Dear colleagues Even not participating in the last meeting due conflicted calls, I have some ideas related to the Bylaws change and would like to share with you all a) I believe two year terms for elected people in LACRALO is important - but it is also important which words we will use to guarantee the interpretation in English, Spanish and Portuguese will be the same. The election process I also agree needs a review. Once we will change the bylaws, I would like to propose to review the whole bylaws checking it against best practices, other constituencies/ RALOs etc as in a review process , to match with the ALAC review process also. b) The two year term for elected people shall start at March 2011. We have no time to consult people before the end of march ( our bylaws) Ordinary Assembly. But we can call for an extraordinary Assembly any time. c) With this accepted, we can go deeply to analyze the suggestions and have a good proposal by September/ October this year, in time to have everything ready for the 2011 Ordinary Assembly ( march) . d) All ALSs shall participate in this process . So the working group already set shall come out with the first words suggestions for the period + election process to be posted for comments among all ALSs in the region. e) We could have another WG to analyze our whole bylaws against best practices and other inside the ICANN communities. f) Our Bylaws allow us to reelected the current directory for one more term and my proposal is to do so, to start to be used with the 2 years ter. It is good practice not change bylaws at the same time we change the management team. I appreciate any comment you may have regard this ideas. Best to all Vanda Scartezini NEXTi_v1.jpg an ICANN ALS tel: + 55 11 3266.6253 mob:+ 55 11 8181.1464 www.executivasdeti.blogspot.com