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• Google Doc capturing the discussions from the regional calls and LACRALO calls since February 2011 on how to deal with inactive ALSes due to their participation/involvement in LACRALO and ICANN policy issues was posted.
• A breakdown in the existing LACRALO mailing list for 2 weeks impeded discussion of issues. The mailing list is now functioning as usual as of May 19 2011. 

April 2011

• LACRALO nomination period (and subsequent election) for the positions of the LACRALO President and Secretariat|display/LACRALO/2011+Election+Call+-+LACRALO+Chair+and+Secretariat+Positions|||\ concluded in April 2011.
  • As there was only one nomination for the LACRALO President, Andrés Piazza from AGEIA DENSI, Argentina was returned as LACRALO President for another one year term.
  • For the LACRALO Secretariat, there were two candidates and a virtual General Assembly convened to conduct a online vote. The online vote was extended when one of the candidates withdrew his candidacy. The election results showed that Dev Anand Teelucksingh from Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society, Trinidad and Tobago was returned as LACRALO Secretariat for a one year term.
• Re: Testing of an improved email translation list is ongoing, with various bugs have been squashed and new functionality added by the ICANN staff responsible for implementing the new translation list. Moving to this new email list will be a priority, given the frustrations expressed by the LACRALO members regarding the existing translation list.
• Comments submitted on the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Notice of Inquiry (NOI)|display/atlarge/ALAC+Comments+on+NTIA+NOI+-+March+2011|||\

March 2011 - San Francisco

• LACRALO SWOT Analysis was submitted forAt-Large Improvements WT C|display/LACRALO/LACRALO+input+into+ WT + C+SWOT+analyses|||\
• Attendance at all the At-Large Improvements Work Teams A to D from Latin American and Caribbean ALSes
• Beta Testing of an improved email translation list is ongoing. Discussions were held with the ICANN staff responsible for implementing the new translation list in San Francisco.There was agreement that progress has been made.
• Nomination Period for the position of chair and secretariat of LACRALO|display/LACRALO/2011+Election+Call+-+LACRALO+Chair+and+Secretariat+Positions|||\ was announced on February 24 2011.

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• Two persons, Cintra Sooknanan from TTCS and Jessel Ackbarali of ICTS volunteered to serve on behalf of LACRALO in response to the call for non-ALAC representatives from LACRALO for the ALAC's Budget and Finance Subcommittee.
• Andre Thompson, from TTCS was approved as a LACRALO representative to serve on the Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group (DSSA WG)|display/atlarge/Joint+DSSA+WG+-+At-Large+Workspace|||\.

• LACRALO submitted a comment to the the Interim Report of Geographic Regions Review Working Group|display/atlarge/Interim+Report+of+Geographic+Regions+Review+Working+Group+-+Community+Workspace|||\. A statement from Caribbean ALSes was also submitted|display/atlarge/Interim+Report+of+Geographic+Regions+Review+Working+Group+-+Community+Workspace|||\ .
• Several persons worked to submit LACRALO's proposed activities for inclusion in ICANN's FY12 budget|display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+FY12+Budget+Development+Workspace+-+2011|||\.
• Similar work is being done (Google Doc) on the SWOT Analysis of At-Large Improvements WT C|display/LACRALO/LACRALO+input+into+WT+C+SWOT+analyses|||\.

The draft proposals to the [LACRALO bylaws|LACRALO:LACRALO Bylaw Working Group] regarding ALS participation were discussed on the sub-regional calls in February.

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With the discussion in the LACRALO bylaw working group|display/LACRALO/LACRALO+Bylaw+Working+Group||||\ and further discussion among several of the ALSes at the ICANN meeting in Cartagena, Colombia regarding participation of ALSes in LACRALO, it was decided by the LACRALO President and Secretariat to have :

- a conference call with ALSes from the Latin American region|display/LACRALO/Latin+America+ALS+18.01.2011+Teleconference||||\
- a conference call with ALSes from the Caribbean region|display/LACRALO/Caribbean+ALS+20.01.2011+Teleconference||||\

Both of these conference calls took place before the monthly LACRALO conference call.

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Several LACRALO members responded to the call for comments on the draft ICANN strategic plan 2011-2014 on the LACRALO mailing list. A Google Document was used to draft/collect comment submissions. The LACRALO comments can be viewed at the ICANN Strategic Planning Development 2011 Workspace|display/atlarge/ICANN+Strategic+Planning+Development+2011+-+Community+Workspace||||\.

Several draft proposals to the LACRALO bylaws|display/LACRALO/LACRALO+Bylaw+Working+Group||||\ regarding ALS participation have been posted. Discussion is ongoing on the way forward.

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A LACRALO Bylaw Working Group|display/LACRALO/LACRALO+Bylaw+Working+Group||||\ was created from 25 August 2010 to look at two issues:

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A LACRALO Cartagena Showcase Working Group|display/LACRALO/LACRALO+Cartagena+Showcase+Working+Group||||\ was created to plan and organise a LACRALO Showcase event at the ICANN Cartagena meeting in December 2010 to:

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Several persons initially responded to the call for regional persons to join the At-Large Improvements Working Teams , but attendance on actual At-Large Improvements Workspace|display/Improve/At-Large+Improvements+Workspace||||\ conference calls were low with only 2 persons participating.

Two persons from LACRALO, Jacqueline Morris and James Corbin served on the At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee|display/BCEC||||\.