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:

ENGLISH

ESPAÑOL:

1. The term of the LACRALO chair and secretariat should be
increased from one year to two years.

1. La duración del término de mandato del presidente y secretario de
LACRALO debe incrementarse de un año a dos años.

2. Persons elected to the LACRALO chair and secretariat can
only serve for two consecutive terms.

2. Las personas elegidas para ocupar el cargo de presidente y secretario
de LACRALO sólo pueden desempeñarse durante un máximo de dos
términos de mandato consecutivos.

3. There should be specific dates when the term of the chair and the
 term of the secretariat starts.

3. Debe haber fechas específicas del momento en que se inicie el
término de mandato del presidente y del secretario

4. Should the terms of the chair and secretariat be staggered so that
the election for both positions does not occur at the same time?

4. ¿Deberían escalonarse los términos de mandato del presidente y del
secretario de manera que la elección de ambas posiciones no ocurra
al mismo tiempo?

5. Persons serving as LACRALO chair and LACRALO secretariat
should be from different countries and from different ALSes

5. Las personas que se desempeñen como presidente y secretario de
LACRALO deben ser de diferentes países y de diferentes Estructuras
At-Large (ALSes).

6. The election of the LACRALO chair and secretariat would be done
by a LACRALO general assembly (virtual or face to face) convened
for a set period (e.g 6 months) prior to the start of the terms of the
chair and the secretariat.

6. La elección del presidente y del secretario de la Organización
Regional At-Large Latinoamericana y del Caribe (LACRALO) se llevaría
a cabo mediante una asamblea general de LACRALO (virtual o
presencial), que se convocará un período determinado antes del
inicio de los términos de mandato del presidente y del secretario
(por ejemplo, 6 meses).

7. Should there be a re-defintion of what constitutes a quorum in
LACRALO meetings?

7. ¿Debería haber una nueva definición de lo que constituye el quórum en
las reuniones de LACRALO?

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

Meetings

18 November 2010

11 November 2010

04 November 2010