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 the CommonwealthofPuertoRico.
For anyone following events in PuertoRico, this was the year, of course, that PuertoRico formally voted to reject its status quo identity as a commonwealthof the US while simultaneously voting in as governor a leader of the PPD, the party most closely identified with defending the status quo.