/ICANN MOU

·         5.4.1 The LACRALO will choose (2) individuals to serve as representatives to the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) in the terms specified in the ICANN bylaws. Only those ALSes who have been accredited prior to the election will be able to vote. Each accredited ALS will have one (1) vote. The selected representatives must be members of different ALSes, must have their principal residence in different countries of the region and their nationalities must be different. Selected representatives will have the responsibilities described in the bylaws.
 
According to rule 8 of our LACRALO Operating Principles:

• The selected representatives shall be a member of an accredited ALS; and
• Have his or her main place of residence in a country of the LACRALO region; and
• Cannot be of the same nationality or residency as the sitting regional ALAC Representative (this excludes candidates from Brazil or who are Brazilian citizens); and
• In the case of the election, the affiliation, residency and nationality shall also be taken into account with respect to the person acting as a representative vis-à-vis the ALAC on behalf of the LAC appointed by the NOMCOM; an
• Needs to understand and respect the Obligations and Responsibilities of ALAC members (see http://tinyurl.com/ALAC-RoP-2013-04 – specifically Sections 4,9, and 14.5) and Adjunct Document 01 ( http://tinyurl.com/ALAC-RoP-AdjDoc1-2013-06, Sections 1-3)

Presentation of Candidate(s) on Single Issue Call:
 
A single issue call will be held after the close of the nomination period. During this call, accepted candidate(s) will be asked to give a brief presentation of why they believe they should be selected. Members of LACRALO will be able to ask questions of the candidate(s) .
 
Applicable Rules for Votes in LACRALO:
 
The rules applicable to various nomination situations are outlined below:  

In the case of multiple nominations:
 
·         The standard weighted voting method will be used, and the candidate with the largest number of votes will be declared the winner (LACRALO Operating Principles , Article 8 (Updated in March 4 2009 by the LACRALO General Assembly held during the ICANN meeting in Mexico. Please note that Article 8 must be read and interpreted in conjunction with Article 12 regarding voting as stated in the Rules of Procedure 2007 – see Comparative version RoP English / Spanish approved in June 2014. Versión comparada RoP Inglés / Español aprobada junio 2014) At  the end of the voting  period, the votes  shall be counted  according to rule 12.9 of the rules, (each vote  shall be weighted according to the country  coefficient), and the results of the votes, including votes casted and voters will be presented to all LACRALO members according to article 20 in accordance with rule 12.4
 
In the case of a tie:
 
·         A random selection, carried out by LACRALO leadership and supervised by At-Large Staff will be use to break the tie (UN GA Rule 132 [93]).

In the case of a single candidate:  
 
·         Precedent will be applied. The LACRALO community will hold a poll. If a majority (more than 50%) of people responding to the poll, NOT counting abstentions, indicates NO, then the selection process for the ALAC seat will be restarted with a new call for nominations. On the contrary, the candidate will be nominated.

Kind regards,

Alberto and Humberto