April 2012

Results of the ALAC vote was to accept the regional advice to accredit the The Ecuadorian Association for Free Software ALS and the Ecuadorian Association for Free Software was accredited as the 40th ALS in LACRALO
Call for nominations for LACRALO chair and secretariat ended April 4 2012. Next steps have been posted on the 2012 Election Call - LACRALO Chair and Secretariat page
Efforts to continue the capacity building sessions will continue by having a presenter discuss a particular topic related to a policy out for comment starting with the LACRALO 19.04.2012 Teleconference call.

March 2012

Two conference calls by the LACRALO Events WG were held in March before the ICANN meeting in Costa Rica to plan the LACRALO events in Costa Rica.
Call for nominations for the positions of LACRALO chair and secretariat - See 2012 Election Call - LACRALO Chair and Secretariat page
During Costa Rica, three types of events by LACRALO were carried out - the Capacity Building Sessions, LACRALO Showcase, and General Assembly. Refer to these pages for links to audio, video and transcripts of these sessions.
Concerns were expressed by several ALSes on the LACRALO mailing list and on the At-Large Skype chat regarding the regional advice to not accredit the ALS applications for Association of Notary Public Professionals of Uruguay and National Association for Digital Inclusion. At the ALAC & Regional Leadership Wrap-up Meeting on Wednesday March 14 2012 in Costa Rica, the ALAC chair announced the cancellation of the current ALAC votes regarding these two ALSes. LACRALO is to provide its advice again to the ALAC regarding the two ALS applications.
Regional Advice given on ALS application Internet Society Chapter Trinidad and Tobago (ISOCTT) to accredit this ALS. At the ALAC & Regional Leadership Wrap-up Meeting on Wednesday March 14 2012 in Costa Rica, the ALAC voted to accept the regional advice and ISOCTT was accredited as the 39th ALS in LACRALO

regional advice of ALS application for Association of Notary Public Professionals of Uruguay given ; regional advice is not to accredit this organisation as a ALS
regional advice of ALS application for National Association for Digital Inclusion (Associação Nacional para Inclusão Digital) from Brazil given ; regional advice is not to accredit this organisation as a ALS
regional advice of ALS application for The Ecuadorian Association for Free Software given ; regional advice is to accredit this organisation as a ALS
new ALS application received from the Internet Society Chapter Trinidad and Tobago received ; due diligence pending
LACRALO extraordinary funding for events in Costa Rica has been APPROVED! The LACRALO CR Workspace has been created and updated frequently with weekly conference calls taking place to organise the capacity building sessions, a showcase, and a GA.

regional advice of ALS application for Association of Notary Public Professionals of Uruguay pending
new ALS Application received from National Association for Digital Inclusion (Associação Nacional para Inclusão Digital), from Brazil - regional advice pending
new ALS application received from The Ecuadorian Association for Free Software - due diligence pending
awaiting response from ICANN Finance to LACRALO's request for extraordinary funding of possible events in CR ; given the ambiguity of whether ALSes would be present in CR, and lack of consensus to plan for a showcase regardless, a poll would be taken whether LACRALO would plan for a showcase if the extraordinary funding request is not approved.