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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div dir="ltr"><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Dear <span style="font-size: 12pt;">LACRALO M</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">embers,</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Due to the <span style="font-size: 12pt;">48 hours period given to the LACRALO Community to send </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">objections and/or comments regarding the designation of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, as the proposed LACRALO to NOMCOM, only one objection was presented by Carlos Gutierrez, based on gender inequality.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><br></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">About the mentioned concern, it should be addressed <span style="font-size: 12pt;">that our region had -and currently- have women in the NOMCOM (Sylvia Herlein Leite who is the current representative) and ALAC (position currently is represented, among others, by Vanda Scartezini) positions. In addition to this, our current LACRALO </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Secretary </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">is a female (Maritza Aguero), so the gender diversity and equal opportunities are present in our Region.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><br></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Thus, we are going to propose Mr. Jose <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ovidio </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Salgueiro as our candidate for the NOMCOM, reminding that this proposal is not binding.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Regards,</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><br></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Humberto Carrasco - LACRALO Chair</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="ES-CL"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Maritza Aguero - LACRALO <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Secretariat</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p></div> </div></body>
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