Dear all, I am writing to inform you about the latest activities of the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Steering Committee. The LAC Steering Committee presented the ICANN's LAC Strategic Plan at the ICANN Beijing meeting in April 2013 (http://beijing46.icann.org/node/37485) and at the LACNIC meeting in Medellin in May 2013. You can view the English and Spanish versions of the presentations of the ICANN's LAC Strategic Plan at https://community.icann.org/x/g4REAg The LAC Steering Committee then decided which 5 projects out of 41 projects in the LAC Strategic Plan should be prioritized for implementation to see some of their results by the ICANN meeting in Argentina in November 2013. At the end of this email is a list of the 5 projects are going to work on this first stage and a brief explanation of each. The LAC Steering Committee is opening the invitation to all members of the community who want to join the project implementation. Working groups will be formed for each project, with a leader in charge, consisting of members from different constituencies of ICANN and also outside ICANN members who are interested in participating in the implementation. It is the task of each of these working groups to address each of these projects, achieve interest and involve these members, individuals and / or organizations, mostly regional, but also global, join in this stage of implementation. Please consider carefully these projects and if you are interested, please note that part of this stage of the Strategy will require a lot of commitment and dedication to carry out this task through to implementation and monitoring. If there are any questions or comments, I am available to help and to serve as a link with the other members of the LAC Steering Committee. Best Regards, Dev & Fatima *1) The Road Show* (IPv6; New gTLDs; SSR of DNS) Description: To implement an outreach Road Show program to reach out to new stakeholders in the region. Main Project code in the LAC Strategic Plan: 2.9.2 Other Related Project codes in the LAC Strategic Plan: 3.1.3; 3.3.1; 3.41 *2) The Communications Plan* Description: To implement a Communications Plan that explains in a simple and clear manner the economic and social benefits of engaging with ICANN. Main Project code in the LAC Strategic Plan: 2.1.1 Other Related Project codes in the LAC Strategic Plan: 2.12; 2.4.1; 4.1.1; 4.1.4; 4.3.5 *3) Capacity Building Security, Stability and Resiliency Workshops* Description: To articulate and deepen the organization of stability, security and resiliency of the DNS capacity building workshops in coordination with ccTLDs, LACTLD and LACNIC Main Project code in the LAC Strategic Plan: 2.6.1 *4) Emergency Response Team for ccTLDs* Description: To create an available and stable emergency response team to address crisis situations in vulnerable registries in the region, where ICANN may provide funds and LACTLD could coordinate the execution of the deployments. Main Project code in the LAC Strategic Plan: 1.3.1 *5) LAC Space in ICANN Meetings* Description: To create a LAC-Space in the main working groups in ICANN meetings in order for regional economic stakeholders to make specific presentations of business related topics related to the region. Main Project code in the LAC Strategic Plan: 4.2.1 Other Related Project codes in the LAC Strategic Plan: 4.2.2 -- *Fatima Cambronero* Abogada-Argentina Phone: +54 9351 5282 668 Twitter: @facambronero Skype: fatima.cambronero *Join the LACRALO/ICANN discussions:* https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-es *Join the Diplo Internet Governance Community discussions:* http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/ *Join to the Internet Society (ISOC): *http://www.internetsociety.org/