On 27 August 2009, the Board approved in principle to add one voting director from the At-Large Community to the ICANN Board of Directors and removing the present At-Large Advisory Committee Liaison to the ICANN Board. One item necessary to implement the recommendation is a change to the ICANN Bylaws to recognize the new Seat 15 on the Board and remove the ALAC Liaison position. ICANN General Counsel, in consultation with the SIC and At-Large staff, identified recommended Bylaws amendments necessary to allow the seating of the Director selected by the At-Large Community and have posted the ICANN Bylaw amendments for public comment. The relevant portion of the proposed Bylaws revisions, in redline for ease of review, can be found at http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-bylaws-revision-at-large-director-0... One of the largest changes to the ICANN bylaws is on Page 4 under Section 8 - Terms of Directors. A new clause 8 (g) has been proposed : The text of 8 (g) : "The first regular term of Seat 15 shall begin on the day six months after the conclusion of ICANN’s annual meeting in 2010 and each ICANN annual meeting every third year after 2010. (Note: In the period prior to the first term, Seat 15 shall remain vacant. At the conclusion of the ICANN annual meeting in 2010 the At-Large Community shall, through a process coordinated by the At Large Advisory Council, make the selection of a Director to fill Seat 15, with a term to conclude upon the commencement of the first regular term specified for Seat 15 in accordance with this Section of the Bylaws, and shall give the ICANN Secretary written notice of its Selection. Until the conclusion of the ICANN annual meeting in 2010, there will be a non-voting Liaison appointed by the At Large Advisory Committee who shall participate as specified at Sections 9(3) and 9(5) of this Article.) AFRALO has drafted and submitted a comment regarding 8(g) : http://forum.icann.org/lists/bylaws-amend-al-director/msg00001.html which seems appropriate for LACRALO to support. ---- Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh .