To the ccTLD community:

In the light of the coming ICANN meeting to be held in Kuala Lumpur, the members of LACTLD want to express that:

1. The consolidation of the ccNSO is a fundamental issue. Facing all the WSIS/ITU/UN-ICT process will require to have a stronger communication between all the ccTLD managers, ICANN/IANA and the GIC. The faster we come to an agreement the stronger our positions will be.

2. For efficiency reasons the ccTLD community must focus their efforts on just one ccTLD meeting. Considering the time frame for the next ICANN meetings, and the several work issues that every regional organization may have, we don't think that having two separate meetings for the same set of ccTLDs could be efficient, on the contrary, we are sending fussy messages about how different we are, without letting them now that we still are the same group with the will to serve our community.

3. Since the ccNSO meetings are open to any interested ccTLD, we suggest having this meeting as the one for all the ccTLDs. We should suggest to the ccNSO members to fit into the agenda the topics raised by the wwTLD Agenda-Committee, this way we could seat in the same forum sending one strong message of integration.

4. For those reasons just explained, LACTLD won't be able to appoint a representative to the Agenda Committee for the next wwTLD proposed meeting for Kuala Lumpur.

We are confident that we still could make Kuala Lumpur the beginning of fruitful discussions between ccTLDs.

Yours,

Oscar Robles

President of the Board

LACTLD