Editing LACNIC (section)

== History ==
Since 1993, academic organizations in Latin America like ENRED – Foro de Redes de América Latina y el Caribe, discussed the need of a register for Latin America, independent from the influence of the United States. In 1998 during an ENRED meeting in Panama including NIC-MX, this theme was discussed and they learned that another group formed by commercial organizations like CABASE (Cámara Argentina de Base de Datos y Servicio en Línea) and ECOM-LAC (Latin America and Caribbean Federation for Internet and Electronic Commerce), were also discussing the idea of a Latin American registry.<ref name = "Aguerre, LACNIC, 2019" > {{ cite web | url = https://www.lacnic.net/innovaportal/file/3733/1/el-desarrollo-de-la-comunidad-de-lacnic.pdf | title = El desarrollo de la Comunidad de LACNIC Una historia en construcción | access-date = 19 July 2019 | first = Carolina | last = Aguerre | date = 15 April 2019 | website = LACNIC | language = es | trans-title = The development of the Latin American Community A history under construction | quote = El VIII Foro de Redes de ENRED, realizado en noviembre en Panamá, sirvió de punto de encuentro formal y explícito con NIC.BR, el segundo registro nacional de la región, que operaba la mitad de los recursos IP utilizados en toda América Latina. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190720011208/https://www.lacnic.net/innovaportal/file/3733/1/el-desarrollo-de-la-comunidad-de-lacnic.pdf | archive-date = 20 July 2019 | df = dmy-all | page = 46 }} </ref>

On January 30, 1998, [[Ira Magaziner]], then the senior adviser to President Clinton for policy development, released a discussion paper, known as the "green paper" [[Jon Postel#The US takeover of the DNS Root Authority|after the DNS root authority incident]]. A revised version known as the "white paper" was released on June 5.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Statement of Policy on the Management of Internet Names and Addresses {{!}} NTIA|url = https://www.ntia.doc.gov/federal-register-notice/1998/statement-policy-management-internet-names-and-addresses|website = www.ntia.doc.gov|access-date = 2016-02-17}}</ref> This paper proposed a new organization to handle internet resources (that later became [[ICANN]]). The International Forum for the White Paper organized four meetings, the final one in Buenos Aires was attended by South American communication organizations.

Those organizations joined by ECOM-LAC, argued that Latin American IPs addresses could be handled by a local entity and the agreement for creation of LACNIC was signed in [[Santiago]], Chile, on August 22, 1999, during the second ICANN meeting.

An Interim Board was defined with six members:
* AHCIET (Ibero American Association of Research Centers and Telecommunication Companies), Raimundo Beca
* CABASE (Argentine Chamber of Databases and Online Services), Jorge Plano, later substituted by Oscar Messano
* CGI.br, José Luis Ribeiro
* ENRED (Network Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean), Julian Dunayerich; later substituted by Raul Echeverria
* NIC.mx (NIC Mexico), German Valdez
* ECOM-LAC, Fabio Marinho

The agreement to form LACNIC was submitted on August 26, 1999, to [[Esther Dyson]], then Chair of ICANN Interim Board, and the business plan was presented to [[ARIN]]. Statutes were created and it was decided that LACNIC headquarters would be in Montevideo, with technicians and equipment in São Paulo, at the [[NIC.br]] premises.LACNIC was established in 2001, with administrative offices in [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]], and technical facilities provided by CGI.br<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cg.org.br/ |title=Inicio do processo eleitoral do CGI.br |publisher=CG.org.br |accessdate=7 October 2010|language=pt}}</ref> of [[São Paulo (city)|São Paulo]]. The criteria<ref>{{cite web |url=//www.icann.org/resources/pages/new-rirs-criteria-2012-02-25-en |title=ICANN ICP-2 criteria}}</ref> for a new regional Internet registry was formally recognized by ICANN during its Shanghai meeting in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=//www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-31oct02.htm |title=Regular Meeting of the Board Minutes |date=31 October 2002 |publisher= ICANN |accessdate=7 October 2010}}</ref>