[Building Sakai] Dropdown list choice is not recovered by UsersAction.readUserForm

[Rafael Morales Gamboa]

Hello,

I have added a new entry (organization) in the user registration form. 
First it was an INPUT field, just as all others, and it did work fine.

         <p class="shorttext required">
             <label for="organization">
                 #if(!$user)<span class="reqStar">*</span>#end 
$tlang.getString("usecre.organization")
             </label>
             <input type="text" name="organization" id="organization"
#if($userOrganization)value="$validator.escapeHtml($userOrganization)"
#elseif($valueOrganization)value="$validator.escapeHtml($valueOrganization)"#end 
/>
         </p>

Then I replaced it by a SELECT field

         <p class="shorttext required">
             <label for="organization">
                 #if(!$user)<span class="reqStar">*</span>#end 
$tlang.getString("usecre.organization")
             </label>
             <select name="organization" id="organization"/>
                 #foreach($item in $orgList)
                     <option value="$item"
                     #if($userOrganization && 
$item.equals($validator.escapeHtml($userOrganization)))selected="selected"
                     #elseif($valueOrganization && 
$item.equals($validator.escapeHtml($valueOrganization)))selected="selected"
                     #end/>$item</option>
                 #end
             </select>
         </p>

and now it displays pretty but does not record the user choice.

Any ideas? Some explanation of (or references to) how form data is 
recovered?

Regards,
Rafael