During the meeting he presented an initiative developed by Caribbean Area Division VAL Josue Diaz and Caribbean Area Division Director Alejandro DeLaCampa to urge the development of a permanent VAL position for theCommonwealthofPuertoRico.
For anyone following events in PuertoRico, this was the year, of course, that PuertoRico formally voted to reject its status quo identity as a commonwealthofthe US while simultaneously voting in as governor a leader ofthe PPD, the party most closely identified with defending the status quo.