During the preparations for the 2010 LACRALO Officer elections in March, several members pointed out that the LACRALO Bylaws needed to be revised to keep up with a maturing organisation. The bone of contention was the lenght of the officers terms which were causing considerable confusion. The confusion stemmed from differing interpretations of the "letter of the law" vs the "spirit of the law". Some members were under the impression that it was implicetly agreed during the 2009 Mexico City General Assembly to extend the officer terms from one year to two. However, the LACRALO bylaws were not formally modified to reflect this change and several members pointed out that they did not conciously agree on such an extension.
Over the course of the following deliberations, additional areas for possible Bylaw revisions were highlighted.
Working Group Mandate
On 25 August, the LACRALO Chair and Secretariat sent an email to the list to propose the creation of a working group and to highlight areas for possible modifications. The working team is further supported by a Google workspace and a mailing list
Google Workspace: http://groups.google.com/group/lacralo
Mailing list: lacralo@googlegroups.com
A summary on on dealing with inactive ALSs in LACRALO was submitted June 2011 by consideration of other RALOs dealing with this issue.
Status Update on dealing with inactive ALSs in LACRALO
as of June 2011
Possible Areas for Modifications:
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ESPAÑOL: |
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1. The term of the LACRALO chair and secretariat should be |
1. La duración del término de mandato del presidente y secretario de |
2. Persons elected to the LACRALO chair and secretariat can |
2. Las personas elegidas para ocupar el cargo de presidente y secretario |
3. There should be specific dates when the term of the chair and the |
3. Debe haber fechas específicas del momento en que se inicie el |
4. Should the terms of the chair and secretariat be staggered so that |
4. ¿Deberían escalonarse los términos de mandato del presidente y del |
5. Persons serving as LACRALO chair and LACRALO secretariat |
5. Las personas que se desempeñen como presidente y secretario de |
6. The election of the LACRALO chair and secretariat would be done |
6. La elección del presidente y del secretario de la Organización |
7. Should there be a re-defintion of what constitutes a quorum in |
7. ¿Debería haber una nueva definición de lo que constituye el quórum en |
Draft modifications
Draft modifications LACRALO Rules of Procedures 2010
Draft modifications LACRALO Operating Principles 2010
Members
Aislan Basilio
Andres Piazza
Antonio Medina Gomez
Carlos Aguirre
Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Fatima Cambronero
Jose Ovidio Salgueiro
Sylvia Herlein Leite
Vladimir Davalos
Bylaw modification schedule
- Until 28 November: working group deliberations on Bylaw modifications
- 29 November - 1 December: WG call to approve the final draft modifications
- 7 December: LACRALO Meeting in Cartagena to approve final draft modifications
- 9 November - 6 January: Online vote to endorse Draft Modifications