They were told that “Because of this we could not vote or officially participate in the final ceremony“. WHAT?!?! Where the heck did something THAT bizarre idea come from??? They are either part of the NARALO with full privileges like anybody else or not.
Personally, I think that they should get to choose which RALO they would like to be with although I do understand the thinking of having them as part of NA since they are part of the US. If they stick with us then Spanish would have to be included as one of our official languages.
Nick: Is there an adequate budget for translations into both French and Spanish?
D
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From: " Eduardo Diaz, PE" <ediaz@dconsultinggroup.com>
Date: 6 June 2007 03:57:23 BDT
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ISOC Puerto Rico was invited to Sao Paulo last year to participate and help
during the creation of the LACRALO, which we did. However, at the time of
the final vote to accept the OPs and MOU we were told that ISOC PR had been
approved as an ALS but under NARALO (?). Because of this we could not vote
or officially participate in the final ceremony. We were told that the
decision was made based on the political relationship with the US. Who
knows!?
Nevertheless, we can work with either RALO. The important thing is that we
participate.
In Puerto Rico we have two official languages - Spanish and English. Since
the motion is to go with official languages in the ALS, then Spanish should
be included. If this is too much of a slippery slope to handle then send us
to the LACRALO and there will be no language issues.
Eduardo Diaz
President
ISOC Puerto Rico
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[mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Jacqueline
A. Morris
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Language
Actually, they did ask if they could be LACRALO members - LACRALO determined
it had no issue accepting them if they wanted to be - but that was last year
before there was movement on forming the NARALO.
But with regard to languages - if the agreement was for the official
languages of the members of the regions, then, as PR is a member of the
region, Spanish should be included. No matter how many or how few people
speak it.
ICANN did have a consultation going on the regional classification a while
ago -I can check back to see what came of it - I don't recall seeing a
report or anything yet.
Jacqueline
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From: Evan Leibovitch [mailto:evan@telly.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Language
Jacqueline A. Morris wrote:
Well - from what I remember - feel free to correct - Puerto Rico is
officially bilingual, isn't it? And it is part of NARALO. I leave it up to
the Puerto Rican NARALO member to decide whether to take this forward or
not. I believe that after the meeting in SJ, there will be more ALS
applicants from PR, so maybe then they can call for Spanish if they want to.
Well, then you open the issue of why there should be a RALO with only
three participating jurisdictions.
Funny, elswehere in the world the RALO boundaries are drawn on
continental boundaries. Newcomers can only wonder about the politics
behind the decision to keep the Caribbean and Mexico out of North
America on ICANN's globe.
Of course, one other option is to ask the Puerto Rican ALSs if they'd
prefer to be part of the LAC-RALO
- Evan
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