Three out of the five Regional At-Large Organizations are currently in the process of modifying their legal instruments or have recently done so. Below you find an overview of the discussed modifications at the regional level. Also, at the bottom of the page you find a comparison of the discussed modifications (where applicable).
Also, for a complete overview of all regional Memoranda of Understanding and the regional instruments, please download the attached documents:
Overview RALO Memoranda of Understanding
Overview RALO Legal Instruments
Current RALO Instruments Modifications
EURALO
STATUS (as of 14 October 2010) |
The work is still in an early phase. The modifications will be further discussed at the EURALO teleconference on 18 October. |
PROPOSED MODIFICATION: |
1. Include unaffiliated members and review the term limits for Board members.There are two options: |
DETAILS |
Options to include individual members in EURALO Structure |
LACRALO
STATUS (as of 14 October 2010) |
The Bylaw modifications WG is currently discussing a first draft in Spanish. |
PROPOSED MODIFICATIIONS |
There are two key issues : |
DETAILS |
Draft Modified Operating Principles (in Spanish), Draft Modified Rules of Procedure (in Spanish) |
NARALO
STATUS (as of 14 October 2010) |
On 2 October, the modified Operating Principles were endorsed by the regional members with 82% approving the modifications, 5% abstaining and 13% not participating (a 70% approval rate is necessary for bylaw amendments to pass). |
ADOPTED MODIFICATIIONS |
The following modifications were adopted with the revised version:
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DETAILS |
Redline version highlighting the changes between the current revision and the previous version |
Comparision of Bylaw Modifications
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EURALO |
LACRALO |
NARALO |
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Inclusion of unaffiliated members |
Two options are being discussed as part of the current Bylaw modifications: |
LACRALO does not currently have unaffiliated members and it is not part of the current bylaw revision discussions. |
Unlike the other regional MoUs, the NARALO MoU with ICANN has always contained language to allow for a separate membership category for unaffiliated members. The recent modifications of the Operating Principles sought to make the representation model for unaffiliated members more robust. |
Terms of regional officers |
The terms of EURALO Board members and officers are set to two years. |
The terms of LACRALO officers are set to one year with no term limitations. |
The terms of the NARALO remained unchanged with the recent modification. The terms are set to one year with no limitations. |
Align officer elections with ALAC representative elections |
The officer and ALAC representative elections are not currently aligned. |
The officer and ALAC representative elections are not currently aligned. |
The election time lines remained unchanged with the recent modification.The officer and ALAC representative elections have already been aligned with each other. |
Deal with inactive ALSes |
The EURALO Bylaws do not have provisions to deal with inactive ALSes. |
The LACRALO Bylaws do not have provisions to deal with inactive ALSes. |
The provisions on inactive remained unchanged with the recent modification. |