SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, October 18, 2005.- Sixteen candidates for the Board of Administration of the North, Central American and Caribbean Confederation (NORCECA) have been submitted by their respective National Federations.

The elections for a new governing body of the NORCECA will take place during the XVIII Congress Dr. Rubén Acosta Hernández to be held at Punta Cana Beach Resort on October 21-23.

The ten most voted candidates will win their election to the Board of 13 members. Two members have been already selected as presidents of zone association besides the president of the institution who is chosen in a separate election.

The presidents of zones associations are Mr. Edgar Alvarado for Central America (AFECAVOL) and Mr. Mushtaque Mohammed for the Caribbean islands (CAZOVA).

The proposed candidates are in the alphabetical order of their National Federations are the following:

Gerald Rosina (AHO), Wilbur Harrigan (ANT), John Griffith (BAR), Alan Ahac (CAN), William Corrales (CRC), Angel Iglesias (CUB), Rupert Sorhaindo (DCA), Nelson Ramirez (DOM), Norman Quijano (ESA), Martha Centeno de Sajche (GUA), Jacques Joachim (HAI), Alejandro Salinas (MEX), Bertha Cuadra (NIC), Carlos Beltran (PUR), Glenn Quinlan (SKI) and Douglas Beal (USA).

It is mandatory that at least two women must be part of the Board of Administration and the rule assures the election of Cuadra and Centeno, the only women in the proposed list.

Also is established a quota members for the different regions. The Central American zone must have three representatives, the Caribbean will have four members and the Central Zone (USA, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico) must have six representatives.