[NA-Discuss] Fwd: Language

Wed Jun 6 09:29:39 EDT 2007

They were told that "Because of this we could not vote or officially
participate in the final ceremony".  WHAT?!?!  Where the heck did
something THAT bizarre idea come from???  They are either part of the
NARALO with full privileges like anybody else or not.

Personally, I think that they should get to choose which RALO they would
like to be with although I do understand the thinking of having them as
part of NA since they are part of the US.  If they stick with us then
Spanish would have to be included as one of our official languages.

Nick:  Is there an adequate budget for translations into both French and
Spanish?

D

Darlene A. Thompson

Community Access Program Administrator

Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP

c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910

Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0

Phone:  (867) 975-6531

Fax:  (867) 979-8870

dthompson at gov.nu.ca

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From: " Eduardo Diaz, PE" <ediaz at dconsultinggroup.com>

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ISOC Puerto Rico was invited to Sao Paulo last year to participate and
help

during the creation of the LACRALO, which we did. However, at the time
of

the final vote to accept the OPs and MOU we were told that ISOC PR had
been

approved as an ALS but under NARALO (?). Because of this we could not
vote

or officially participate in the final ceremony. We were told that the

decision was made based on the political relationship with the US. Who

knows!?

Nevertheless, we can work with either RALO. The important thing is that
we

participate. 

In Puerto Rico we have two official languages - Spanish and English.
Since

the motion is to go with official languages in the ALS, then Spanish
should

be included. If this is too much of a slippery slope to handle then send
us

to the LACRALO and there will be no language issues.

Eduardo Diaz

President

ISOC Puerto Rico

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Actually, they did ask if they could be LACRALO members - LACRALO
determined

it had no issue accepting them if they wanted to be - but that was last
year

before there was movement on forming the NARALO.

But with regard to languages - if the agreement was for the official

languages of the members of the regions, then, as PR is a member of the

region, Spanish should be included. No matter how many or how few people

speak it.

ICANN did have a consultation going on the regional classification a
while

ago -I can check back to see what came of it - I don't recall seeing a

report or anything yet.

Jacqueline

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Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Language

Jacqueline A. Morris wrote:

	Well - from what I remember - feel free to correct - Puerto Rico
is

officially bilingual, isn't it? And it is part of NARALO. I leave it up
to

the Puerto Rican NARALO member to decide whether to take this forward or

not. I believe that after the meeting in SJ, there will be more ALS

applicants from PR, so maybe then they can call for Spanish if they want
to.

Well, then you open the issue of why there should be a RALO with only

three participating jurisdictions.

Funny, elswehere in the world the RALO boundaries are drawn on

continental boundaries. Newcomers can only wonder about the politics

behind the decision to keep the Caribbean and Mexico out of North

America on ICANN's globe.

Of course, one other option is to ask the Puerto Rican ALSs if they'd

prefer to be part of the LAC-RALO

- Evan

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