Yes, the Secretariat is right... LACRALO was the first to sign the MoU - I was particularly insistent on that when I was ALAC Chair and working to have all the RALOs sign MoUs by the end of my term, which I did manage. However, I'd like to note that the NARALO was the first RALO to bring end-user concerns to ICANN via the first Issues Report requested by an AC, PDP and Board-approved policy on Domain Tasting, a project led by Alan Greenberg. If we are in a congratulatory mood, we should congratulate the RALOs that have made concrete end-user contributions to ICANN policy, which, as we should all keep in mind, is the reason that the RALOs were formed in the first place. I look forward to LACRALO achieving milestones that are truly effective towards Global Internet policy, via ICANN Board Policy, and not simply be self-congratulatory with regard to administrative internal regional issues. There have been several policy initiatives which were submitted to LACRALO in the recent past for consideration, which LACRALO did not consider as a group, but were accepted and approved by ALAC when re-submitted directly as individual proposals for ALAC consideration. Unfortunately, the LACRALO Reps were not present at the ALAC meeting in CR at which this vote was taken. I believe that the group statement on SSAC is an excellent starting point, despite the narrow participation in developing such, and I look forward to more and more inclusive group policy work. As ALAC Chair in 2006-2007, I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to get my region up and running first, and it has been extremely painful to see the other RALOs pass us by and take the lead in policy work. I hope that the creation of these WGs will lead, sooner, rather than later, to LACRALO taking the leading position that I envisaged in 2005-2007 when I spent hundreds of hours working on its formation and implementation. Sincerely Jacqueline A. Morris Technology should be like oxygen: Ubiquitous, Necessary, Invisible and Free. (after Chris Lehmann <http://twitter.com/chrislehmann> ) On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 3:58 PM, <sylvia@internautabrasil.org> wrote:
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Subject: And we are making history ..... From: sylvia@internautabrasil.org
Dear Members of LACRALO
I want to thank everyone who participated in the conference call yesterday.
We are at a very special and active in LACRALO. And as well as mencionOlivier Crepin-Leblon, Chair of the ALAC, we were the first RALO to sign the MOU, and now we are also the first to organize groups RALO working on crucial issues of our region. This is a story to share with all RALO, because ultimately we are the House End Users of the World and all should benefit!.
Special thanks to Fatima Cambronero and Natalia Enciso for having invited to our continuous cycle of capacitacina Karla Valente, Director ICANN's gTLD with the Registry.
And Karla Valente, our thank you very much for your time and congratulations on an exhibition as clear and precise.
See details and all the subjects discussed, this footer link (Thanks tb the Staff to place this so fast in the Wiki)
https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/LACRALO+24.05.2012+Teleconferenc and
Regards
Sylvia
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Sylvia Herlein
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