On August 17, Sergio Salinas Porto, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Latin American and Caribbean Islands Regional At-Large Organization, (LACRALO) released the results of the election of a new member to the LACRALO board.

Obed Sindy, President of the Internet Society (ISOC - Haiti) was elected with 74.31% of the vote. He will take office in October 2020.

For Max Larson Henry, President of the Association for the Development of Information and Communication Technology of Haiti (AHTIC), this is a great accomplishment not only for him but especially for the local community of Haiti. Internet in Haiti.

Recall that LACRALO, a regional entity of the Society for the allocation of domain names and numbers [IP address] on the Internet (ICANN) of 59 organizations and 22 countries as well as 11 observers which includes the ALS (At-Large Structure) of Latin America and the Caribbean, accredited by the ALAC (At-Large Advisory Committee).

Learn more about ICANN :

ICANN is an Internet regulatory authority, a not-for-profit corporation incorporated under California law, the primary missions of which are to administer the digital resources of the Internet, such as IP addressing, to provide system management functions. DNS root servers and manage the top level domain name system (generic and national). Services that were initially provided under contract with the US Federal Government by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and other agencies.

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