MEMORANDO DE ENTENDIMIENTO
1. Partes & Propósito
1.1 Este Memorando de Entendimiento define el acuerdo entre las organizaciones suscriptoras y for Assigned Names and Numbers. Su propósito es establecer y definir las actividades de de Usuarios de Internet para América Latina y el Caribe.
2. Definiciones
ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
ALAC – ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee. Comité de Amplia Participación de
Signing Organizations / Organizaciones Suscriptoras – Organizaciones de América Latina y el Caribe que hayan sido certificadas por el ALAC como “Estructuras de Amplia Participación” (ALS) y que firman este documento.
LACRALO – Organización Regional de Usuarios de Internet para América Latina y el Caribe.
LACRALO Council / Consejo de – Consejo que gobierna
Latin America & Caribbean Region – Región geográfica reconocida por ICANN como tal, y los países que la conforman según los criterios establecidos por ICANN.
At-Large Structure / Estructuras de Amplia Participación (ALS) – Estructuras de Amplia Participación que ha sido reconocida por el ALAC de acuerdo a los estandares que se encuentran publicados..
LACRALO Operating Principles / Principios Operativos de – Documento que describe el funcionamiento acordado de de Usuarios de Internet para América Latina y el Caribe.
3. Formación y composición de
3.1 estará formada por estructuras de amplia participación e individuos que no posean un interés estrictamente comercial en la utilización de , de la región de América Latina y el Caribe. Todos los ciudadanos o residentes de los países de la región están invitados a participar por sí mismos o formando una nueva agrupación y certificándola como Estructura de Amplia Participación.
fin de asegurar la participación de cualquier individuo interesado de América Latina y el Caribe, promoverá la formación de estructuras de amplia participación y su certificación.
3.3. asesorará al At Large Advisory Committee de ICANN acerca de la certificación de nuevas estructuras de amplia participación y sobre los métodos de comunicación a utilizarse en la región.
4. Agreed responsibilities of ICANN.
ICANN agrees that during the term of this MOU it will work in conjunction with the LACRALO to support At-Large activities within the Latin America & Caribbean Region, including:
4.1. Helping to inform individual Internet users in the Latin America & Caribbean Region about ICANN news, meetings, policy development activities, and opportunities for ICANN participation;
4.2 Helping to promote outreach activities in the community of individual Internet users in the Latin America & Caribbean Region to advance understanding of, and participation in, issues addressed by ICANN that affect individual Internet users;
4.3 Offering Internet-based mechanisms that enable discussions among members of At-Large structures in the Region and with those involved in ICANN decision-making, and encourage interested individuals to share their views on pending ICANN issues.
4.4 Supporting an LACRALO Secretariat.
4.5 Certifying, through the ALAC, groups of individual Internet users in the Region as At-Large Structures using the minimum criteria and certification process posted by the ALAC http.--alac.icann.org-correspondence-structures-app.htm.
4.6 Assuring the availability of any major document, defined as contracts, relevant MOUs, policy briefings, staff reports and Strategic and Operational plan in Spanish and Portuguese.
5. Agreed responsibilities of the LACRALO.
The Signing Organizations agree that during the term of this MOU they will work in conjunction with ICANN to support At-Large activities within the Latin America & Caribbean Region, including:
5.1. Helping to inform individual Internet users in the Latin America & Caribbean Region about ICANN news, meetings, policy development activities, and opportunities for ICANN participation;
5.2 Helping to promote outreach activities in the community of individual Internet users in the Latin America & Caribbean Region to advance understanding of, and participation in, issues addressed by ICANN that affect individual Internet users;
5.3 Offering Internet-based mechanisms that enable discussions among members of At-Large structures in the Region and with those involved in ICANN decision-making, and encourage interested individuals to share their views on pending ICANN issues.
5.4 Selecting two members to serve on the ALAC.
5.4.1 Each At-Large Structure within the Latin America & Caribbean Region shall be responsible for participating in the selection of two (2) individuals to serve as members of the ALAC for such terms as are specified by ICANN’s by-laws. For this purpose, all the individual users participating in the RALO will have a common single vote, as they were a single structure. Selected individuals must be members of different At-Large Structures based in different countries in the Latin America & Caribbean Region, and they may not be citizens of the same country. They will have the responsabilities described in the ICANN By Laws and the LACRALO Operating Principles.
5.5 Periodically reviewing the results of their cooperation under the MOU and, when appropriate, recommending improvements in the MOU.
6. General provisions.
6.1 This Agreement requires the approval or ratification of the ICANN Board of Directors.
6.2 This MOU will remain in effect until either modified or cancelled by mutual consent of the Signing Organizations and ICANN.
6.3 This Agreement will become effective when signed by all parties. The Agreement will terminate on July 30th, 2010, but may be amended at any time by mutual agreement of the parties. Either party may terminate this Agreement by providing one hundred twenty (120) days written notice to the other party. In the event this Agreement is terminated, each party shall be solely responsible for the payment of any expenses it has incurred.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Memorandum of Understanding is executed as of this … day of … 2006 by the undersigned, acting through their duly authorized representatives:
Internet Corporation For Assigned Names And Numbers
