Dear All, ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (http://www.icann.org/), is a private sector, non-profit corporation with technical management responsibilities for the Internet’s domain name and address system. It consists on a number of groups representing various interests. See http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/ecosystem-2500x1622-21mar13-... for an illustrated overview. A Latin American and Caribbean Steering Committee (LAC Steering Committee) comprised of regional stakeholders in various ICANN groups (https://community.icann.org/x/g4REAg) was created after the ICANN Toronto meeting (http://blog.icann.org/2012/10/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-a-regional-str...) to discuss a possible ICANN strategy for the LAC region. A draft of this Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Strategic Plan is available for review and comment in English : https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40933220/Draft+SP+Eng+1.0.p... (PDF ; 2MB) and Spanish : https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40933220/Draft+SP+Esp+1.0.p... (PDF ; 2MB) The Draft LAC Regional Strategic Plan identifies - a vision for the LAC Regional Strategic Plan (("What are we looking for as a region") - 4 Key Areas of Interest (KAI) : Political Issues, Capacity Building and Outreach, Operations and Economic Issues - Strategic Objectives under each KAI. There are + 5 Strategic Objectives under "Political Issues", + 9 Strategic Objectives under "Capacity Building and Outreach", + 4 Strategic Objectives under "Operations", + 6 Strategic Objectives under "Economic Issues" - some possible indicators to measure progress (or lack thereof) of projects undertaken to support the Strategic Plan. - how these LAC Regional Strategic Objectives align with ICANN's Strategic Plan 2012-2015 (http://db.tt/t1nQG5jX) Your comments are welcomed. The LAC Steering Committee will be meeting during the ICANN meeting in Beijing from April 6-11 2013 and collecting such comments for further work on the LAC Strategic Plan. Comments can be sent to lacralo@ttcsweb.org Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh LAC Steering Committee member, ALAC (At-Large Advisory Committee) member ICANN At-Large Representative from Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (http://ttcsweb.org/)