Marcelo Huarte, Coordinator of the Potato Subprogram at INTA, Balcarce, Argentina and a member of the GILB Steering Committee, was elected president of the Latin American Potato Association (ALAP, Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa) during their XXI Congress held 7–12 March 2004 in Valdivia, Chile. Greg Forbes, GILB Coordinator, gave a talk at this congress describing GILB accomplishments to date. Approximately 40 participants attended this session. A poster describing the new GILB website generated substantial enthusiasm for the quantity and breadth of information available. Participants suggested that this information be available in printed form, as many of them lack Internet access. They wanted to know how GILB could provide: 1) training, especially in pathogen characterization, 2) resistant materials and 3) strategies for integrated disease management. They were in favor of revitalizing the Latin American GILB regional group, which was formed at GILB’99, and has met since at the ALAP Congress 2000 held in La Habana, Cuba; the ALAP Congress 2002 in Quito, Ecuador; and at GILB 2002 in Hamburg, Germany.